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Location: WILMINGTON, DE
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An English major, I somehow ended up making a career in information systems.
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used as a verb, instead of 'affect'
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I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Quotable Moments of 2011
December 23, 2011
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Grammar:
Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
November 17, 2011
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"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
November 14, 2011
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Language:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
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Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
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Language arts:
The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012
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Linguistics:
Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012
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Get Your Creak On
January 31, 2012
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Politics:
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
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Quotable Moments of 2011
December 23, 2011
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Reading:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15
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Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
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Word Origins:
"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
February 7, 2012
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Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
January 26, 2012
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WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012
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Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
February 9, 2012
- 4
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Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
- 11
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Writers:
"Not to Put Too Fine a Point Upon It": How Dickens Helped Shape the Lexicon
February 3, 2012
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The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
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Writing:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
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Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
January 11, 2012
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