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August, 2009

Aug 31 2009 1:21PM GMT

Begging the question or raising it?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, begging the question, commonly misused expressions, Business writing, Quiz, word meanings, logical fallacies

Which is correct?
Because cyberbullying occurs outside the school, the situation ______ the question of whether or not it falls into the school’s jurisdiction.
a. begs
b. raises

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Aug 28 2009 6:12PM GMT

RT stands for “retweet”

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Retweet is a Twitter term that means to rebroadcast a message that someone else wrote (I say “someone else” but I have also seen people retweeting their own messages. Which always seems like cheating.) Retweeting is complimentary to the original tweeter and helps get them and their messages out to a wider audience.

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Aug 28 2009 4:13PM GMT

Less or fewer?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, less or fewer, quantities, commonly confused words, Business writing, Quiz

Which is correct?
I use disposable email accounts because I’m trying to get ____ junk messages in my main accounts.
a. less
b. fewer

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Aug 27 2009 1:12PM GMT

Perspective / prospective

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, perspective / prospective, commonly confused words, Business writing, Quiz

Which is correct?
Accurately portraying _________ is a challenging aspect of 3-D graphic art.
a. perspective
b. prospective

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Aug 26 2009 4:13PM GMT

Colons and semicolons

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, colons / semicolons, Business writing, punctuation, sentence structure, grammar, Quiz

Which is correct?
Every day, most people use one or more of these types of _______ estimation, educated guesses and common sense.
a. heuristics:
b. heuristics;

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Aug 25 2009 1:37PM GMT