Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: Hey, readers! What words are on your minds?Feb 16, 2019 12:00 am - This will come as a shock to many of you, but I regard this column as a diary of sorts. You know, the kind of diary you leave on the coffee table with a "read me" sign o...
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Grammar Moses: A valentine straight from the heartFeb 09, 2019 12:00 am - Have you ever racked your brain trying to come up with the perfect Valentine's Day gift that comes straight from the heart? Come on, I know you have. For my wife, Valent...
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Grammar Moses: This column isn't humongous, but it's still plenty scaryFeb 02, 2019 12:00 am - We often make assumptions about the meanings of words simply because they look or sound like words with which we are familiar. Take the everyday word "homunculus." You p...
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Grammar Moses: Prep yourself. This will take just a few minutes.Jan 26, 2019 12:00 am - If I were to tell you I'd be writing today about prep time, would you assume I'd launch into a recipe for shoofly pie or that I was excited about something going on in t...
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Grammar Moses: And now for this commercial announcement about radio adsJan 19, 2019 12:00 am - Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Who doesn't know what that is? The reason people in advertising get rich is t...
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Grammar Moses: Please enjoy this weirdly normal columnJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - Andy Warhol famously said, "I am a deeply superficial person." I not-so-famously say, "Hon, this soup is awfully good." Oxymorons are wonderful little contradictions tha...
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Grammar Moses: Why 'just between us' doesn't really include usJan 05, 2019 12:00 am - If I can use a sports analogy to make a point about grammar, you can count on me to do so. Remember poor Cody Parkey, the Chicago Bears kicker who looked more like a pia...
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Grammar Moses: It's not all right to write alright (and other New Year's resolutions)Dec 29, 2018 12:00 am - The waning days of the year are a time of reflection, a time of renewal, a time for making yourself promises you'll likely break before Valentine's Day so you can resolv...
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It's no secret: Grammar Moses is in the holiday spiritDec 23, 2018 12:00 am - Many years ago, I wrote a story in which I buried a secret message. No, it did not profess my undying love for Mary Ann from “Gilligan's Island” or divulge my voting rec...
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Grammar Moses: Do you lay like a rug? Chapter and verse on lay/lieDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Constant reader Ted "Dictionary Man" Utchen writes: "On Page 2 of the Dec. 5 Daily Herald, we see a story headlined, 'Good boy: Sully the service dog visits Bush's caske...