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"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide

March 18, 2019
By Nancy Friedman
Is Dreyer's English "utterly correct"? Of course not, as the author would be the first to acknowledge. But it's compulsively readable, thoroughly helpful, and delightfully funny. For anyone who cares about writing well, it's an utterly essential addition to your shelf of most-reached-for reference books.  Continue reading...
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Unplanned Descents into Drivel

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.March 11, 2019
By Mark Peters
Just as there are oodles of food trucks, there are mega-oodles of language emetics in the form of euphemisms. Please hate enjoying or enjoy hating the following.  Continue reading...
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That Only Happens in the Movies

Premium content available only to Visual Thesaurus subscribers.March 4, 2019
By Orin Hargraves
Here's a small sampling of the riches to be found in two new corpora — the TV Corpus and the Movie Corpus.  Continue reading...
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Happy Thesaurus Day!

January 18, 2016
January 18th is celebrated as Thesaurus Day to honor the birthday of the author of the first thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget. Get into the spirit by reading our two-part interview with Roget biographer Joshua Kendall here and here. Also check out an ode to the thesaurus penned by Franklin P. Adams here and Johnny Carson's hilarious "Funeral for a Thesaurus Editor" sketch here.
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Celebrating Labor (and Labour) Day

September 4, 2015
On the first Monday in September, the United States observes Labor Day, while Canadians celebrate Labour Day. If you want to know why labour is the accepted spelling in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries like Canada, while Americans prefer labor (and color, favor, honor, humor, and neighbor), check out this classic Word Routes column by Ben Zimmer.
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Writers Talk About Writing

How To Be Alone
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Engaged, Vintage, Deleted Drivel, Begob!
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Teach Your Children Well
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How to Bolster Your Long-term Motivation for Writing
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What, By Gosh, is Euphemism of the Year?
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The Year of "Tender Age"
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2019: The International Year of Indigenous Languages
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"Talk on the Wild Side" Is a Sharp Ode to Our Unruly, Resilient Language
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Brand Names of the Year for 2018
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Writers Talk About Writing

How to Deal with Writer's Guilt
December 14, 2018 - 4 Comments

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Deinstitutionalizing Policy Time and Other Mischaracterizations
December 7, 2018 - 2 Comments

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French Letters and Their Uses
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Like Wildfire
November 21, 2018

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How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018 - 5 Comments

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Work-Life Malarkey in the Entrepreneurial Economy
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"Humans and Robots Do Not Communicate Well"
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That Only Happens in the Movies
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How To Be Alone
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Stage Directions: the Vocabulary of Theatrical Delivery

November 1, 2013
How can interpreting the language of stage directions enhance students' comprehension of drama?  Continue reading...
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