Douglas B.
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Favorite Word:

Grace
There is no adequate substitute for grace. None. It is supernatural in origin, profound in its effect and incapable of being forged. It comes from God, through Jesus Christ.
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Least Favorite Word:

hypocrite
Those who are so convinced they are right, they deceive themselves by believing wrong is right....sometimes by willful intent, sometimes by blindness.
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Favorite Quote:

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been.""
- John Greenleaf Whittier

Favorite Topics:

Advertising:

Shall We Plus?
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Death to Branding!
July 16, 2012 - 4 Comments

Branding:

How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
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XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013

Business writing:

Red Pen Diaries: Das Kapitalization
November 8, 2010 - 6 Comments
Buzzword Watch: "Acq-hire"
September 28, 2010 - 7 Comments

Copywriting:

Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011 - 9 Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010 - 19 Comments

Language:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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"Beat-Upedness"?
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Linguistics:

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013 - 11 Comments
What's Happening?
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Marketing:

How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013 - 4 Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2012
December 11, 2012 - 8 Comments

Marketing copy:

Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008 - 1 Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008 - 3 Comments

Public relations:

Optimizing Your Press Releases For the Web
February 15, 2008 - 1 Comment
Publicity How-To, For Free
January 17, 2008

Teaching:

A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013 - 15 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
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March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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