It’s time once again to set the record straight on pairs of words that are commonly confused. Here are examples from print and online sources: “The number had been cut before the premier of the film.” A gala event is a premiere. The adjective meaning first is premier. “Mr. [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Locution- (loh-KYOO-shun)-from the Latin for “speech”-is a style or form of verbal expression, especially as used by a particular person or group. Example (as used by Tom Wilkinson): “The English locution you are familiar with, the body language and all those sorts of things, are denied you, because Americans don’t talk in that highly nuanced, middle-class [...]
By Noah St. John | Thu, Mar 17, 2011
If you’ve been to a “motivational” seminar or heard someone talk about success in, say, the last 10 years, you’ve probably heard the “Bamboo Story.” The Bamboo Story goes something like this… “The Bamboo is amazing. You water it and wait. You wait an entire year and nothing appears. No bud, no twig, nothing. “So you keep watering [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Mar 17, 2011
If you've been to a "motivational" seminar or heard someone talk about success in, say, the last 10 years, you've probably heard the "Bamboo Story."
By Early To Rise | Wed, Mar 16, 2011
To deliquesce- (del-ih-KWES) – from the Latin for “to become liquid” – is to melt away. Example (as used by Leslie Schenk in World Literature Today): “His indifference toward if not hatred for his mother deliquesced, through the writing of this book, into a recognition of his love for her.”
By Early To Rise | Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Launching a website for your new business is one of the most exhilarating experiences you’ll ever have. Don’t believe us? Try it. Getting the website up and running is the culmination of all the hard work and time you’ve put into building the graphics and writing the content. It’s also the moment of truth…to see whether [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Launching a website for your new business is one of the most exhilarating experiences you'll ever have. Don't believe us? Try it.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Mar 15, 2011
To suss out- an informal British expression – is to size up or study; to examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. Example (as used by Elizabeth Royte in a NYT review of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea… by Donovan Hohn): “Hohn seems to have it all: deep [...]
By Christian Hill | Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Yesterday, I talked about why inflation and rising interest rates are pretty much a "sure thing" because of all the "new money" the Fed created through its quantitative easing programs.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Yesterday, I talked about why inflation and rising interest rates are pretty much a "sure thing" because of all the "new money" the Fed created through its quantitative easing programs.
By Don Hauptman | Fri, Mar 18, 2011
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