Richard D.
Subscriber since: February 2009
Location: Traverse City, MI
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Favorite Word:

food
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Favorite Quote:

"Make My Day"
- Clint Eastwood

Favorite Topics:

Books:

"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Branding:

Branding by Definition
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How "Livery" Changed Its Spots
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Dictionaries:

Branding by Definition
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A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
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"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:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
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Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments

Media:

Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013 - 7 Comments

Online:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013

Politics:

How "Emo" Got Political
June 7, 2013 - 4 Comments
How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 2013

Spelling:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
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2013 Spelling Bee: Arvind Mahankali Turns "German Curse" Into "German Blessing"
May 31, 2013 - 5 Comments

Vocabulary:

2013 Spelling Bee: Vocabulary Questions in the Spotlight
May 29, 2013
Memorial Day: Is It "Celebrated" or "Observed"?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 27, 2013 - 1 Comment

Visual Thesaurus:

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

Words:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments

Writing:

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