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Category: Grammar

July 29, 2020July 31, 2020 Phillip Mullins Anxiety, Communication, Grammar, Humor, Language, Professional Life, Workplace

This is only a test?

To be clear, I'm OK with failing a test because I don’t know the material. But when questions are "less than clear," it gets a little disheartening.

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Phillip Mullins Advice, Authors, Blogging, Communication, Grammar, Humor, Thesaurus, Writing

Be Careful When Changing/Switching/Twigging Words – Part 1

I present herein some actual examples, where words in simple, everyday sentences have been replaced with synonyms. Be advised/warned/informed/apprised.

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Phillip Mullins Fiction, Grammar, Language, Workplace, Writing

9// Niceties

The meeting request from the sales manager said that The Scientist was "cordially" invited to a work-related dinner later that week.  While most would consider it a pleasant thing to be invited to ANY dinner, he supposed, and while the restaurant the company was springing for was fairly upscale (or so he had heard - he … Continue reading 9// Niceties

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Phillip Mullins Grammar, Humor

“Free Wi-Fi” Part “2”

Important update! I recently drove past the motel mentioned in this post, and the sign seems to have changed in one crucial way, and I have to say this seems like a gift from the grammar heavens for a guy like me who loves to over-analyze everything AND has been known to take part in beating a … Continue reading “Free Wi-Fi” Part “2”

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 Phillip Mullins Grammar, Humor, Kids, Parenting

Parenting is a Fickle Ride

Whenever one of my kids spills something on the floor, I experience a range of emotions. On one hand, the spill represents something else "to do" - a new task - in a world where we already have more to do than we will ever get done.  And my wife and I, as the sole … Continue reading Parenting is a Fickle Ride

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