A New Form of Comma Abuse?
Two unusual syntax errors in the past week have me curious about their origin and what it might mean.
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Psych Gripes: Introduction and Overview
As a social science, psychology has been failing the general public for years. I don’t have enough hubris to try to precisely quantify any figures relating to that claim, but I’ve plenty to invest in exploring it.
On Carl Jung and Dualities
Sig and I set out some time ago to complete a paired reading of Carl Jung’s autobiographical book Memories, Dreams, Reflections. It did not go as I’d thought and hoped it would.
Placebo Effects: More Than Medical
It’s “resolution reset” season already. At least that’s what an ad I received yesterday proclaimed. And it set me to thinking …
This Holiday Has Never Been Hollow
A certain kerfuffle that’s been in the news has focused some attention on two words whose conflation has always perplexed me. It stems from a gripe I have about American English speakers.
Those Pesky Homophones Again …
Today’s homophone pair highlights an increasingly widespread misuse of the older word.
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