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Laura V.
Subscriber since: August 2009
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Favorite Word:
serendipitous
A happy coincidence for all involved.
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Least Favorite Word:
depress
It does what it says on the tin!
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Favorite Quote:
"Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
- Bertrand Rusell
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
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2
Comments
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3
Comments
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12
Comments
Fun:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition
May 24, 2013
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2
Comments
Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
Comments
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1
Comment
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2
Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5
Comments
Spelling:
Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013
- 3
Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012
- 1
Comment
Usage:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1
Comment
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
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
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