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The Egg McMuffin of Metaphors
By now I’m sure you’ve had the opportunity to see the recent McDonald’s commercials that use “Egg McMuffin” as a synonym for “gold standard,” “most impressive,” “highest quality,”etc. If you haven’t...
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07/06/12 News Roundup
See how a major scientific discovery inspires articles on -- you guessed it -- words and writing. Also in today’s News Roundup: the editorial we, examining the editorial process, playing the odds in...
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Error of the Week: On the Brink of a Mixed Metaphor
A recent headline from The Telegraph uses evocative, poetic language but sacrifices good sense by mixing its metaphors.Democracy on the Brink of a Sea Changeread more
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Vocab: Shades of Green and Meaning
The shades of green being displayed in department stores this season are lovely, but I admit they’ve inspired more digging in my dictionary than in my pocketbook. green (noun) 1 : a color whose hue is...
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