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Stephen T.
Subscriber since: December 2010
Location: Denver, CO
About Me
Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (M.Ed., TESOL) using Skype.
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Favorite Word:
serendipitous
It inspires hope, imagination, and risk-taking.
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Mark L.
(Portland, OR)
Stephen T.
(Denver, CO)
Michael G.
(Denver, CO)
dutchessabroad
Laura V.
(Edinburgh United Kingdom)
steven B.
Derby J.
(West Newton, MA)
Jane C.
Conor R.
(Newton, MA)
Marianne G.
(Fourways South Africa)
Least Favorite Word:
like
Overused, vague, ambiguous, especially when used as a verb.
Other subscribers who dislike this word:
D. Quinn
(Tucson, AZ)
Ben M.
(Plantation, FL)
Russell C.
Quinn
(La Vista, NE)
leon65
(Chicago, IL)
robert B.
(san francisco, CA)
Charles K.
(Manchester, MA)
Joseph W
(MD)
Nancy B.
(Evanston, IL)
BelWeav
(Yuma, AZ)
Favorite Quote:
"Know yourself."
- Socrates
Favorite Topics:
Books:
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
May 15, 2013
- 9
Comments
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3
Comments
Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
Comments
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Language:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
Comments
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 5
Comments
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2
Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2
Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5
Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1
Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7
Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1
Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 5
Comments
Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
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