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More than vs. over: when should we use each of them? I didn’t realize there was a difference in this until earlier this year when my editor explained it to me. Editorially, there are certain times when we should use each of these terms. The Canadian Press guide states: More than is followed by a …
Books books books! Happy sigh. Books that I both started and finished in May: – Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. I read this in a record day and a half. Brilliant book! It’s all about the health benefits of drinking green smoothies, and why they’re an important addition to any diet, no matter what …
This video has gone viral, so it’s likely that everyone reading this blog has already seen the video… but it is so freakin’ adorable that I wanted to post it here just in case you hadn’t seen it yet. Hugs are really important. They’re a way to show someone how you feel about them …
The boyfriend pointed out something the other day which really stuck with me. He observed that although the standard line is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, of late the slogan seems to have evolved and dropped the first two parts. These days, you hear a lot about recycling. Manufacturers are coming out with new items which are “environmentally friendly.” …
I was cruising through the dictionary when I came across this word. I like it! Hadn’t ever heard it before and wanted to share. Li-to-tes (noun) Ironic understatement, esp. the expressing of an affirmative by the negative of its contrary, e.g. no mean feat for some great accomplishment. [Late Latin from Greek litotes from litos …
2011 has been a great year so far for me in terms of the books I’ve been reading. As a kid, I’d gobble up books and read pretty much non-stop in my spare time. I got away from it a little bit with university and such, but I’ve really missed it. These days I work …
Why is it that we never use the phrase “I believe/don’t believe in Western medicine/pharmaceuticals,” yet it’s the norm to talk about “believing” or “not believing” in holistic medicine/acupuncture/herbal remedies/Chinese medicine? Both are science. It seems odd that we as a society find it so difficult to reconcile that within ourselves.
Books I started a month or two ago and finished this month: – Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Great book! It’s completely accessible, even if it seems like it will be daunting. I very much liked this book. – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This was another good one, although the writing style …
Last week my co-worker emailed this video to me with the note, “For someone who makes their living with words…” I thought it was so sweet and wanted to share it with all of you 🙂
We all have those words that we use regularly but don’t really know how they’re supposed to be used. One of my sets of “problem words” is very ordinary: the toward/towards conundrum. I never know when to use toward and when to use towards. Normally I just use whatever “sounds right” in the sentence. But …
I didn’t read nearly as many books in March as I did in February. Somehow I just didn’t make the time for reading last month. Hopefully I’ll be able to read more in April! Books that I began reading in previous months and continued to read in March but have yet to complete: – Crime …
How we word things can change our perception of them considerably. When we use terms such as struggle and difficult, we are more likely to set ourselves up for failure than if we use terms such as challenge and overcome. Those are success words. That’s why, now that I am embarking on a six-month raw …
I have recently been doing some public speaking; last month I spoke at a conference in front of about 40 people, and then this past weekend I was the emcee and Maid of Honour at a wedding and had to speak in front of about 140 people. Public speaking is one of the things that …
Growing up, the mother dear, sistertraveller and I used to always tease the father dear because he didn’t “properly” pronounce the word “tiger.” Whereas the three of us pronounced it “ty” (as in the word “tie”), he pronounced it “tay” (as in the word “take”). We’d go into fits of giggles whenever he said the …
I was recently looking through one of my favourite books, The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling 19th Edition (what? I’m a rhetorician. Naturally this would be one of my favourites 😉 And yes I was flipping through it just for fun. Nerd!), and I have to say that there were a few words in there …