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Stop! Grammar Time!

This blog has been active for more than three years now. And I would have bet that, in the 650 + more

“…and then they were upon her.”

Most of you have probably read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” It’s the late author’s most famous short story, and has + more

Hey! That’s Us!

Looks like KREM 2 News has discovered the SPOMa exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Here’s their + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

“Hone in on” has been popping up in conversations lately. We’ve dealt with this issue here before, so I won’t + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

I received an e-newsletter today in which the plural of pizza is spelled pizza’s. For reals. Yeah, yeah—these things happen. + more

America! Heck Yeah!

It may be “the new Latin,” but American English still has its discontents. Not to mention at least four different + more

@#$%!

My friend Derek—who’s moved his online musings from here to here—sent me a link to The Origins of 9 Great + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

How long has it been since we talked grammar? Too long, I’m thinking. So let’s not waste any more time. + more

Done with Tolstoy

It’s easy to forget that some of the greatest works of fiction—Proust, Dostoevsky, Kafka—require the work of a translator to + more

Quote of the Day

Asked whether market research breeds mediocrity, Wally Olins had this to say: “If you are going to create something that is + more

Get Started on YOUR Copywriting Career!

“Writing is your passion. Why not make it your day job, too?” Ugh. Writer’s Digest University is selling this load + more

The Secret Life of Punctuation

Keith Houston has done a remarkable job in reducing the history of punctuation down to 530 words. Take a couple of + more

“They waterproof their dense fur by preening it free of oil and schmutz…”

If this headline doesn’t reach out of your computer screen, grab you by the throat, and provide a vigorous demonstration + more

Word Porn

This is the sort of thing I love about the English language: seemingly arbitrary, yet also somehow rational—not to mention + more

Beware the Ides of March

Julius Caesar was stabbed on this day in 44 B.C. But you already knew that, right? We’re mentioning it to + more

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