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Lisa R.
Subscriber since: January 2011
Location: Arlington, VA
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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
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4
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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
Media:
Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013
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Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013
- 7
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Naming:
XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013
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Politics:
How "Emo" Got Political
June 7, 2013
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How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 2013
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
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Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
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Comments
Teaching:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
- 2
Comments
Writing Prompts for Students: How to Strike the Right Balance
June 4, 2013
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Comment
Usage:
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013
- 6
Comments
How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
June 13, 2013
- 5
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5
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Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
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Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4
Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
June 18, 2013
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Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013
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