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Julia Rubiner

Julia Rubiner is a partner in Editorial Emergency, a Los Angeles copy shop specializing in content manufacturing and brand communications for entertainment, lifestyle and nonprofit concerns. She is also a personal-branding consultant, writing resumes, LinkedIn summaries and executive bios, among other tools, for people in creative fields who want to advance their careers. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, she was an editor of reference publications. Rubiner wears the label "word nerd" as a badge of honor.
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A Time to Flout, A Time to Flaunt
Thu Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2010
By Julia Rubiner

I listen to a lot of NPR. Unless the correspondent is doing a "man in the street"-type interview, the subjects generally appear intelligent, educated and literate. At least they used to. I've heard several malapropisms in recent weeks, some of which are so common that I figure it's time I spoke up.  Continue reading...
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Red Pen Diaries: A Dash of Drama
Thu May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2010
By Julia Rubiner

When my 12-year-old nephew, Caleb, asked what I was going to write about for the next installment of Red Pen Diaries, I said: "The em dash." He confessed that he didn't know what that was. "Neither do most adults," I explained.  Continue reading...
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Red Pen Diaries: Stop Abbreviation Abuse Now!
Tue Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010
By Julia Rubiner

And now from our friends at Editorial Emergency, a brief rant against abbreviated jargon, from "fail" to "convo": "If you feel like an idiot saying something out loud, don't say it in writing either."  Continue reading...
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Red Pen Diaries: The Solutions Problem
Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2009
By Julia Rubiner

I've got a problem with solutions. Well, it's not solutions, per se, but the word "solutions." Actually, it's not even the word "solutions"; it's the notion that all you have to do is throw that word onto your home page and the world will beat a path to your door.  Continue reading...
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Don't Get Smart
Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
By Julia Rubiner

It really bugs me when I hear someone use the word "individual" when all they mean is "person." It happens a lot with law-enforcement spokespeople. They also tend to say "vehicle" when they could say "car" or "truck."  Continue reading...
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Prostate With Grief
Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
By Julia Rubiner

Want to avoid using words that "sound somewhat like the ones intended but are ludicrously wrong in the context"? Let our Editorial Emergency team, Simon Glickman and Julia Rubiner, help you to avoid coming off like the reincarnation of Mrs. Malaprop!  Continue reading...
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Red Pen Diaries: Semicolons Are Not Just for Winking
Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2009
By Julia Rubiner

Admit it — you're afraid of semicolons.

Lots of folks, even professional writers, will cop to this phobia. No fear? Prove it (or engage in a little immersion therapy) by reviewing the following pairs of independent clauses and identifying the ones that would be better served by a semicolon than the period you see there now.  Continue reading...
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