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Stop! Grammar Time!

I think this image is a much better way to describe the importance of commas. (artist unknown.) (from OxfordDictionaries.com) What + more

Titling Is Hard!

The Egg, Or The Memoirs Of Gregory Giddy, Esq: With The Lucubrations Of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederick Florid, And Ben + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

On page 147 of my copy of Stephen King’s On Writing are the most important words ever written on the subject: “If + more

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

I discovered the following from the Twitter feed of A Way with Words, the weekly public radio program. Turns out it came from + more

“Yeah I’m a writer deal with it.”

Want to read “the story of what it means to live in a cultural climate that stifles almost every creative + more

Wow. Just…wow.

Do you think that the Weird Al video I shared last week is funny? Kevin Gallagher, who refers to “garden-variety internet pedants” + more

Word Crimes

The estimable Mike Miller—who handles all programming- and IT-related matters around here—seems to think “Weird Al” Yankovic and I are kindred + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

Writing in Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts, the great Clive James points out that, “as Kingsley + more

Yikes

Regular readers know that I like to point out proofing errors from time to time. It’s not necessarily to gloat, but + more

Client Feedback

It always gets a bit dicey for me when, meeting someone for the first time, I’m asked what I do + more

Writing in the 21st Century

Interesting thoughts on writing from Steven Pinker, who, in lamenting the “robotic” adherence to style manuals, says, “…if you follow + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

Ever hear of the subjunctive mood? It’s that weird rule that seems to pair a singular subject with a plural + more

A Writer with Versatility

Not only can Aaron write, it seems he’s pretty useful on film shoots as well. While filming this week at + more

Write Simply, Write Plainly

When you write to impress rather than inform, jargon results. That’s according to this piece, anyway, and you won’t find me disagreeing. I’ve + more

Much Ado about Nothing

While suspecting as much, I’ve long wondered whether the sentiments in this piece are actually true. So I perused some of the album + more

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