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Five Rules for Effective Writing from Orwell
Pick the Brain nicely abstracts George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing and provides the link to the original essay. I just came across this tool that helps you eliminate cliches from your...
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Bad English in Beijing Gets Official Attention
A sign in Beijing’s airport says, “Careful Landslip Attention Security.” With the Olympics coming to Beijing in 2008 and over 500,000 foreigners, officials promise to take care of the bad grammar...
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Using Apostrophes
We’ve discussed apostrophes many times here, and we’re not going to stop anytime soon as long as the abuse continues. WikiHow’s How to Use Apostrophes mentions the frequent use of “photo’s” and it’s...
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All Paid Out
Came across this unfortunate spelling error that I see often (click the little green box below to view larger). This could happen out of habit since we’re used to simply adding “ed” to change a word...
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Free Tools and Sites for Writers
Updated: 16 November 2010 (100+ resources) I had planned on putting this list up ages ago, but kept adding more. It could take a long time to capture many resources, so this is a living entry that I’ll...
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How to Show Something Is Really Yours
Just had to share this grammar blooper from PC Magazine’s Mother’s Day article. Perhaps, the magazine wanted to emphasize Mom belongs to you in superlative terms. Of course, I wanted to know what...
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Links: Roaring March 2009 Edition
Getting Things Done with Twitter: Don’t like the idea of paying through Twitter. Twitterfall: A New Twitter Tool for Journalists: I get nervous about new twitter tools because they can boost your...
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Links: March out Little Lamb Edition
Photographic dictionary: Very sleeky and useful. I know the word “blurry” too well. Social Butterfly Does bad grammar make you [sic]? [Yes!] Your Writing Is Killing Your Writing: I’m a perfectionist,...
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Links: Meet Me at the Fair 2010 Edition
No, not in St. Louis! Texas State Fair in Big D! Late with the links because of Blog Action Day and being exhausted from the fair. More deets in the next edition of links. On with the show! OK, so you...
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Personality and Style
I took child psychology in my sophomore year of college. The one thing I’ll never forget about that class is taking Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for the first time along with other personality and...
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Pronunciation: ‘tsIt-“gIst, ‘zIt So that’s “zight” “guise+t” like geyser only stop at the “s” and add a “t” on the end. Right? Dallas Columnist Steve Blow [may require free registration] brought...
View ArticleCut the Modifiers and Using "Only"
Two simple writing tips **Stop with the Overdone Modifiers** On Writing Well taught me to cut the use of modifiers such as “really,” “very,” “so,” and “quite.” I save those for when I *really* mean...
View ArticleDST Change Is Bad Enough…
As if the daylight savings time change wasn’t enough to contend with, Microsoft picked a bad page to have a typo. A page that many people have been accessing. What’s verion? What happens when you get...
View ArticleFive Rules for Effective Writing from Orwell
Pick the Brain nicely abstracts George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing and provides the link to the original essay. I just came across this tool that helps you eliminate cliches from your...
View ArticleBad English in Beijing Gets Official Attention
A sign in Beijing’s airport says, “Careful Landslip Attention Security.” With the Olympics coming to Beijing in 2008 and over 500,000 foreigners, officials promise to take care of the bad grammar...
View ArticleUsing Apostrophes
We’ve discussed apostrophes many times here, and we’re not going to stop anytime soon as long as the abuse continues. WikiHow’s How to Use Apostrophes mentions the frequent use of “photo’s” and it’s...
View ArticleAll Paid Out
Came across this unfortunate spelling error that I see often (click the little green box below to view larger). This could happen out of habit since we’re used to simply adding “ed” to change a word...
View ArticleFree Tools and Sites for Writers
Updated: 16 November 2010 (100+ resources) I had planned on putting this list up ages ago, but kept adding more. It could take a long time to capture many resources, so this is a living entry that I’ll...
View ArticleHow to Show Something Is Really Yours
Just had to share this grammar blooper from PC Magazine’s Mother’s Day article. Perhaps, the magazine wanted to emphasize Mom belongs to you in superlative terms. Of course, I wanted to know what...
View ArticlePersonality and Style
I took child psychology in my sophomore year of college. The one thing I’ll never forget about that class is taking Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for the first time along with other personality and...
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