Jane P.
Subscriber since: September 2012
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MA
About Me
I am 80 and sometimes write, but still cannot spell. As a child at boarding school I had to go the headmistress' room every Sunday with 10 new words that I had learned to spell. It worked for a while. But I still have to look up "relevant" Oddly, when I edit someone else's work I spot errors immediately. I have several dictionaries; one so heavy it is hernia-inducing. This website will be a godsend
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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
Fun:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition
May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
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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
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Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
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
Vocabulary:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1 Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 3 Comments
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