Andrew R.
Subscriber since: March 2009
Location: Traverse City, MI
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Blogs:

Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013 - 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013

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

Grammar:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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Such Examples as These
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How to write:

How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
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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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Linguists:

A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010

Poetry:

The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013 - 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Self-publishing:

The March of the E-Books
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Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011 - 3 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

Students:

You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You
December 4, 2012 - 5 Comments
The E-Reader Over Your Shoulder
November 12, 2012 - 2 Comments

Usage:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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"Beat-Upedness"?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 21, 2013 - 4 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

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

Web tools:

Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011 - 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011 - 4 Comments

WordMasters:

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

Words:

"Beat-Upedness"?
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An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 13, 2013 - 4 Comments