Geoff M.
Subscriber since: July 2009
Location: HAWKER, Australia
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Favorite Word:

fatuous
It is such fun to say and is so viciously descriptive.
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Least Favorite Word:

oversight
It is not so much the word I dislike, it is the people who use it when they mean 'oversee'.

Favorite Quote:

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell

Favorite Topics:

Business writing:

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

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 13, 2013 - 5 Comments
"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013

How to write:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 12, 2013 - 27 Comments
The Power of Place
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 6, 2013 - 2 Comments

Language:

When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
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Linguistics:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

Word Origins:

When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 23, 2013