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Challenged
Read more: ChallengedA few weeks ago I was standing in line at a local restaurant, and in front of me were several women from a home for the mentally ill. I presume they’ve […]
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Affect vs. Impact
Read more: Affect vs. ImpactRecently, over I-don’t-know-how-many-years, maybe ten, the word “impact” has become a verb. It’s now commonplace to hear how something “impacted” something else. We even hear it used on the usually staid evening […]
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Obsolete, Part 2
Read more: Obsolete, Part 2Two years ago (see my post of 9/14/2014, “Obsolete”) I posted about words that are going out of style. Words such as “actress” and “comedienne” are disappearing because of the […]