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Make Your Editor Cry:  Another thing coming vs. Another think coming
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Make Your Editor Cry: Another thing coming vs. Another think coming

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

This is an example of a misheard expression (an eggcorn) that makes a little bit of convoluted sense on its own. The phrase “you’ve got ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  All the sudden vs. All of a sudden
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Make Your Editor Cry: All the sudden vs. All of a sudden

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

For many English as a second language folks, a common mistake is to write either “all the sudden” or “all of the sudden” instead of ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Affect, Effect
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Make Your Editor Cry: Affect, Effect

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The words affect with an “a” and effect with an “e” have no senses in common. As a transitive verb, the word affect is most ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Adverse, Averse
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Make Your Editor Cry: Adverse, Averse

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

An “adverse” effect prevents your success or progress toward a goal, while “averse” means something you’re strongly opposed to. Examples: Correct: I just received adverse ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  A different track vs. A different tack
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Make Your Editor Cry: A different track vs. A different tack

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The correct phrase has its origins in nautical navigation during the days of sail. The idiom means to take a different approach with a tack ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  A blessing in the skies vs. A blessing in disguise
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Make Your Editor Cry: A blessing in the skies vs. A blessing in disguise

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

This idiom, “a blessing in disguise,” is intended to describe a blessing that may not at first appear to be a blessing. It is often ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Incomplete comparisons
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Make Your Editor Cry: Incomplete comparisons

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

If you begin a comparison, you must finish it. Example: Our company’s products are better, cheaper, and more efficient. Um, okay? More efficient than what? ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Specific Letters as Words or Word Parts
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Make Your Editor Cry: Specific Letters as Words or Word Parts

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

You may wonder whether words like T-shirt and A-frame which amount to a letter combined with a word have an official type or designation. Maybe ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Misplaced Modifiers
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Make Your Editor Cry: Misplaced Modifiers

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

When participial phrases modify a noun other than the one intended, it’s called a misplaced modifier. This makes sense because it’s a modifier (an adjective), ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Split Infinitives
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Make Your Editor Cry: Split Infinitives

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

You were probably taught to aggressively avoid split infinitives. If you see what I did there, congratulations. You now get to boldly go where no ….

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