Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Don't say for free.

Be the first writer lately to eliminate this silly phrase from your vocabulary. You say, "Admission to the Portland Museum of Art is twelve dollars." So on Friday, you should say, "Admission to the PMA is free."

Free means "without cost." For free, therefore, means "for without cost." Makes no sense.

You want your writing to make sense, don't you?

Say free.