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!

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:

"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019 - 3 Comments
Hotter Than the Doones' Bonfire in July
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 1, 2019 - 7 Comments

Creativity:

"Disruptive" Names
October 24, 2018 - 3 Comments
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018

Dictionaries:

Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019 - 4 Comments
The Most Influential Lexicographer You've Never Heard Of
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 3, 2019 - 3 Comments

Grammar:

"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019 - 1 Comment
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016 - 13 Comments

Language:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
Euphemism of the Year? Spreading Freedom Pucky
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 9, 2019 - 3 Comments

Linguistics:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
"Because Internet": Celebrating the Way We Talk Online
July 17, 2019 - 3 Comments

Reading:

How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018 - 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments

Self-publishing:

The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013 - 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011 - 4 Comments

Usage:

Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019 - 8 Comments
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019 - 1 Comment

Vocabulary:

A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016 - 2 Comments

Word Origins:

The Notional Space of the Digital World
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2019 - 4 Comments
"Deep" Thoughts
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 17, 2019 - 1 Comment

Words:

French Letters and Their Uses
December 3, 2018 - 5 Comments
Like Wildfire
November 21, 2018 - 1 Comment

Writing:

Are You Really a Perfectionist?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 23, 2019 - 2 Comments
How to Develop the Writing Habit
April 10, 2019