Academics don’t write to be read; they write to be published, says Barton Swaim. As to why their writing is + more
Academics don’t write to be read; they write to be published, says Barton Swaim. As to why their writing is + more
This is an old post, but it’s worth revisiting. Turns out people care about good writing. Who knew? Via Grammar + more
The winners of the 2012 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced. Though this year’s entries seem, on balance, to be + more
No doubt using a series of insanely complicated algorithms engineered by the finest minds of our generation, this meticulously calibrated diagnostic + more
And it’s in section A-1 of today’s Los Angeles Times. Earlier in my career, the sight of something like this + more
Clever mnemonics to help you remember the difference between pore and pour. A brief history of the failed attempts to + more
Great post by Ben Dolnick. “To use a semicolon properly can be an act of faith,” he writes. “It’s a + more
You hear a lot of folks say things like, “For the best back wax ever, just give Betty or myself + more
Ben Yagoda offers up some helpful comma pointers in yesterday’s New York Times. Bonus: he uses “gobsmacked” in a sentence—a word + more
As Archaeologists of the future sift through the shattered remains of our once great and glorious culture, they’ll no doubt + more
“This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, + more
Christopher Shea takes a look at what a group of social scientists and evolutionary theorists—along with the Google Books team—have + more
Lowercase or capital letter after a colon? Depends. When it’s used within a sentence, the first word following the colon + more