Jim Baumann
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Grammar Moses: 'Gaslighting' sparks dictionary lookupsDec 03, 2022 12:00 am - Before flipping the calendar to December, the lexicographers at Merriam-Webster rolled the dice and released their list of most popular lookups for 2022. I guess if "Mys...
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Grammar Moses: 'Wonton Lust' bites the dustNov 26, 2022 12:00 am - As the saying goes, the bridge from dream to reality is hard work. I'm here to tell you sometimes it's not enough. I had a dream recently in which I came up with what I ...
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Grammar Moses: Let's have a Scrabble-dictionary convo about fauxhawksNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - It's been many years since I've played Scrabble. "Hey, do you feel like beating the pants off me at Scrabble?" is not generally something I'm asked by friends or family ...
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Grammar Moses: Why 'farther' takes a ruler and 'further' an imaginationNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The headline read: "In the suburban counties, the blue wave spread further." I had anticipated getting a phone call or two from readers who interpreted the headline as ...
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Grammar Moses: Give me your eggcorns, your mondegreens, your malapropismsNov 05, 2022 1:00 am - Has anyone ever pointed out to you that something you've been saying for most of your life is not ... quite ... right? While singing along to a song from your youth have...
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Grammar Moses: No-calorie tricks and treatsOct 29, 2022 1:00 am - On All Hallow's Eve eve, I offer you tricks and treats. And they'll all be bite-sized (and likely stale). If you were hoping for a regulation Snickers bar from me, try t...
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Grammar Moses: A tale of two citiesOct 22, 2022 1:00 am - Sorry for the Victorian clickbait headline, Dickens fans. This is my first and last mention of London and Paris, and there will be no revolution with which to frame this...
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Grammar Moses: Three different columns in one, and none of them very goodOct 15, 2022 1:00 am - Sports columnist/word wizard Jim O'Donnell passed along to me a Washington Post column by Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer on what I'll call poofy words. I found ...
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Grammar Moses: A column, the likes of which you'll never readOct 08, 2022 1:00 am - Sometimes, I can answer a reader's letter with a simple "yes" or "no." But what fun would that be? "Mr. Baumann, can anything be done to stop writers from using the phra...
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From the Editor: How we went about covering our own birthdayOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - It's not every day we get to celebrate a milestone like this. Especially when it's ours. What would become the Daily Herald began humbly, as most newspapers do, nine yea...