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Jim Thome Makes Memorable Hall of Fame Speech
September 12, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"All-time great slugger practiced speech at least once a day for months leading up to ceremony...Category: Persuasive Messages, Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Jim Thome Makes Memorable Hall of Fame Speech
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50 Americanisms That Don’t Make Sense to Foreigners
May 16, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"We asked HuffPost Facebook followers from outside the U...Category: Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on 50 Americanisms That Don’t Make Sense to Foreigners
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Literally – Just a Filler Word
May 1, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"If there were Survivor for words, I’d vote off 'literally...Category: Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Literally – Just a Filler Word
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Combining Quotation Marks, Question Marks, AND Commas (Whew!)
April 25, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyMignon Forgarty, aka Grammar Girl, tackles the subject...Category: Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Combining Quotation Marks, Question Marks, AND Commas (Whew!)
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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
April 11, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is whether it’s acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition...Category: Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
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Master These 7 Tips If You Want to Sound Smarter
April 3, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyCategory: Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Master These 7 Tips If You Want to Sound Smarter
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How Rate of Speech Impacts Diplomacy
March 29, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Let’s talk about what we know about how rate of speech impacts credibility and persuasiveness...Category: Intercultural/Diversity, Oral Communication, Special: Articles, Special: Podcasts, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on How Rate of Speech Impacts Diplomacy
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Let’s Simplify Legal Jargon
March 27, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long...Category: Language, Special: Videos, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on Let’s Simplify Legal Jargon
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This Is How I Went from Working on Dictionaries to Working in Tech
March 19, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyAbby Wolfe tells the story of Erin McKean (photo, left) who went from lexicographer to start-up founder...Category: Information Technology, Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on This Is How I Went from Working on Dictionaries to Working in Tech
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What Makes a Word ‘Real’
March 5, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary...Category: Special: Videos, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on What Makes a Word ‘Real’