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Where you at, man?

(Posted by Sandeep) I have a sordid confession, grammar nerds. I use the phrase “Where you at?” on a regular basis. That Boost Mobile commercial just got to me. And then Jennifer Hudson came out with a...

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They, their, and them

(posted by John) We all use ‘they’ as a singular pronoun when we want to be gender-neutral. It’s so common these days that we hardly notice it, and nobody has ever corrected me when I’ve said ‘they’ in...

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If I were Justin Bieber…

If I was your boyfriend, never let you go Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone I can be a gentleman, anything you want If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go, I’d never let you go...

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