Is it that big of a deal?

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Is it that big of a deal? Don't get me wrong, I'm usually a stickler for the proper word in the proper place, but "blog" and "blogging" are still relatively new to the English lexicon -- is it fair to admit the terms might be fluid and interchanheable?

Granted, I don't know many people who say I wrote a blog so much as they say I write a blog so I'm not sure where this blog post is coming from.


Outside The Beltway - Mobile Edition: You Didn’t Write A Blog, You Wrote A Blog Post. http://goo.gl/mag/RnNC1fP
http://goo.gl/mag/RnNC1fP

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Marla Caldwell said…
It's a bit prescriptivist, but yes, it irks me a little to see "blog" used in place of "blog post" because I think it reduces clarity of communication. But I'd keep it to myself.
May 26, 2013 at 9:17 PM
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