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Ed
Subscriber since: August 2008
Location: Shelton, WA
About Me
Retired, Loma Linda School of Dentistry; School of Medicine; Faculty of Religion. Directed Orofacial Pain Clinic, School of Dentistry. Age 72. Married 52 years. One wife: Four sons.
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Favorite Word:
denouement
Describes my life, career, and the world as I know it. e.c.
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No
It is often easier to be forgiven than it is to get permission. Just do it!
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""It is easier to pray for a bore than to visit one." Clive Staples Lewis"
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Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
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Books:
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Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
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Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
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Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
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Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
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Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
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What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
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Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
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Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
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Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
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Students:
You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You
December 4, 2012
- 5
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The E-Reader Over Your Shoulder
November 12, 2012
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Teachers:
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
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Schools Are More Than a Test
January 24, 2013
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Teaching:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013
- 14
Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
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Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
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An Army of "Strong" Slogans
May 17, 2013
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Writers:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
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Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
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