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Make Your Editor Cry: Incredible vs. Incredulous
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Make Your Editor Cry: Incredible vs. Incredulous

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Incredible describes something you can’t believe because it’s so right, like an incredible double rainbow. Incredulous describes how you feel when you can’t believe something ….

Make Your Editor Cry: In Route or On Route vs. En Route
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Make Your Editor Cry: In Route or On Route vs. En Route

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The phrase en route which means “on or along the way” is borrowed from the French and has been in common use in English since ….

Make Your Editor Cry: In Mass vs. En Masse
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Make Your Editor Cry: In Mass vs. En Masse

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We borrowed the phrase en masse from the French. The first use dates back to the 18th century. Example: The mob marched en masse to ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Imply vs. Infer
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Make Your Editor Cry: Imply vs. Infer

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To imply means to suggest something without saying it outright. To infer means to draw a conclusion from what someone else implies. Both verbs have ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Impacted vs. Impact
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Make Your Editor Cry: Impacted vs. Impact

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Confession. This one drives me a little bit crazy. The word impacted is an adjective. The word impact is a noun. Yet sentences such as ….

Make Your Editor Cry: I’m (not) Able To vs. It’s (not) Able To
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Make Your Editor Cry: I’m (not) Able To vs. It’s (not) Able To

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People are able to do things, but Things are not able to be done. Likewise, people are not able to do things, but things are ….

Make Your Editor Cry: I Could Care Less vs. I Couldn’t Care Less
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Make Your Editor Cry: I Could Care Less vs. I Couldn’t Care Less

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If you “could” care less then that suggests you actually do care a little bit. You possess at least some care which still could be ….

Make Your Editor Cry: (LATIN) ibid. and id.
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Make Your Editor Cry: (LATIN) ibid. and id.

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The abbreviation “ibid.,” stands for the Latin word “ibidem,” which means “in the same place.” It is used in endnotes or footnotes when you cite ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hypothesis vs. Theory
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hypothesis vs. Theory

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A hypothesis is an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it ….

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

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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of hypothesis is hypotheses. The definition of hypothesis: an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument. ….

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