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Less vs Than

By Judy Vorfeld Ever heard that it’s wrong to say, “Less than 50 peo­ple took part in the poll,” and that “Fewer” is the proper word? How can we tell which is right? “Fewer” should be used with a plural noun that describes a group of indi­vid­ual items that can […]

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“Like” as Slang

By Judy Vorfeld Let’s tackle the some­times loved, some­times hated word, “like.” Like, have you won­dered if there’s a tech­ni­cal term for, like, stick­ing the word “like” like, through­out a sen­tence, like, like this? Here’s the grip­ping answer: it’s an inter­jec­tional word. Interjectional speech is often called “slang.” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, […]

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Homonym Heaven

The Internet: Homonym Heaven! By Judy Vorfeld Have you ever vis­ited a visu­ally attrac­tive site and then spot­ted phrases such as, “If your inter­ested in learn­ing more about our Websight, e-mail us,” or “This prod­uct comes with an uncon­di­tional guar­an­tee. It’s high qual­ity will make you’re life better!”? […]

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Words That Often Obfuscate

By Judy Vorfeld What do I mean by words that obfus­cate? In fact, what does “obfus­cate” mean? It’s a word that rarely finds a home in a nor­mal busi­ness let­ter. Let’s ana­lyze just a few words that don’t belong in most busi­ness doc­u­ments or on many web­sites (it all depends on the […]

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Breaking Grammar and Design Rules

By Judy Vorfeld Will you break some of the sacred top ten Web Design Rules for Success if you cre­ate clumpy clus­ters of yel­low text parked on an orange back­ground, sur­rounded by bounc­ing hip­pos or cat­tle wear­ing shoes? It depends. Some friv­o­lity might be appro­pri­ate for Vegetarian Shoes, […]

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