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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More ... Oct 24, 2007 ... We usually say "I was obliged to move," not "I was obligated to move." When we say "I am obliged to you," we may simply mean "Thank you"; ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More ... Oct 24, 2007 ... We usually say "I was obliged to move," not "I was obligated to move." When we say "I am obliged to you," we may simply mean "Thank you"; ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: Why ... Oct 30, 2006 ... Q: You were discussing the expression “take a flier” the other day on the Leonard Lopate Show. I think that it derives from the famous ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: Take ... Nov 23, 2007 ... The Oxford English Dictionary, for example, has a dozen published references for “make a decision,” but only one for “take a decision” – a ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More ... Feb 1, 2009 ... Uggies of the Year? Q: Three words are driving me nuts: “incentivize,” ... How about “administrate” as a candidate for Uggie of the Year! ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More ... Jan 10, 2007 ... Getting the hang of hung. Q: Why are pictures hung and people hanged? A: Both past tenses have been around for hundreds of years, ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: Quoth ... Jun 10, 2008 ... Quoth the maven, "Anymore" and "any more". Q: I see lots of "anymore" as opposed to "any more" these days. What's correct? ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: Why ... Jul 24, 2008 ... Q: What’s the origin of the phrase “happy as a clam”? I don’t see what clams have to be happy about. If ever an expression doesn’t make ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: Why ... Jul 24, 2008 ... An 1898 edition of E. Cobham Brewer’s dictionary, though, does include an entry for “happy as a clam at high tide” with the following ...
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The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More: On ... Here’s an example from my grammar book Woe Is I: Lumpy insisted that he could walk no farther, and he refused to discuss it any further. ...
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