Michael Kwan, Author at Beyond the Rhetoric

Movie Reviews: Total Recall (1990), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 21, 2012 | Arts & Entertainment, Movie Reviews

Total Recall (1990) Last month, I went out to see the new Colin Farrell version of Total Recall,...

Grammar 101: Clearer Pronoun Usage

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 20, 2012 | Freelance Life, Grammar & Idioms

This is a very common grammar mistake that people make and it’s one that has quickly become a big pet peeve of mine. While some people will tell you that perfect grammar doesn’t matter as long as you are understood,...

What’s Up Wednesdays: Camps and Roaming

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 19, 2012 | Stuff & Things

Every Wednesday, I gather together a collection of blog posts from around the Internet that I...

Opportunity Cost Only Exists If…

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 18, 2012 | Perspectives

When I was going through university, one of the concepts that I learned in economics class was...

Sunday Snippet: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 16, 2012 | Perspectives, Quotes to Live By

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find...

Grammar 101: Petals and Pedals

Posted by Michael Kwan | Sep 13, 2012 | Freelance Life, Grammar & Idioms

You would think that with the proliferation of automatic spell checks on computers that we would get better at grammar and spelling, but it seems like the reverse is closer to the truth. That’s because many errors...