Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: Because, because, because, because, because!Apr 03, 2021 1:00 am - Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. This is all about one of my favorite subordinating conjunctions: "because." "It seems that the word 'because' is disappea...
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Good News Sunday: Special Olympics supporters take the 'Plunge at Home'Mar 28, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Plunge at Home was this ...
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Grammar Moses: When that extra comma really mattersMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - I view Oxford comma afficionados as belt-and-suspenders people. They'll tell you how adding a comma after the penultimate item in a list is how it's done in literature a...
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Good News Sunday: Six Flags Great America to open April 24Mar 21, 2021 6:00 am - This column has been updated to include the correct timing of Elk Grove Village's vaccination clinic. This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more up...
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Grammar Moses: Me oh my, I screwed up againMar 20, 2021 1:00 am - Shortly before Thanksgiving, reader Lloyd Thomas sent me a question: "I am a bit confused in my 85-year-old brain about one short paragraph (in Grammar Moses) in Sunday'...
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Good News Sunday: Palatine woman helps feed others during pandemicMar 14, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Cathie Johnson grew up k...
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Grammar Moses: 'Dictionary Man' gets the last wordMar 13, 2021 12:00 am - I have many pen pals in my line of work and, of course, I quickly developed a running discourse with a guy who calls himself "The Dictionary Man." Ted Utchen of Wheaton ...
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Grammar Moses: Forgive my flagitious languageMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - I might have mentioned that I am not a Bible scholar, though I did read it, along with the awful allegory "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and some political science tomes ...
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Policy corner: Matters of tasteMar 01, 2021 12:00 am - In the same way that you know pornography when you see it, newspaper editors have a good feel for where the line is between good taste and bad. Don't judge us by how we ...
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Grammar Moses: My 2 cents on 10-dollar wordsFeb 27, 2021 12:00 am - When I was a lad, I thought "antidisestablishmentarianism" was the longest English word. I would wow people - or thought I wowed people - when I shared this tidbit with ...