Peter Faur http://peterfaur.com Tips and Thoughts About Communicating and Living in the 21st Century Fri, 18 May 2012 13:48:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/PeterFaurhttp://feedburner.google.com Grammar Friday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeterFaur/~3/NY3Ci-3iimI/grammar-friday-89 http://peterfaur.com/2012/05/18/grammar-friday-89#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:47:49 +0000 Peter Faur http://peterfaur.com/?p=3347 Today’s two grammar tips:

  • A dilemma isn’t just a problem. It is a situation that requires a choice between two options that are or seem equally unfavorable or mutually exclusive. (Thanks to Joe Elstner for this grammar tip.)
  • A nice tie complements a suit. If you tell the wearer you like his tie, you’re paying him a compliment. Free tickets are complimentary, not complementary.

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  • When you emigrate, you exit a country. When you immigrate, you go into a country.
  • An adage is a saying that sets forth a general truth and has gained standing through long use. Almost by definition, an adage is old, so it’s redundant to talk about “an old adage.”

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