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

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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 ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Formerly vs. Formally
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Make Your Editor Cry: Formerly vs. Formally

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Use the adverb formerly to describe something that happened earlier. A history teacher might explain that the city of Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople. ….

Make Your Editor Cry: For All Intensive Purposes vs. For All Intents and Purposes
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Make Your Editor Cry: For All Intensive Purposes vs. For All Intents and Purposes

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This idiom is most often used to say that one thing has the same effect, or the same result, as something else. No matter how ….

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

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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of flamingo is flamingos or rarely flamingoes. The definition of flamingo: any of several large aquatic birds (family ….

Make Your Editor Cry: First-Year Anniversary
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Make Your Editor Cry: First-Year Anniversary

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In the phrase, “our first year anniversary” or “our one year anniversary” the use of the word “year” is redundant because it creates a tautology. ….

Make Your Editor Cry: First-come first-serve vs. First come first served
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Make Your Editor Cry: First-come first-serve vs. First come first served

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Without the d, the phrase “first-come first-serve” suggests that the first individual who arrives will be the one who will then serve everyone who follows, ….

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