BRUCE T.
Subscriber since: December 2009
Location: OLYMPIA,, WA
About Me
As nearly 65,(65- 4), month.),) years young man with ""gifts"" of Cerbral Palsey, right CerebraH Hemisphere, Dyslexica many of lifes actives are a Chalenge.

Recently learned, as a dyslexic, a victim of the missed wired DYX3 Gene!!! OUSH!, Oh well, what a cross to bear.

Espichaly thoes related to word usage and wrighting of words.
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As before ; as a dyslecic I have a large CHALLENGE to get the words on the page of paper and screen of my lMacBook, IPond LT, or my IPHONE. ONE OF MANY PROGRAMS that helps me is that of Visual Thesaurus. Ican & HAS assisted me i the process of writing, I WISH it was up and running when i was in school/college, (1953-1975.Ouch what difference it would have made!!!!!
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Blogs:

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

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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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

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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Word Origins:

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

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
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Vocabulary:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013 - 7 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

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

Words:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
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Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 3 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