impact vs. influence
Hulk Hogan’s son Nick Bollea is getting out of jail nearly three months early thanks to good behavior and a strong work ethic, People reported.
Bollea has been serving an eight-month sentence for reckless driving that left 22-year-old John Graziano seriously injured.
Bollea is now due to be released Oct. 21.
“It’s standard procedure,” said Graziano’s [...]

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who vs. that

After winning best actress in a TV movie, Laura Linney relayed a political message. She said HBO’s John Adams was a tribute to “the great community organizers that helped form our country,” a reference to Sen. Barack Obama, whose work as a community organizer was disparaged by Gov. Sarah Palin.
Linney would’ve conveyed a [...]

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When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson sat down with Tom Brokaw this morning on Meet the Press, he proved that his many financial woes are matched by linguistic ones.
“Borrowers have done things that were irresponsible also,” Paulson said. “But there’s a lot of, a lot of mistakes made.”
This is a case of contractions tripping [...]

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singular-plural disagreement, redundancy

Tom Brokaw made multiple linguistic mistakes on this morning’s Meet the Press. His opening statement was problematic. He said, “Our issues this Sunday: the American financial system in deep crisis.”
Many of us dramatize speech. We want people to listen closely. We want to sound as intense as possible. And, to be sure, this [...]

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singular-plural disagreement, word choice, redundancy
When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson sat down with Tom Brokaw this morning on Meet the Press, he proved that his many financial woes are matched by linguistic ones.
“Borrowers have done things that were irresponsible also,” Paulson said. “But there’s a lot of, a lot of mistakes made.”
This is a [...]

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