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Spellcheck Sticks It to Another Writer
- A story I'm proofing about home electronics contains the sentence*:
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- A story I'm proofing about home electronics contains the sentence*:
Percolating Language Thoughts: Word-related things on my mind as I waited for the coffee* to brew this morning
- A Barack Obama language tactic: He eschews the word “Republican" to use as an approximate synonym “the last eight years.” Seems like a clever way to try to lure all discontented voters
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IS GOOD GRAMMAR AND SPELLING SOON TO BE EXTINCT?
- Write first for yourself ...
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Wonderings and Googlings (Wherein I wonder about words, then I Google them)
I hate grammar = 4,640 hits
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Should We Give Free Rein to 'Free Reign'?
As part of an occasional series titled "Wonderings and Googlings" at my main blog, today I did a Google search on two expressions that traditionally called for the word rein.
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of grammar snobbery ... (On "yea," "yeah," and "yay.")
'Ambiance'/'Ambience' and Let's Hear It for the Weasels
- I was thinking the other day about the animals that we refer to as the very embodiment of certain types of people.
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Whom Says So?
- The Best Things Ever Said about Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation
