Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses picks apart refute, rebut, rebuff and rebukeAug 28, 2016 7:30 am - Last week I wrote "God himself" would have trouble writing a good one-column newspaper headline. David Borck of Arlington Heights took me to task for that. "You mentione...
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Grammar Moses: Negative self-esteem can't hurt you if it doesn't existAug 21, 2016 7:02 am - Paul Reardon of South Elgin told me that while he is not a professional writer, he finds that looking closely at grammar makes him a better one. That closer look prompte...
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Grammar Moses: Don't feel bad, Donald, unless you do badly in debate you wanted so badlyAug 13, 2016 1:00 am - A word of caution before I begin, Friends of Donald. I offer this column only as a piece of advice, not mockery. The same goes for you, Friends of Hillary. I do not wish...
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Grammar Moses: One person's 'incident' is another's life lessonAug 07, 2016 7:00 am - What makes this column such a joy to write is the opportunity to correspond with so many of you. Especially — but not limited to — when it is complimentary. “Your excell...
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Grammar Moses: If a rampage is an incident, what's a holocaust?Jul 31, 2016 7:00 am - Last week at least 19 people were killed and 26 were injured at a facility for people with disabilities near Tokyo. Authorities say the assailant was a man with a knife ...
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Grammar Moses: This column is neither a history lesson nor historicJul 24, 2016 1:00 am - Ted Utchen has a bee in his bonnet. Well, several. But this one is something the Wheaton resident has written me about at least twice. Persistence wins the day, Ted. "Wh...
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Grammar Moses: Watt eye wood ent due four eh pullet surpriseJul 17, 2016 7:30 am - As the managing editor of a newspaper I receive solicitations daily from people who want to sell me (and I presume multitudes of managing editors) something. Oftentimes ...
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Grammar Moses: Is it me you dislike or the way I write?Jul 10, 2016 7:00 am - Your exposure to gerunds is probably similar to mine and just as limited. Oversimplified, a gerund is a word that looks like a verb but acts like a noun. There is a good...
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Grammar Moses: What's a little verbiage between friends?Jul 03, 2016 7:12 am - Ted Utchen of Wheaton has written me several times with column suggestions that, owing to their complexity, would require an episodic approach. Because I fear that would...
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Grammar Moses: You only say you enjoy my column. What am I to think of that?Jun 26, 2016 7:13 am - I've written before about the importance of putting "only" in its proper place. Scott Zapel of Glen Ellyn wrote to remind me that "only" isn't the only adverb that will ...