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Make Your Editor Cry: Dichotomy, Discrepancy, Disparity
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Make Your Editor Cry: Dichotomy, Discrepancy, Disparity

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

There is a “dichotomy” between two different or entirely opposite things. There is a “discrepancy” between two things that should be identical—but are not. A ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Dictionary (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Dictionary (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of dictionary is dictionaries. dictionary: a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Dice (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Dice (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) Dice is the plural form of die. die: a small cube or other geometric shape marked on each face with ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Diagnosis (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Diagnosis (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of diagnosis is diagnoses. diagnosis: the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Deer (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Deer (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of deer is deer. deer : any of various slender- legged, even-toed, ruminant mammals (family Cervidae, the deer ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Deep-seeded vs. Deep-seated
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Make Your Editor Cry: Deep-seeded vs. Deep-seated

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The phrase “deep-seated,” means situated far below the surface or firmly established. The incorrect spelling “deep-seeded” could seem right since one might think that when ….

Monday Morning Motivation 6/21/21
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Monday Morning Motivation 6/21/21

  • By: Hallee Bridgeman

#mondaymotivation
Repeat after me, “I CAN do this.” Because you can.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil 4:13

Make Your Editor Cry: Decimate vs. Devastate
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Make Your Editor Cry: Decimate vs. Devastate

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

This is commonly misused and a serious personal pet peeve of mine. The origin of the word decimate is, unsurprisingly, from the Latin decimatus, past ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Decent vs. Descent vs. Dissent
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Make Your Editor Cry: Decent vs. Descent vs. Dissent

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The adjective decent means sufficient or acceptable. The local diner you like to frequent may not serve a four-star breakfast, but it probably has decent ….

Dear Weeping Editor: A… Question of Ellipsis
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Dear Weeping Editor: A… Question of Ellipsis

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Dear Weeping Editor, I am one of those writers that… makes you cry sometimes. Lately I’ve struggled with ellipsis… or ellipses… however it’s spelled. I ….

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