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I just finished reading Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss this past weekend. It is wonderful. If you’re reading this blog, you likely have some interest in rhetoric, editing, and communication, so from that I’m going to go along with the assumption that you also are interested in how you can improve your rhetoric, …
I feel sorry for the word “literally”. It is overused and misused to a horrifying extent in our society, to the point that I’ve started cringing every time I hear someone use the word. As seen in the Canadian Oxford English Dictionary, literal means to take words in their usual or primary sense without metaphor …
For anyone who still wonders what exactly “rhetoric” means… Rhetoric (noun) 1. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. 2. Language designed to persuade or impress (often with an implication of insincerity or exaggeration etc.) I’d like to point out here that rhetoric is the art of effective speaking and writing – while …
It is with great pleasure that I announce the unveiling of The Food Label Movement, which you can check out at: www.thefoodlabelmovement.org With my nutritionist friend, I have co-founded this organization to appeal to the Canadian government to improve food labelling regulations. I especially feel passionate about this project because it combines my two loves: …
I have written before about how, as a child, I never knew what the real words to the Lord’s Prayer were. I just mumbled it along with everyone else and strung sounds together without knowing what the words were. It was years later that I discovered that the word “howl” does not enter into the Lord’s …
First impressions are essential in our relationships with others. After all, we are social creatures that live in a society in which the people that you know can either help you get “to the top” or crush you, depending on their impression of you. Because of this, much in our lives depends on the positive …
Roy reminded me in my last blog post (about enjoyable ways to increase vocabulary) that reading non-fiction is a wonderful way to improve our understanding of language. I entirely agree! But I also find that it’s good to have some kind of literature to read on the side; whole other worlds to explore besides our …
We can all benefit from taking the time to get to know our language better, increase our vocabularies, and improve the art of communication. Playing with words in games is a great way to do this. Here are a few ways that you can increase your vocabulary in social settings: 1) Scrabble: I have talked …
I like grammar. Ablaut (noun) A change of vowel in related words or forms, esp. in Indo-European languages, arising from differences of accent and stress in the parent language, e.g. in sing, sang, sung. [German]
Why do I always want to write “vacuum” with two “c”‘s and one “u”?
Several years ago when the father dear and I were perusing a second-hand bookstore, he came across Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. He told me that he had been forced to read the book when he was in grade school, and that he had disliked it based on the excessive amounts of analysis that …
“Words are the source of misunderstandings.” The Little Prince, page 65.
Tip cups are a common feature found in cafes. In recent years, the word “tip” has changed to “karma”. By calling it a karma cup, the baristas of the cafe are likely increasing their chances of getting more tips. After all, if the patron believes (even subconsciously) that they will have “good karma” by leaving …
Read our Job Interview Tips, Part One: Preparation before you check out this post. Jobs do not tend to be handed to us on a silver platter. Although I haven’t had too many job interviews, I have been able to learn a lot from the handful that I have had. For some people, job interviews …
Jobs do not tend to be handed to us on a silver platter. Although I haven’t had too many job interviews, I have been able to learn a lot from the handful that I have had. For some people, job interviews are one of the scariest things they will ever have to do for the …