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There I go with my own sloppiness.
...in which the author quoted a teacher
...the teacher's quote also...
Hone In or Home In?
I was scrolling through the excellent Grammar Hell site today, when I came upon a bit of information that surprised me. It had to do with the use of "hone in" and "home in." Let's look at the issue. Which is correct in this sentence, "home in" or "hone in"? I wish we would hone/home in on the r...
I read a NY Times article on education this morning in which the author a teacher using hone in. I would have ignored what I considered a minor error in usage, were it not for the fact that the teacher's also contained grammatical errors in agreement of number.
Years ago, my daughter brought home a mimeographed English assignment that contained six grammatical errors. I circled them in red, and sent it back to the teacher with a note as to why my child did not complete the assignment. The teacher sent me a very apologetic note.
Note to the gentleman who provided resume services: In today's tight labor market, any indication of sloppiness, including misuse of a word or phrase on a resume would probably result in the document being relegated to the circular file.
Hone In or Home In?
I was scrolling through the excellent Grammar Hell site today, when I came upon a bit of information that surprised me. It had to do with the use of "hone in" and "home in." Let's look at the issue. Which is correct in this sentence, "home in" or "hone in"? I wish we would hone/home in on the r...
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