Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: Writing this column through a veil of tearsJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - I wrote a few years ago about how, as a child, I misinterpreted song lyrics in amusing ways. I'd sing "Canada Dry" to the Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag," because that's w...
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Grammar Moses: Y, must you cause us problems?Jul 06, 2019 1:00 am - The letter Y gives people fits. Those with a solid grasp of English still manage to screw up the distinctions between the next few pairs of homophones that contain a Y: ...
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Grammar Moses: You've come a long ways, babyJun 29, 2019 1:00 am - I read with interest a Scot Gregor column that served as a preview for the recent Cubs-Sox interleague series: "White Sox have come a long ways since last visit to Wrigl...
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Grammar Moses: Someday I'd like to be a ... dontist?Jun 22, 2019 3:30 pm - If a medical professional who straightens teeth is an orthodontist and a medical professional who treats gums is a periodontist and a medical professional who treats abs...
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Grammar Moses: Let's play a lightning roundJun 15, 2019 1:00 am - Who is up for a lightning round? Sometimes I burrow so deeply into a topic that I have trouble digging myself out. Today, you get rapid-fire Moses. This comes largely fr...
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Why we avoid naming mass killersJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - Do you know the name of the man who shot up the Henry Pratt factory in Aurora, killing five people, earlier this year? I don't. Honestly. I'm not sure I ever did. And I ...
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Grammar Moses: Words to avoid in the news businessJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - "When I read today on the (London) Daily Mail's website that 'Ivanka was spotted peeing out of the window at Buckingham Palace with her husband Jared Kushner,' my first ...
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Grammar Moses: Synecdoche ain't a city in New YorkJun 01, 2019 1:00 am - If you're like me, you sat in awe and puzzlement as you watched the Charlie Kaufman-directed film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman titled "Synecdoche, New York." There wa...
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'There's nothing for these paramedics to do': Remembering the Flight 191 crashMay 24, 2019 5:00 am - Editor's note: Dave Tonge was one of four Daily Herald photographers who were at the scene of the Flight 191 crash on May 25, 1979. The others were Barry Jarvinen, Ch...
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Why we ask permission to cover funeralsMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - As newspeople, we've all lost loved ones. We're human, after all. We've all been to funerals. And many of us have had to cover funerals for the Daily Herald and other pu...