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Not Necessarily

It’s not a big deal, but some people have a habit of throwing the word “necessarily” into odd places in a sentence. “We wouldn’t necessarily want to be disemboweled by a grizzly bear, so we’re...

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Language and Server-Speak

photo credit: Stas Porter This isn’t new, but I don’t think I’ve written about it before. It often strikes me that people adopt a special way of talking once they become waiters. This isn’t...

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There’s No Such Thing as a Honing Pigeon. Two Common Mistakes

Today I want to mention two mistakes that people make all the time. In fact, the mistakes are so common that I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re no longer considered mistakes in a generation or two....

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