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Grammar pet peeves: Affect vs Effect. This pair can be confusing because each word can be used as a verb or as a noun. Perhaps these definitons can help clarify. Affect - verb: Causing a change in something. e.g. "Trump passing gas affects the comfort...
by keepiru
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on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 08:58 AM PDT
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It’s not rocket science. It’s not new. It’s not complicated. It’s not up for discussion or debate. It’s simple grammar and it’s been decided. Apparently we are slow to catch on. Let’s do better. If you need more, google is your friend. Do you...
by rflctammt
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 08:28 AM PST
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The depths of the ignorance and stupidity that we face is hard to believe. Representative Adam Kinzinger is a daily target for the attacks of the MAGA Republicans. Of course he is. His existence condemns them. He is an example of a conservative...
by Dem
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on Thu Jan 05, 2023 at 10:46 AM PST
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This could well be the only article in the history of Daily Kos that could fit right in on any right-wing website just as well as here! Whether the sentence in the cartoon above is left-leaning or right-leaning hinges entirely on which of the two...
by Perlinator
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on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at 12:03 AM PST
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This is my rant about the comments I see on KOS. Let me say I’m not against comments at all, I spend (I’m sure, as do many) more time in reading and making comments than I do on most of the diaries themselves. While these comments can provide Insights,...
by Mike Rofone
69 comments
on Tue Jun 29, 2021 at 11:43 AM PDT
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We’ve all made grammatical and spelling errors and had someone “help” us by pointing it out. We’ve also had people argue hour perspective was wrong. How they do it and are response tells a lot about us and them. Yesterday...
by TexDem
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on Fri Mar 19, 2021 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Oh dear. I just read the entry by Verbalpaintball entitled “The Pathetic, Laughable Grammar of the Trump Supporter.” My first reaction, which continues to be my sentiment, is that this is one of the worst examples of class privilege raising its ugly...
by Curious therapist
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on Fri Mar 12, 2021 at 07:16 PM PST
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Even through the second impeachment and trial of criminal, traitor and failed businessman Donald Trump, late night comedians like Seth Meyers had time last week to ponder other topics. Like, what is ...
by Alonso del Arte
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on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 05:36 PM PST
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We need something to honor those who stood on their soapbox, pulpit, arena stage, you tube channel or social media account, and argued for their right to go maskless, and hold super spreader events, then paid with their lives. It is only to be...
by rjnerd
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on Tue Sep 22, 2020 at 11:03 AM PDT
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From Merriam-Webster: demagogue a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power From Wiki: A demagogue, a popular leader, a leader of a mob, people, populace, the commons or rabble-rouser, is a leader...
by TexDem
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on Fri Jul 17, 2020 at 07:30 AM PDT
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When I was in graduate school many happy years ago, I took a linguistics course in which the instructor warned us never to get into an argument with anyone about grammar. We would only lose. So of course I commenced a career as an English teacher and...
by Eddie Baby
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on Sun May 31, 2020 at 01:17 PM PDT
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The English language is a useful communication tool and an infinite source of beauty and self-expression. But it is often battered and abused. We all recognize that “their,” “there,” and “they’re” are frequently confused and abused. Similarly the words...
by liberaldad2
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on Thu May 14, 2020 at 10:24 AM PDT
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Mad Libs are easy and fun. They’re a great way to teach children what adverbs are! They are also a simple way to have a laugh with friends and family of all ages, and we have the perfect subject ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Dec 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM PST
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Merriam-Webster announced its Word of the Year for 2019 and the simple, familiar word packs a whole lot of important meaning in progressive, LGBTQ-affirming spaces. Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “they.” The singular pronoun was looked up 313%...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Tue Dec 10, 2019 at 09:35 AM PST
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I never wanted to be part of the “grammar police,” but there’s only so much pain I can stand. Even in this age of autocorrect (which often produces hilarious results) , there really is something wrong about being careless with basic language.
So I...
by Dan K
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on Sat Jun 01, 2019 at 10:59 AM PDT
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In December 1995, as The Onion first reported, the US, on the order of President Clinton, made a concerted effort to end the dire shortage of vowels in Bosnia:
Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia
(originally appeared in The Onion, Number One In...
by kernals
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on Tue Mar 05, 2019 at 06:48 PM PST
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Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
I’ve been reading a usage and grammar guide, Dreyer’s English , by the copy chief at Random House. Apparently other people have, too.
by samanthab
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on Mon Feb 25, 2019 at 07:30 AM PST
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FWIW, please use “semi-monthly” for “every two weeks” rather than “biweekly.” Merriam Webster defines the last as both “every two weeks” AND “twice a week.” Would like to tag Kos’s polls with this clarifying insight but dont know how. Cheers. 60 comments
on Tue Jan 22, 2019 at 06:36 PM PST
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It’s a tale told in thousands of business textbooks: the Chevy Nova sold poorly in Spanish speaking countries because its name translated as “doesn’t go”. It’s supposed to be a parable about why market research is important. Ironically, the people who...
by kernals
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on Fri Jan 18, 2019 at 06:39 AM PST
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The title is a reflection on David Frum’s recent article in the Atlantic entitled, "The Republicans Need to Embrace Liberalism." So do not be totally put off by the concept. In his piece, he quotes Yale sociologist Jonathan Reider from 1985:
Since...
by StarchukExpress
67 comments
on Sat Oct 13, 2018 at 09:41 PM PDT
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