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Make Your Editor Cry: Hale vs. Hail

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

If you’re hale, you’re strong and in good health. Think “hale and hearty,” the well-known phrase to describe someone who can lift a piano or ….

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

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) Hair is singular when it refers to an entire head of hair. The definition of hair: a slender threadlike outgrowth ….

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

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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of goose is geese. The definition of goose: any of numerous large waterfowl (family Anatidae) that are intermediate ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Goodbye, Good Night
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Make Your Editor Cry: Goodbye, Good Night

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The words “good night” are always written as two words. The word “goodbye” is always written as one word. Goodbye morphed out of a common ….

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

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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) Use pair of glasses for the singular and pairs of glasses for the plural. The definition of glasses: a device ….

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

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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) When referring to the material, glass is a mass noun. When referring to a drinking container, the plural is glasses. ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Get Off Scotch Free vs. Get Off Scot-Free
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Make Your Editor Cry: Get Off Scotch Free vs. Get Off Scot-Free

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

With roots in Middle English, this idiom means that a person or group which has usually been suspected of, or tried for, some malfeasance doesn’t ….

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

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of fungus is fungi or rarely funguses. The definition of fungus: any of a kingdom (Fungi) of saprophytic ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Free Reign vs. Free Rein
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Make Your Editor Cry: Free Reign vs. Free Rein

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The correct idiom refers to the reins which control a horse. It’s easy to see why this one looks correct, considering that “reign” is something ….

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

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of formula is formulae or less commonly formulas. The definition of formula: a customary or set form or ….

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