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

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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Terms of the Times

What Words Should We Look Forward to in 2019?

Fabienne Stassen on 3 January 2019

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News

Partly Sunny – Or Partly Cloudy?

Weather fascinates in both its variety and vocabulary. A still night can morph into a …

Eric Schallenberg on 10 December 2018

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Wonderful Words

The Wonder of Frankenfood

Monsters aren’t always scary, especially not in cartoons that decorate packages of fun foods, such …

Eric Schallenberg on 3 December 2018

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News

10 Tips to Tidy Up Your Holiday Messages

A Nitpicker’s Guide to Fixing Common Writing Gaffes Before you write another batch of holiday …

Fabienne Stassen on 19 November 2018

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Superfluous Words

Virtually Unnecessary Words

There’s nothing virtual about superfluous words, even if they do seem to creep into our …

Eric Schallenberg on 5 November 2018

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