—So I’d better call attention to it. Even though the speaker got everything else wrong.
“All right” is always two words, folks! “Already” can be one word, though.
I Seldom See this Done Correctly!
Author: Patricia Nelson
A Bad Headline
Headlines are notorious for being misleading. They use oversimplification and distortion, mainly, I think. Many headlines amount to clickbait. I recall a recent series of articles that said Mt. Vesuvius had turned one victim’s brain into glass. What had actually happened was the heat had vitrified a couple patches of brain tissue next to the inside of the person’s skull. A few bits of overcooked tissue is not the same as turning the brain into glass!
This headline is bad for another reason: the punctuation is wrong, and it makes the headline misleading.
New Nanoparticle Eats Away At Heart Attack Causing Plaques
Interesting Engineering, Jan 31, 2020
The first time I read this, I supplied a comma after “attack.” A nanoparticle eats away at heart attacks? It causes plaques?
Okay, I can understand using the singular to refer to many of one type of thing, so I’ll give the writer a pass on that. But compound adjectives should be hyphenated! The headline should say “heart-attack-causing plaques.” The nanoparticles eat away at the plaques—plaques that cause heart attacks no less.
So think about your adjectives. Remember, if people can misinterpret something, they will.
Here’s an artist’s conception of this:
Good Communication is Important
Scott Meyer does a pretty good job of illustrating meaningful content with nonsense. So ignore their conversation (unless you want a few laughs) and pay attention to the headings of the panels.
How Often Should You Wash Your Car
One of the most important and major investments can be your car. So you will want to maintain it properly to enjoy its convenience for a long time. Washing your car frequently can be an easier way to maintain its looks for a long time. You can keep your car clean in different ways including using a sponge and a bucket of cleaning solution to do it yourself or by calling a car wash service in Norman OK. But do you know why it is important to wash your car frequently?
Reasons to wash the car frequently
You spend a lot of money not only on buying your car but also on maintaining it year after year. You changed its oil, replaced its transmission fluid, replaced its tires, as well as got its brakes repaired to keep it in proper running condition along with maintaining its looks for a long time. In this way, you spend a lot of money on your car every year to protect the money you have invested on it initially.
You can easily and effectively protect your investment just by washing it regularly because the first thing people will see is the looks of your car. The color of your vehicle is faded up or it is covered with dust and dirt then the value of your vehicle in their eyes will drop as you have not taken care of your car. You can avoid such things very easily and inexpensively just by washing your car regularly.
Common problems faced by your car
When you use your car regularly then it can naturally get dirty to some extent along with facing a few problems, which you may not know.
The undercarriage of your car can damage with time if you live in the area having slated roads during winter or in the coastal region as salt will accumulate on it.
The paint of your car can flake out as well as look horrible and its body can decay with time if thin pieces of wood, bird dropping or tree saps fall on it regularly, if you live in a wooded area.
All these issues can considerably damage your car and lower its value if you do not wash it regularly.
Frequency of washing the car
Though it is important to wash the car regularly but it is also important for you to know how frequently you should mobile car wash in OKC. Normally, it is recommended to wash the car twice a month or as you think suitable. You can increase or decrease the frequency depending upon circumstances. You can increase the frequency of washing your car if you live in any of the conditions discussed above. On the other hand, if you use your car occasionally and keep it in your garage then you need not wash it regularly. The main thing that matters is that you should maintain the external looks of your car by washing it frequently. It will help you in protecting your investment in a very inexpensive and easiest way.
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Not Sure I Know the Answer to this One
Maybe you can answer the kid’s question with something better than “That’s just how we do it.”
Some Postpositive Adjectives
Adjectives in English almost always appear before the word they modify, but sometimes they appear afterwards. This happens so seldom, we have a word for them: postpositives. A few weeks ago, a site I have recommended several times, A Word A Day, featured several.
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errant
aforethought
immemorial
laureate
elect
to be
martial
general
public
simple
emeritus
You probably recognize them. Do the nouns they usually go after come to mind? If you need help, go to https://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html#2020 (hint: several are legal terms.)
Here’s a picture of a poet laureate. See the crown of laurel?
