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Homonyms and homophones can cause a lot of confusion, both for native English speakers and for people who are learning English as a second language. They sound the same, so it’s pretty easy to get each pair of words confused. In the context of casual conversations over the Internet, the occasional typo can probably be [...]

A few months ago, Buzz Bishop was nice enough to give me a bottle of wine to try. I wouldn’t really consider myself much of a connoisseur when it comes to the vino, but who am I to decline a free bottle of fine alcohol? You don’t have to go to a nice restaurant to [...]

You could say that today’s post is a follow-up to the post I wrote yesterday about difficult customers. Life is an inherently stressful existence, because we are bombarded with so many needs and responsibilities. We are pulled in every direction at the same time and it all seem very overwhelming. It feels like if we [...]

As is the case with any other kind of business, freelance writers like me will inevitably encounter difficult customers. It can be very easy to lose your cool and get into a shouting match with these so-called “bad” clients, but this may not be the best approach in the long run. Sometimes, it’s better to [...]

There are probably a few of you that will get the cheesy Fast and Furious reference in today’s blog post title, but for those of you who don’t, you’re not missing out on much. I try to vary the themes of these weekly speedlinks on Beyond the Rhetoric, offering some new content to enjoy from [...]