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L. C. S.
Subscriber since: December 2009
Location: Albuquerque, NM
About Me
A professional writer and author whose blog can be viewed at:
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"“We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.”"
- Bernard Malamud
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Advertising:
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
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Mass-Market Artisans
October 26, 2011
- 5
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Books:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Branding:
The Ündeniable Ümlaut
January 19, 2012
- 9
Comments
Brand Names of the Year for 2011
December 6, 2011
- 3
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Copywriting:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
The Case of the Lay Flat Collar
June 29, 2010
- 19
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Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2
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Dictionaries:
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Quotable Moments of 2011
December 23, 2011
- 5
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Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
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The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12
Comments
Grammar:
Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
November 17, 2011
- 6
Comments
"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
- 8
Comments
Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6
Comments
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
- 3
Comments
Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
- 4
Comments
Get Your Creak On
January 31, 2012
- 1
Comment
Marketing:
Score One for the Apostrophe
October 19, 2011
- 9
Comments
"And One More Thing": The Insanely Great Language of Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011
- 7
Comments
Spelling:
What's a Misle?
December 7, 2011
Now Pitching in the World Series: The Man They Call "Scrabble"
October 21, 2011
- 6
Comments
Teaching:
Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012
- 3
Comments
Vocabulary:
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
- 3
Comments
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
- 6
Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
Comments
Writers:
"Not to Put Too Fine a Point Upon It": How Dickens Helped Shape the Lexicon
February 3, 2012
- 12
Comments
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
Comments
Writing:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
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Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
January 11, 2012
- 24
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