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Freelance copy editor offering daily tips on grammar, usage and style. I sometimes opine on the state of journalism.
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Conference 2012—The Landscape of Canadian Language: Word Nerds Gone Wild | Editors' Association of Canada
editors.ca/conference/conference2012/index.html
Where I'd like to be this weekend: http://t.co/oQDJit53 ("Word Nerds Gone Wild" or, as Google translates the French, "Lovers of Words Romp")
It's clear: this grammar gaffe irks NYT's Philip Corbett: http://t.co/izCgqmBq
Easiest crossword ever published in National Post | Poynter.
poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/175365/easiest-crossword-ever-published-in-national-post/
Easiest crossword ever published in the National Post: http://t.co/2vjX4C3x
Grammar Girl :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™
grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
Congratulations. RT @GrammarGirl: Grammar Girl website made 2012 @WritersDigest list of 101 Best Websites for Writers
Sentences Crisp, Sassy, Stirring
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/sentences-crisp-sassy-stirring/
My latest NYT "Draft" post is up. It's on sentences and parataxis, hypotaxis—but doesn't use the Greek terms: http://t.co/z1GIjZvG
“Seldomly” is no more a word than “oftenly.” “Seldom” is the adverb, so resist the urge to add -ly.
Defending Bryan Garner
baltimoresun.com/news/language-blog/bal-defending-bryan-garner-20120527,0,2898638.storyWorld Wide Words: No room to swing a cat
worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nor1.htm
New online: No room to swing a cat: Does the idiom no room to swing a cat really derive from a brutal naval punishment
@EditorMark I missed it in the 5th-grade spelling bee. Later, my teacher said, "Remember, there's a rat in 'separate.'"
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