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EditOr Proof posts commentaries on various aspects of the English language.

Terms of the Times

Up Your Alley … or In Your Wheelhouse?

Something may be up your alley or up your street, but can it be “in …

Eric Schallenberg on 20 May 2019

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Superfluous Words

Strike Superfluous Words from Your Writing

  “Make every word tell”: this sound advice from The Elements of Style speaks not …

Fabienne Stassen on 6 May 2019

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Terms of the Times

Does your “most” mean the mostest?

Numbers add both comforting precision and eerie uncertainty to life. For precision’s sake, we like …

Eric Schallenberg on 29 April 2019

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Wonderful Words

… and other nonsense words you’ll want to know

We rarely tolerate nonsense, but we have a soft spot for “nonsense words”. They seem …

Fabienne Stassen on 1 April 2019

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No Chicanery – But a Take on Chicane

English has many words with multiple meanings. Can we say there’s an art to using …

Fabienne Stassen on 15 March 2019

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Superfluous Words

Make Those Needless Words Vanish

Can you write fewer words and keep the meaning you intended? Of course! If you …

Fabienne Stassen on 1 March 2019

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Terms of the Times

A Return to Yesteryear

You may consider the word “yesteryear” to be a clumsy fusion of “yesterday” and “year”. …

Eric Schallenberg on 18 February 2019

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Wonderful Words

Kerfuffle

Some seldom-used words have a particular charm: their meaning is clear simply from their spelling …

Eric Schallenberg on 4 February 2019

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Terms of the Times

Words that Aren’t Quite Words

Copying and pasting text or images is an established and tidy practice: we copy the …

Eric Schallenberg on 28 January 2019

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Superfluous Words

Slash Those Superfluous Words

Good composition includes slashing all needless words from your business writing. But to do that, you …

Fabienne Stassen on 7 January 2019

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