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In and Into and When to Use Each

In and Into and When to Use Each

Written by on June 9, 2020 in blog, editing, writing with 0 Comments

When to Use Into or In Using in or into is easy to master. When you use the word in, position is indicated. His pen was in his shirt pocket. Into, however, points to movement—of something or someone. He put the thermos into his briefcase. Here are a few example sentences of when to use […]

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Meaning of Cognizant and Meaning of Prophylactic

Meaning of Cognizant and Meaning of Prophylactic

Written by on May 19, 2020 in blog, editing, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

Meaning of Cognizant and Meaning of Prophylactic In my continuing quest to make note of words that have jumped to the forefront during this pandemic, I’ve identified two more offenders—cognizant and prophylactic. Don’t get me wrong; the words aren’t at fault, they’re fine words. I blame the people using them. The reporters, doctors, and analysts […]

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Plethora—the Real Meaning

Plethora—the Real Meaning

Written by on May 13, 2020 in blog, editing, grammar, self-publishing, writing with 0 Comments

Plethora—It’s Not What You May Think If you listen to people speak, you’re bound to hear the word plethora used sooner or later. And when you do, it will probably be used erroneously. Last year, I decided to do an informal self-conducted poll, and, in a thirty-day span, I heard the word used eleven times. […]

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Credible and Incredible

Credible and Incredible

Written by on May 9, 2020 in blog, editing, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

How to Use Incredible Credible and Incredible are closely related words, and each of them used to mean something specific. The meaning of each was easy to decipher because of the root word: crediblis and because of their close association. Credible believable, worthy of belief, capable of being believed Incredible Incredible means (at least for […]

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When to Use Mitigate

When to Use Mitigate

Written by on May 8, 2020 in blog, editing, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

When to Use Mitigate You might recall I mentioned that during any time of crisis, the not-so-often-heard words come out of the woodwork. We discussed the prevalence of proximity or should I say the misuse of close proximity earlier, but it’s long past time to delve into when to use mitigate and mitigation. Nowadays it […]

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7 Common Grammar Mistakes

7 Common Grammar Mistakes

Written by on January 25, 2018 in blog, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

7 Common Grammar Mistakes And How to Correct Them The how-to-correct-them-part is easy. Practice using them right. Make a habit out of it. Don’t simply read this article, and then forget it. Read the article, and then select one of the grammar rules and practe using it properly for several weeks. After that, your list […]

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Am I Grateful or Thankful

Am I Grateful or Thankful

Written by on August 22, 2017 in blog, education, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

Am I Grateful or Thankful I’ve had several people write to me about whether to use grateful or thankful, wondering when to use each word. My typical response of verifying my thoughts with a good dictionary and then presenting those people with answers didn’t work, mostly because the dictionaries seemed as confused as those people […]

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Compare to versus Compare With

Compare to versus Compare With

Written by on June 27, 2017 in blog, grammar, writing with 0 Comments

Compare to and Compare With Some authors claim that compare to versus compare with is a useless argument–that they mean essentially the same thing, but this is not supported by actual data. The verb compare has several different meanings, some of which take the preposition “to”, while the others take “with”: Compare A to B […]

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