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Wordmall: Than I or Than Me?

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A blog about the English language. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Than I or Than Me? Shirley from Spider Lake asked which of the following is correct:. John is taller than me. John is taller than I. This one has an answer that will satisfy few people. Given the right circumstances, both can be correct. A quick review: I. Is the subject form of the pronoun and me. Is the object form of the same pronoun. The wild card is the word than. Or, in its abbreviated form, John is taller than I. And it's an adjective.

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Wordmall: Advance or Advanced?

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A blog about the English language. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. I’ve seen a number of notices recently that misuse the word advanced. Here’s an example from a physician’s office: If you know that you are going to miss a medical appointment, please give at least a 24-hour advanced notice. That should have been advance. Viewed side by side, advance warning is given before a crisis occurs; an advanced warning would be highly sophisticated perhaps a holographic image projected into the sky. Advance warfare ...

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Wordmall: Fair to Middling

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A blog about the English language. Wednesday, July 08, 2015. Doug from Traverse City asked about the phrase fair to middling. It is now used mostly in response to the question How are you doing? The colloquial reply is, fair to middling. It seems to have originated in America in the mid 19. Century, and it means O.K. not spectacular and not disastrous. Century, where it meant moderate in size, strength, or quality. Words to the Wise. And clicking on Listen Now. Posted by Michael J. Sheehan at 4:29 PM.

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Wordmall: -self pronouns

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A blog about the English language. Wednesday, July 01, 2015. Ann from Traverse City called in to complain about an increase in the misuse of pronouns ending in -self. They are being used in place of object pronouns, as in Give the check to John or myself, or According to herself, the price of coffee will continue to rise. There are some valid pronouns ending in self; they include. Claims to have been abducted by aliens. Was designed to stir the king’s conscience. We wrote the letter to the. In when you a...

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Ideas for Life Senior Expo. About Bay Area Senior Advocates. Date: February 16, 2016. Comments: Leave a reply. April Missias with Leelanau Senior Services has a client in need of an electric hoyer lift. If anyone knows of one that is available, please contact them. The daugher’s email is: becky. Lori S. Wells, SDC. Senior Network Services Manager. Senior Center Director Certified. Like Us on Facebook. Date: January 19, 2016. Comments: Leave a reply. Lori S. Wells, SDC. Senior Network Services Manager.

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Wordmall: Underdog or Underduck?

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A blog about the English language. Friday, May 22, 2015. Loveda in Traverse City called because she and her daughter-in-law call the same action by different names, and she wanted to know which one was correct. The action takes place on a swing set. The pusher runs under the swing and then lets go. Loveda calls it underdog. The relative from Ohio calls it underduck. We’re definitely in the realm of regionalisms here. Which one is correct? I’m not going to commit to either without definitive evidence....

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Wordmall: Spelling vs. Pronunciation

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A blog about the English language. Sunday, June 14, 2015. Spelling vs. Pronunciation. Casey from Gaylord asked why some words are spelled one way, but pronounced another. He used the word colonel as an example. Also, in the 18. Century, poet John Dryden and his friends, ashamed of the degenerated English language, went into a Latinizing frenzy. If a word had originally come from Latin, they reasoned, it should be spelled in a way that gave homage to that heritage. So we ended up with the illogica...And c...

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Wordmall: A Dry Sense of Humor

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A blog about the English language. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. A Dry Sense of Humor. Bill from Maple City, Michigan, asked about the use of the word. A dry sense of humor. A dry sense of humor involves delivering a joke as if it were a serious matter. There is no prompt to laugh; the humor sneaks up on you because of the emotionless delivery. Galen a Greek physician and philosopher seems to have been responsible for the use of dry. Here’s an example of a dry sense of humor:. Not really," replied the cow, "Yo...

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Wordmall: Breaker, Breaker

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A blog about the English language. Sunday, June 21, 2015. Each week, my program ends with a multiple choice vocabulary quiz, and prizes are awarded for a correct answer. Last week’s quiz used the word biblioclast. The correct answer is (c). The clast word part comes from the Greek word. Klastes), a person or thing that breaks other things, whether literally or metaphorically. Several words use that combining form. Fragment of a shell or a fossil forming part of a sedimentary rock. Words to the Wise.