diane H.
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Books:

Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012 - 4 Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012

Dictionaries:

I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012
Quotable Moments of 2011
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Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
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The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Grammar:

Grammar Bite: Making Media Agree
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"Bad" Grammar in Ads: License to Annoy?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers November 14, 2011 - 8 Comments

How to write:

Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments
Do Writers Really Need to Learn Math?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers December 13, 2011 - 6 Comments

Language:

"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012 - 4 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
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 31, 2012 - 1 Comment

Linguists:

A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010

Poetry:

Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012 - 3 Comments
Song of Myself: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom
May 30, 2011 - 4 Comments

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Spelling:

What's a Misle?
December 7, 2011
Now Pitching in the World Series: The Man They Call "Scrabble"
October 21, 2011 - 6 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Vote for the VT as Top Language Website!
December 23, 2011
Jamie McKenzie on Finding the Best Words
November 16, 2011 - 6 Comments

Word Origins:

"Cacophony": A Word for the Digital World
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Word Tasting Notes: "Geoduck"
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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 - 4 Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers 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
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments

Writing:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments

Young readers:

Taken Into Context: History and Fiction in the Classroom
October 20, 2011 - 3 Comments
This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011