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Back Yard, Backyard, or Back-Yard?

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Which is correct? Backyard, back yard, or back-yard?

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At the End of the Day

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A blog reader recently emailed me the following question:
Please tell me why people constantly say “at the end of the day” when explaining the final results of something and seemingly everything now? What the heck happened to using your brain to explain the finality of a situation.

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What Does It Mean To Be “Hoist with One’s Own Petard”?

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I read this sentence recently in an editorial on Obamacare: “…Obama then finds himself hoist by his own petard.”

So, what’s a petard and what does it mean to be hoisted by it?

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It’s Complicated

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When you say, “It’s complicated,” do you mean the same thing as “It’s complex?”

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Ten Commonly Mis-expressed Expressions

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Most common expressions get passed down orally. We hear them at a young age, and they work their way into …

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