Things To Consider While Buying Golf Skirts For Women
Golf is one of the most prominent and popular sports all across the world. Both women and men play this game. Though every game comes with some rules and regulations, the golf must be played in proper clothes. There is a particular dress code when it comes to playing golf. If you are a woman and want to play golf, then you have to either wear skirts or trousers to play. It is important to select the right ladies golf skirts. To choose the right type of skirt, there are some of the important factors to consider.
Factors to consider for choosing the right type of skirt
There are some essential criteria to consider for choosing the ideal women skirt for playing golf. Here are some of the important factors:
- Fit of the skirt: The fit of the skirt is an essential factor to consider when choosing the right skirt for playing golf. Too much fitted or too much loose skirt with flowy nature is not allowed. You have to choose the right fit which is neither too loose nor too tight. A-line fit skirt is ideal for this game. But make sure it goes perfectly well according to the dos and don’ts of the golf dress code.
- Length of the skirt: Another important factor that you may have to consider is the length. Too short skirts are not allowed in the game. Even skirts below knees are also not allowed in the game. Ideally the length of the skirt must be somewhere 2 to 3 inches above the knees. You can choose the length based on this height according to what makes you more comfortable.
- Design of the skirt: The next thing that you have to consider is the design of the skirt. You have to make sure that you are choosing the best design. Mainly subtle designs are ideal for the golf skirt. You need to avoid skirts that come with bold designs. It is better to choose a skirt that comes with minimalist designs, preferably solid colors.
- Color of the skirt: The color of the skirt must be soft or subtle. Mostly the color should be a neutral one i.e. white or beige. You need to understand that the bold or bright colors are not allowed for the skirts. You need to choose the pleated golf skirts very carefully, especially when it comes to color.
Conclusion
These are some of the best ways to ensure that you are buying one of the best golf skirts for women. There are many online and offline stores that sell the best women skirts for playing golf. You can choose one of the best ones from that collection. If you want, you can apply the filter to narrow down your choices to a great extent such as specific colors, size, length of the skirt etc. You need to wear the right size and color of your skirt when playing the golf. Choose the ideal one and make sure that it is comfortable to wear.
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A Neologism
A neologism is a word that you (or someone) made up to fit a circumstance that doesn’t have a word. Here’s a pretty good example.
It’s a bit long, but it has a pretty good ring to it, and I think the definition is pretty good, too.
This kind of word is also called a portmanteau word: Two (or more) words combined to make a new word, in this case blunder and catastrophe.
A Sentence Out of Order
A rule in English is to put modifiers as close to what they modify as you can. Adjectives generally go directly before the noun they modify, a blue car, for example. (Except for post-positives such as “malice aforethought.”)
Adjectival phrases can go afterwards, but what do you do when you have more than one of those phrases? You put the phrase as close as you can to the thing it modifies. Here’s a guy who didn’t:
Decades ago, psychologist Benjamin Libet monitored subjects’ neural activity while they chose to hit a button, and he discovered a burst of activity preceding the conscious decision to push the button by a split second.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/my-go-to-arguments-for-free-will
What does that split second refer to? It refers to the burst of activity, not pushing the button! He didn’t need so many big words, either. How about this:
… he discovered a burst of activity a split second before the decision to push the button.
Well, I think the sentence is easier to follow now.
This sort of thing is part of good writing. No clear-cut rule, just good judgement.
- When you write, think how you might be misunderstood, and don’t do that.
- Try not to cause bumps for your reader.
I Mentioned this Redundancy Before
But it’s from The Washington Post, a place where I expect better writing. The quote is lengthy, so I made the solecisms bold.
Carrie Dennett writes about why the Traffic Light Diet, a system of assigning the colors red, yellow and green to foods, is too simplistic, doesn’t have much impact, and can lead to nutritional deficiencies (some “red” foods have essential vitamins and minerals) and obsessive eating behaviors. Cara Rosenbloom writes about why telling people how long they will have to walk or run to work off the calories from, say, a chocolate bar, is too simplistic, can lead to nutritional deficiencies and can encourage obsessive behavior.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/traffic-light-diets-label-foods-red-yellow-and-green-thats-too-black-and-white/2020/01/19/7d0c4030-3878-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html
Simplistic already means “oversimplified.” Good writing has no such thing as “properly oversimplified” to be able to have too much of it. Use the word by itself!
Harrumpf.