Passengers, Let Me Break It Down For You

Passengers, Let Me Break It Down For You

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Get Your Grammar On

Get Your Grammar On

In praise of an often reviled topic.

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Julie Steward
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(This essay originally appeared in the October 2004 issue of Birmingham Magazine.)

By now we have all heard the political slogan, “Help is on the way.” Whoever wins the election in November will offer a vision of help in all kinds of ways, but The Birmingham News has recently reported a more obscure source of assistanc…

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