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Grammar by Guess and By Golly

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Madeleine E. Robins

Also punctuation. The Little Red School House–the school I went to as a kid–was one of the earliest progressive schools–possibly the first in New York City, where I grew up. The emphasis was on learning by doing and experimentation, and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Editing, Language, Writers on Writing | Tagged grammar, Oxford commas

Let’s Get Progressive — Grammar Neep #1

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Katharine Kerr

There are a number of grammar myths current in the genre writing community. A lot of people seem to believe, for example, that commas exists to mark pauses when, actually, they show logical relationships between parts of a sentence. Strunk … Continue reading →

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Posted in Writers on Writing | Tagged grammar, passive voice

Caress the Detail

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Patricia Rice

Caress the detail, the divine detail— Vladimir Nabokov Let it be unequivocally stated—I am NOT a detail person. When I read a Regency, I seldom notice by what title the characters address each other unless the author confuses me. When … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, Film, Writers on Writing | Tagged details, grammar, Patricia Rice, spelling

Literally Unique

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Steven Harper Piziks

Misusing the word “unique” bugs me.  Something is either unique or it isn’t.  So you can’t have “pretty unique” or “very unique” or “kinda unique.”  No, unique means only one of it exists. But that pales next to cloying, annoying, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Writers on Writing | Tagged grammar

Strunk and White: Fifty Years Is Long Enough

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Nancy Jane Moore

The Elements of Style – better known as Strunk and White for its authors, William Strunk and E.B. White – is fifty years old. The publisher has brought out a 50th Anniversary Edition. Newspapers and magazines have waxed elegiac on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Writers on Writing | Tagged grammar, Marie Peterman Moore, Strunk and White, style
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