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I was watching an ESPN telecast when the host brought on a PR expert in reclaiming one’s reputation. The subject, obviously, was Roger Clements and his string of lies ever since he was revealed to be a ‘roids monstrosity.
This PR guy said there was a six-step process to recover one’s reputation and that the first two steps were "truth" and "honesty."
"There’s a difference?" I kept thinking.
So I looked up the two words:
Truth is defined as "the true or actual state of a matter" by dictionary.com (the first meaning given). Honesty is defined, first meaning, as "the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness."
So, I assume what PR guy meant was that, first, one had to begin telling the truth, and second, one had to adopt a policy of always telling the truth.
I still think the two are redundant since, if you adopt either truth or honesty as a policy, you’ll achieve the same goal.
However, it’s highly unlikely that Roger Clements has any intention of telling the truth or adopting honesty. Deceit is his only mode other than bullying others.
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I saw that on a sign on a store as I exited the freeway yesterday.
At least they got the first part right: "Lost Our Lease." (Actually, very few lose leases; they just refuse to pay the higher price tag.)
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Find the error in this sentence:
"On July 4, 1776 a printed copy of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Continental Congress."
Answer: The rules of English grammar dictate that you use a comma after both the day and the year, and the second comma is not optional.
Now this sentence:
"He grew up in Phoeniz, Arizona and still lives there."
Answer: The rules of English grammar dictate that you use a comma after both the city name and state name, and again the second comma is not optional.
These rules are so often abused that when I see someone who correctly uses the second comma, I figure that person probably knows English grammar pretty well. Either that, or s/he is just comma happy.
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Either the Curse of the Billy Goat is at it again, or my eyes were deceiving me. I just watched a clip of the Chicago Cubs’ unveiling (on opening day) a statue to the great Ernie Banks.
Banks was famous for saying, "Let’s play two." Fittingly, the Cubs decided to put that saying on the pedestal holding Banks’s statue. However, and here’s where I’m not sure if I saw things wrong or if Mr. Goat has prevailed again, they spelled it (in all caps), "LETS PLAY TWO," with no apostrophe.
Thats no good.
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First, we had bloviate, and now we have popinjay on The O’Reilly Factor.
The two are fairly intertwined. Here’s the definition of popinjay: "a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop."
In other words, any politician or political commentator.
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