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I assure you of the meaning
Today’s Monday Meanings is an interesting set of words. All three words have a similar sound and very similar meanings – they all relate to making certain and secure. However, they are generally used...
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I recently posted about an exhaustive study of twitter users and it reminded me of another pair of words that can be misused. exhaustive: covered all angles and possibilities The SES conducted an...
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We’re going where?
Doing some marketing research for a client, I came across the following sentence: With over 37 year’s experience, where sure to make your Christmas party a huge success! I admit I was stunned to see...
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Are simple messages simplistic?
Simple and simplistic are not the same… While being closely related with the same root word, today’s pair of words are quite different – and understanding them can be quite enlightening. simple...
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Avoiding lots of waste or a big waist?
Today’s meanings were inspired by a blog post where the word waist was used instead of waste. In this instance, I pointed out the error and the blogger was able to fix the post. A waist goes in, like...
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A rose by any other name
Last week my father-in-law died. A red rose is beautiful and simple – nothing more is needed to be said. So it’s been a hard week and I haven’t posted in the meantime. I also haven’t listened to all...
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Monday meanings: a dearth of life
For today’s Monday Meanings, I thought I’d follow on from Friday’s post and my personal recent history by defining death and dearth. Apart from an obvious similarity in spelling with one letter...
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A hansom boy?
As always, I help Love Santa write and edit some special letters each December. A 19th century engraving of a Hansom Cab in motion. Hansom cabs were designed to be faster and more agile than older...
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also comes after
Reading and editing a document recently, I came across the following text as the first paragraph in a new section of the document: We will also deal with your request for access… ‘Also bring an apple’...
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A funny gesture?
“I use to get jewelry and a print or something they made . It was a nice jester.” This is a comment I spotted on social media recently in response to a request for some gift ideas. It took me a moment...
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