Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: This column has everything from soup to nutsApr 03, 2016 7:00 am - Ken Voight of Schaumburg wrote soon after this column debuted last July to tell me about his pet peeves. “One is the way people violate the rules for forming the compara...
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Grammar Moses: Words that begin with the letter CMar 27, 2016 7:30 am - I could probably write a column each week devoted to problems with words that start with one letter of the alphabet. Well, maybe not Z. Come to think of it, I might jus...
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Grammar Moses: Speed round with Barrington Writers WorkshopMar 20, 2016 7:30 am - Bev Ottaviano, who leads the Barrington Writers Workshop, asked me to talk to her group about good grammar. Knowing a Q&A would be part of the deal, I demurred. You see,...
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Grammar Moses: I've got a lot to talk aboutMar 13, 2016 7:00 am - Does "got" get your goat? It sure rankles Bob Hoffman of St. Charles. "To me, the addition of the unnecessary 'got' when expressing an imperative is very annoying," he w...
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Grammar Moses: Scalia was passionate, outspoken, resolute, but ... "strident"?Feb 28, 2016 6:30 am - Antonin Scalia was a staunch keeper of the faith or a rigid, cantankerous obstructionist, depending on which side of the political scale you fall. Our Page 1 headline th...
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Grammar Moses: I am literally dying to write this columnFeb 20, 2016 6:30 am - Don't let the headline worry/buoy you. It was just a bad cold. If your daughter tells you the dress you forced her to wear to her piano recital "literally melted my face...
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Grammar Moses: Happy Valentine's Day, dear valentinesFeb 13, 2016 12:00 am - Happy Valentine's Day. I ordinarily save that sentence for my wife, Patt, and my mother, but it's worth broadcasting today. If you're reading this before running off to ...
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Grammar Moses: Why discriminate against the simplicity of 'L'?Feb 06, 2016 12:00 am - I enjoy football like the next guy, and I will be watching the Super Bowl tonight on my big screen while making bad food choices as many of you will. But one thing will ...
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Grammar Moses on percentages, incidences ‑ hey, is this a grammar column?Jan 30, 2016 12:00 am - Years ago when Cook County officials first talked about raising its sales tax rate to 10 percent from 9 percent, I heard discussions and read words describing it as a 1 ...
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Grammar Moses: On contraction overload and why I hate "not to mention"Jan 24, 2016 6:45 am - A Palatine reader who wishes to remain anonymous noted that I wrote, "But it's not really about ..." "In my old school days, my teachers would have been quick to tell me...