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A couple of obvious roadblocks to clarity are long, complicated sentences and fifty-cent words when a twenty-five cent, or even a ten-cent, word will do. Let’s talk specifically about three problems that can get in the way of clarity.

If you don’t like the word “snuck” as the past tense of “sneak,” sorry . . .

I received a question in response to last week’s post asking when I was “going to have the courage to tackle” the “lay/lie” situation.

This post talks about the irregular verbs that don’t change at all from present tense to past tense to present participle.

At the end of the Great Depression, about 25% of American adults made New Year’s resolutions. At the beginning of the 21st century, about 40% did. How many people keep them? And where did the tradition come from?