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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Happy National Punctuation Day!
Today is September 24, which means . . . drum roll . . . it’s National Punctuation Day. In honor of this very special day, I am bringing to you a collection of archive Grammar Party posts that teach about … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged A.L.I.C.E., apostrophe, chat bot, copy editing, em dash, en dash, hyphen, National Punctuation Day, punctuation
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Farther vs. Further
Grover knows near and far, but does he know farther and further? Lesson: Using farther and further in a sentence. This word choice conundrum has sent many a person scratching their head. So, if you are one of those reaching … Continue reading
Posted in copy editing, grammar, semantics
Tagged common grammar mistakes, confusing words, copy editing, farther, farther vs. further, further, grammar, word usage
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Word Nerd Wednesday
Thank you, interwebs, for making this last week word nerd paradise. Here are some of my favorite stories from the last seven days: A German liquor company gets the German word for fuck trademarked. (via Der Spiegel) Murse, mantie, and … Continue reading
Posted in in the news
Tagged computer algorithm, foreign language, German, higher education, mankini, mantie, slang, word usage
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Eggcorns and nauseum: The hilarious effects of turns of phrase
Courtesy of Dinosaur Comics Lip sing. Do diligence. For all intensive purposes. At one point or another, most of us have misstated a phrase. We might have said ease drop when we should have said eavesdrop. Or said we said … Continue reading
Posted in copy editing, etymology, semantics
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New Zealand slang from Beyond the Trail
When we left off with Rob and Debra, our Beyond the Trail travel bloggers, they were backpacking it across Australia, soaking up sun, drinking Fosters (Okay, I don’t know if that part is true.), and rifling both the cities and … Continue reading
Posted in semantics, story time
Tagged field report, idioms, New Zealand, slang, translation, travel, vocabulary, word usage
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Word Nerd Wednesday
Welcome back to this week’s Word Nerd Wednesday. Here are some of the best language-related stories I found on the interwebs: What do alligators, cannibals, and potatoes have in common? They are all Spanish words the English language adopted. A … Continue reading
Posted in foreign language, in the news, literature, style issues
Tagged eBook reader, literature, placeholder text, Spanish, vocabulary
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Simply dashing part three: the hyphen
Welcome back for our final installment from the horizontal language department. Previously we discussed the em dash and the en dash. Today we will learn about the shortest in the dash-like family, the hyphen. Hyphen basics Hyphens link: a prefix … Continue reading
Posted in copy editing, punctuation
Tagged Chicago Manual of Style, copy editing, hyphen, prefix, style issues, suffix, word usage
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