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Alvina K.
Subscriber since: January 2011
Location: Hilo, HI
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Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
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Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
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"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
May 15, 2013
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Copywriting:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
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The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010
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Dictionaries:
Branding by Definition
May 28, 2013
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
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The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
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Grammar:
How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
June 13, 2013
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"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
How to write:
Why You Should Be a Copycat
June 12, 2013
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The Power of Place
June 6, 2013
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Language:
When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
June 18, 2013
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Language arts:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
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How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013
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Linguistics:
About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
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Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
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Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
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Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Vocabulary:
2013 Spelling Bee: Vocabulary Questions in the Spotlight
May 29, 2013
Memorial Day: Is It "Celebrated" or "Observed"?
May 27, 2013
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Word Origins:
When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
June 18, 2013
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Writers:
Why You Should Be a Copycat
June 12, 2013
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The Power of Place
June 6, 2013
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Writing:
Why You Should Be a Copycat
June 12, 2013
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The Power of Place
June 6, 2013
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