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\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Winston Churchill was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition.} \\ \text{His response: "This is something up with which I will not put."} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{A matter concerning a doctor is referred to as "doctoral",} \\ \text{as in a doctoral thesis.} \\ \text{However, a director does not have "directoral" acitivities;} \\ \text{he makes his }directorial\text{ debut.} \\ \text{No wonder some people think we have an }Electorial\text{ College.} \\ \\ \\ \\ \bf{Epenthesis} \\ \text{The insertion or development of a sound} \\ \text{or letter in the body of a word.} \\ \\ \text{"The athelete wore a cumberbund to the dinner} \\ \text{which concluded with a dish of sherbert."} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{It is best to avoid foreign abbreviations,} \\ \text{especially with dead languages -- i.e. Latin.} \end{array}\)
. . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Questions from Your Grandchild} \\ \\ \text{"Grandpa, the ad said 'Dial this number'. What's a dial?"} \\ \\ \text{"My email said: cc Johnny. What does 'cc' mean?"} \\ \text{"Carbon copy."} \\ \text{"Why?"} \\ \text{"Well, we had this stuff . . ."} \\ \\ \text{"Grandpa, what's photo negative?"} \\ \text{"Stop! You sound like a broken record!"} \\ \text{"What's a broken record?"} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{A few }\bf{eggcorns}\text{ from recent posts:} \\ \\ \text{Tow the line.} \\ \text{Bare with me.} \\ \\ \text{And are students really }revising\text{ for an exam?} \\ \text{One even had a }revision\;sheet. \\ \\ \\ \\ \bf{Hysteron\; Proteron} \\ \text{A figure of speech in which the word} \\ \text{that should come last is placed first.} \\ \\ \text{Putting on your shoes and socks.} \\ \\ \text{Lock and load.}\\ \text{(A bolt-action rifle is loaded first.)} \end{array}\)
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\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Winston Churchill was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition.} \\ \text{His response: "This is something up with which I will not put."} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{A matter concerning a doctor is referred to as "doctoral",} \\ \text{as in a doctoral thesis.} \\ \text{However, a director does not have "directoral" acitivities;} \\ \text{he makes his }directorial\text{ debut.} \\ \text{No wonder some people think we have an }Electorial\text{ College.} \\ \\ \\ \\ \bf{Epenthesis} \\ \text{The insertion or development of a sound} \\ \text{or letter in the body of a word.} \\ \\ \text{"The athelete wore a cumberbund to the dinner} \\ \text{which concluded with a dish of sherbert."} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{It is best to avoid foreign abbreviations,} \\ \text{especially with dead languages -- i.e. Latin.} \end{array}\)
. . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Questions from Your Grandchild} \\ \\ \text{"Grandpa, the ad said 'Dial this number'. What's a dial?"} \\ \\ \text{"My email said: cc Johnny. What does 'cc' mean?"} \\ \text{"Carbon copy."} \\ \text{"Why?"} \\ \text{"Well, we had this stuff . . ."} \\ \\ \text{"Grandpa, what's photo negative?"} \\ \text{"Stop! You sound like a broken record!"} \\ \text{"What's a broken record?"} \\ \\ \\ \\ \text{A few }\bf{eggcorns}\text{ from recent posts:} \\ \\ \text{Tow the line.} \\ \text{Bare with me.} \\ \\ \text{And are students really }revising\text{ for an exam?} \\ \text{One even had a }revision\;sheet. \\ \\ \\ \\ \bf{Hysteron\; Proteron} \\ \text{A figure of speech in which the word} \\ \text{that should come last is placed first.} \\ \\ \text{Putting on your shoes and socks.} \\ \\ \text{Lock and load.}\\ \text{(A bolt-action rifle is loaded first.)} \end{array}\)
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