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You’ll remember that a couple of weeks ago, I had a piece from Neal Whitman about homecoming being called HoCo,…
Today’s topic is “further” versus “farther.” Almost every week someone asks me to explain the difference between “further” and “farther.”…
When people think of punctuation marks, it is usually the handy comma, the imperious colon, or the overly excited…
When you’re trying to figure out whether to use who or whom, it helps to know the difference between subjects…
Have you ever wondered why we have two past tense forms of the verb to light? Should you say Squiggly lit citronella candles,…
Many people mistakenly thought that “inflammable” meant “resistant to burning,” which it doesn’t. The ‘-in’ prefix has multiple meanings The…
This tip is essentially an add on to last week’s show about the difference between affect and effect because once…
I get asked whether to use affect or effect all the time, and it is by far the most requested…
Did you know there are two ways to pronounce the word the, and the rule that governs which pronunciation you…
528 oysters in under 10 minutes. 8 pounds of bacon in 8 minutes. 113 pancakes in 8 minutes. 14.5 burritos…