Thorunn S.
Subscriber since: July 2007
Location:
Reykjavik,
Iceland
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Favorite Quote:
"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
- The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5-7 in the New Testiment
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Macaulay's Plain-Spoken History
May 26, 2016
A Descriptive Prescriber's Useful Usage Guide
April 26, 2016
- 6 Comments
Dictionaries:
Fractious Compounds: How Should Dictionaries Treat Words Like "Heart-Shaped"?
April 1, 2016
- 5 Comments
Wedding Bells are Knitting Together That Old Gang of Mine
June 1, 2015
- 5 Comments
Grammar:
How Do Phrasal Verbs "Pencil Out"?
December 1, 2015
- 9 Comments
Language:
Linguistics:
When the Wrong Word Just Sounds Better
November 9, 2015
- 6 Comments
Minds, Bodies, and Verbs
September 1, 2015
- 11 Comments
Spelling:
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014
- 6 Comments
Storytelling:
Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014
- 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Students:
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 12 Comments
Teachers:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Teaching:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
Word Origins:
For Presidents' Day: Where Did "President" Come From Anyway?
February 15, 2016
- 4 Comments
Writing:
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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