{"id":4788,"date":"2026-08-02T17:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:39:51","slug":"a-handy-guide-to-language-pitfalls-by-rob-kyff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=4788","title":{"rendered":"A Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls, by Rob Kyff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creators.com\/read\/rob-kyff-word-guy\/07\/26\/a-handy-guide-to-language-pitfalls\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"A Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls, by Rob Kyff\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creators.com\/269\/420414\/6eab02178ee973ebb5f60d938111d108e6e9c632.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.creators.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">A Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls, by Rob Kyff<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">On my desk I keep a list of tiny quirks of spelling, usage and meaning that often bedevil me.  Perhaps my eclectic compilation will come in handy for you as well: \u2014 Katharine Hepburn, not Katherine \u2014 Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear or Smoky Bear \u2014 Frederick Douglass (abolitionist), Stephen Douglas (U.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-4788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4789,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788\/revisions\/4789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}