Erin B.
Subscriber since: February 2010
Location: Haverhill, MA
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About Me
With a BA and an MA in English, Erin has been an editing professional for over 15 years and is sought after for her expertise in language mechanics. She works on a variety of media in all levels of editing and has experience teaching editing and coaching writers.

You can find Erin's work on The Writing Resource, Copyediting.com, Examiner, and Visual Thesaurus.
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Favorite Word:

lackadaisical
I like the way it moves around my mouth as I say it.
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Least Favorite Word:

sergeant
Because I always misspell it!
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Favorite Quote:

"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"
- T. S. Elliot

Favorite Topics:

Blogs:

Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013 - 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013

Books:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014 - 6 Comments

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Dictionaries:

A Junior Dictionary Kerfuffle
February 2, 2015
The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015 - 1 Comment

Grammar:

Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 8 Comments
Tricky Plurals Inspire Some Grammatical Back-and-Forths
February 20, 2015 - 2 Comments

Language:

Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 8 Comments
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments

Linguistics:

Pillow Talk and Its Ramifications
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 1, 2015 - 5 Comments
They Also Serve Who Only Kvetch and Tweet
December 1, 2014 - 7 Comments

Reading:

The More We Change...
August 15, 2014 - 6 Comments
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014 - 5 Comments

Self-publishing:

The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013 - 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011 - 3 Comments

Usage:

Farewell, My Lovely Distinction
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 2, 2015 - 8 Comments
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments

Vocabulary:

For Valentine's Day: Love Words From Shakespeare
February 13, 2015 - 2 Comments
Looking Back on Jon Stewart's Portman-Coinages
February 11, 2015

Word Origins:

Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment
"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015 - 1 Comment

Words:

Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 2 Comments
Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015 - 1 Comment

Writing:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Why You Shouldn't Fret About Creativity
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 16, 2015 - 1 Comment