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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe ... For Now

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From NPR's Monkey See Blog : I have a confession. I am only too happy to emphatically defend split infinitives against the accusation...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tuesday Trivia

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Which author’s secret followers wear a green carnation to identify themselves? Which English author always touched things three times for lu...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Don’t Miss It!

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I always think about Daisy Buchanan this time of year. You know how she makes that vapid observation the first evening Nick comes over to he...
Friday, June 17, 2011

I am an English Teacher; You do the Math

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by Douglas Grudzina All right, I confess that that is not a Douglas Grudzina Original Quip, but it is by and large a Prestwick House Origi...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups

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The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups comes from CrankyLanguageLady.com . To find out more about the Cranky Language...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Tuesday Trivia

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In North Carolina, USA, in 1980 a library forbade children to read which book without parental consent? Which English pamphleteer had his ea...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups

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The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups comes from CrankyLanguageLady.com . To find out more about the Cranky Language...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tuesday Trivia

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Which author always slept facing the North because he thought that it would improve his writing? Which country publishes more books than any...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups

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The Cranky Language Lady: Wednesday Grammar Quiz for Grownups comes from CrankyLanguageLady.com . To find out more about the Cranky Language...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Case—Please Hear Me Out—Against the Em Dash

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According to an article on Slate.com : According to the Associated Press Stylebook—Slate's bible for all things punctuation- and gramm...
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