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Dr. Language Guy Returneth
The English language is rich, complex and idiosyncratic, filled with nearly a million words. Yet, most of us – me – constrain ourselves to three to four thousand at most. Although we should attempt...
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Dr. Language Guy Confesses
——————————————————————– Penitent Dr. LG: Forgive me Father for I have sinned. Reproachful Priest: How long has it been since your last confession? ——————————————————————– Penitent Dr. LG: Uh… well…...
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Acyrologia
Once again FOAF has come to the rescue, this time from Facebook: ACYROLOGIA An incorrect use of words – particularly replacing one word with another word that sounds similar but has a diffident...
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Beestys and Fowlys
Dr. Language Guy here. It has come to my attention that many of you face a grammatical dilemma when encountering strange wildlife in your own backyard. Now I know that, if you sight wolves, deer or...
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Dr. Language Guy here. After a long hiatus, I was brought back to life by a recent Reader’s Digest article about surprising words recently added to the dictionary. While I cannot improve on them, I...
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