Conundrum is dumb
Aw, man. Get this: I'm at work, and a writer used conundrum in a way that didn't feel right, so I looked it up. co·nun·drum: noun. 1. : a riddle whose…
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June 18, 2014
AP’s latest revelation makes copy editors cry like little girls
Pretty disappointed today in my editing brethren after the Associated Press' bombshell that it will no longer make the distinction between more than and over. If Facebook and Twitter are…
March 21, 2014
Ever read something so good you’re angry because someone else wrote it?
Yes, well, that's where I am with this post by Kory Stamper, whose blog I found today somehow. I know you're surprised that I would ever be angry about anything,…
August 28, 2013
The language of Abraham Lincoln
I got to see Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" recently, and it was a dazzling film. Daniel Day-Lewis, of course, was incredible, but he had a great script to work with. Screenwriter…
December 3, 2012
Nothingburger. With cheese.
I keep coming across words I've never heard before. Have I been living in a cave? Seriously. Today's great discovery is nothingburger. Mary Matalin, the Republican strategist probably best known…
August 22, 2012
An embarrassing discovery
I was shocked to discover recently that the word pub is short for public house. How did I not know this? I was watching the delightful “Downton Abbey” when Lord Grantham…
July 31, 2012