HellaZ
Subscriber since: October 2012
My Favorites
Favorite Word:
voiceIt is rich with implication and nuances on many levels.
I like where it takes me.
Least Favorite Word:
noIt is a negation of anticipation. I abhor its explicit and implicit power of restriction.
Favorite Quote:
"Between the idea And the reality Between the emotion And the act Falls the Shadow"
- T.S. Eliot
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Of Kings and Eggs and Presidents
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
Dictionaries:
The Evasion-English Dictionary: A Smart Bomb Aimed at Sneaky, Self-deluded Language
August 31, 2018
- 2 Comments
Help for Harried Justices
August 1, 2017
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
Language:
The Lexical Constitution of "Constitution"
September 10, 2018
- 3 Comments
Reading:
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017
- 1 Comment
Spelling:
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014
- 7 Comments
Usage:
Slouching Toward (or Is It Towards?) Consistency
July 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
Words with Sharp Edges
May 1, 2018
- 8 Comments
Vocabulary:
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016
- 2 Comments
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Words:
The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017
- 3 Comments
Writers:
How and Where to Find Stories
July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
Writing:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
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