Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: In lieu of anything fun, read thisMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - "In lieu of current events, we remind members to practice good health habits. Washing your hands, using hand sanitizer, wiping down equipment after use ..." I was all re...
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Grammar Moses: You'll either love this column or hate itMar 07, 2020 12:00 am - Life is full of choices, except when it isn't. "I often hear local traffic flow reporters announce that on expressway X traffic flow is good in either direction," wrote ...
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Sign up for our new Coronavirus newsletterMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Daily Herald today has launched a weekly coronavirus newsletter to keep readers up to date on the spread of the virus globally, in the United States and in the subur...
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Grammar Moses: Keep calm and elide the 'L'Feb 29, 2020 12:00 am - If you learned English from the nuns back in the day, odds are pretty good that you blanch at the speed with which definitions and spellings change. Just think of how qu...
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Grammar Moses: If your pants are too loose, you might lose themFeb 22, 2020 12:00 am - New subscriber Patricia Casale (please welcome her aboard, everyone) was wondering whether I've ever addressed the vexing issue of when people add an extra "O" to the ve...
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Grammar Moses: Would you be annoyed if I were to ping you?Feb 15, 2020 12:00 am - When I first took the job of managing editor in 2012, I entered a world in which a majority of my day was spent in meetings - as many as eight planned meetings a day, wi...
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Grammar Moses: Where did I put that modifier?Feb 08, 2020 12:00 am - I sometimes enjoy testing the limits of my car stereo after a long day of telling other people what to do. In the morning, however, I need calm. Were it not for the obvi...
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Grammar Moses: I hope you 'enjoy' this columnFeb 01, 2020 12:00 am - The creative team at BBDO should win awards for its "Just OK is Not OK" AT&T TV ad in which a surgeon walks into a patient's room crowing "Guess who just got reinstated?...
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Pulling Back the Curtain: How we treat gender in the newsJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - We may be nearly 150 years old as a newsgathering organization, but we're not sticks in the mud. We adapt as society adapts, and sometimes we try to help our readers na...
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Grammar Moses: How many 'k' sounds in Celtic? It dependsJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - "I have a disagreement with my brother and his wife about the word 'Celtic,'" writes pen pal Cynthia Cwynar. "I say the word is always pronounced with a 'k' sound unless...