What Not to Do With a Range

Recruiters talk about a minimum of 2 to 5 years experience. So what’s the minimum? 2 years, 5 years, or not? This is incorrect use of a range.

Here’s another example; the kid quotes a badly written advertisement. Is the limit 50% or is the limit more?

So if you’re going to write a range of something , be careful not to contradict it with a mismatching, contradictory limit.

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Panel 1, not panel 3

Please. Don’t say “on accident.”

The verb I’m thinking about is “to blend in.” Do we have an adverb for it? Well, here’s the pattern I’ve seen in this situation. Last panel.

How would you say it? What verbs can you think of to change into adverbs?

Here’s the comic. Panel 1:

Using adjectives to modify verbs is common, so I didn’t notice this until a commenter pointed it out. She should have said “…heal more slowly.” After all, she teaches English.

Um, same mistake in panel 3.

First two panels. Comparing something to a number can be tricky, especially when the number implies some sort of direction. If something is under water, would you say “over three feet down”? That’s why I recommend that you don’t use “over” with numbers, even though it’s permitted.

My choice (for the comic) is to say “younger than.”