Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: In headline writing, leave room for logicFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - A pair of letter writers this week reminded me that not everyone on this planet was trained to write headlines. Hollywood, which rarely offers an accurate portrayal of a...
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Grammar Moses: A lass, I knew her wellJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Mark Ludwig is a Daily Herald alumnus who now is a journalism professor at Cal State-Sacramento. He posts on Facebook more than I could ever find time to, but those post...
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Grammar Moses: That doesn't sound right!Jan 22, 2022 12:00 am - I might have told you once that my home office is in the dining room, my wife's workroom is in sunroom, and the kitchen and family room stretch in between the two. When ...
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Grammar Moses: Does entomology bug you, too?Jan 15, 2022 12:00 am - How is it that two nearly identical words can describe something I love so much that I write about it almost every week and something that makes me recoil in terror? No,...
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Letter from the Editor: My unwavering commitment to youJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. My alter ego, Grammar Moses, might have something to say about a lede like that, but as an ethos, the phrase has some merit. John Lampin...
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Grammar Moses: To new biginningsJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - Dear readers, I've been away for the past two weeks and wasn't planning to write anything for today. But then Visuals Editor Jeff Knox texted me this photo of a road sig...
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Grammar Moses: It just ain't my dayDec 25, 2021 12:00 am - Today's column will take you less time to dispatch than the Christmas ham and probably cause twice the dyspepsia. It has me. If we're anything alike, you feel like you'r...
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Grammar Moses: Mourning the loss of a linguistDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - I'm sad to report the passing of an important contributor to this column: a man with whom I corresponded weekly, who challenged me both as a grammar columnist and newspa...
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Grammar Moses: Shorter isn't always betterDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Contractions can be wonderful space- and timesavers. They also can gum up the works. You might tell the 14-year-old babysitter: "There's a 12-pack of Coors Light in the ...
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Grammar Moses: Which words sent us running to the dictionary in 2021Dec 05, 2021 4:30 am - The Top 10 list, a popular news media vehicle for recapping the year and providing us with lifesaving copy when the news world tends to hibernate, can sometimes be upend...