Category Archives: Language

And . . . We Are Back!

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jeff Puthuff

I might as well tell you that TTAG has been a low priority for me since I won a big contract doing tech editing for a large clothing manufacturer AND decided that I wanted to go back to university full … Continue reading →

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Better Late then Never

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Jeff Puthuff

This one surprised me because it was so, so bad . . . and I found it on my personalized Google News page. How? Why? I was at a loss for words. Count the errors!

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IMHO, you're an idiot.

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Jeff Puthuff

I love it when people offer up their humble opinions with the careless regard for spelling and grammar as evidenced by “crazyflanger” over at Consumerist.com. Listen, if you can’t form coherent sentences with appropriate syntax and correct spelling, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Less Is More? Or Not?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Jeff Puthuff

Is a temperature of -70° C less or more than -80° C? I ask because of something I read in a news story about the mountain range under the Antarctic ice sheets. The story reads, “Conditions are brutal; temperatures can … Continue reading →

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Oll Raigth?

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Jeff Puthuff

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00[/youtube] According to this site, this video is: “An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you’ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it.” I’ve often believed that people who … Continue reading →

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