diane H.
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Books:

She Created a Monster
January 1, 2018 - 3 Comments
Write View
October 6, 2017

Dictionaries:

Help for Harried Justices
August 1, 2017
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017 - 3 Comments

Fiction writing:

Do You Agree With These Quotes About Writing?
November 17, 2017 - 5 Comments
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015 - 2 Comments

Grammar:

80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016 - 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016 - 6 Comments

How to write:

How and Where to Find Stories
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Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Language:

Motion-challenged Hospitality for Furperson Trajectory
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The Meaning of Meaning
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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

Linguistics:

The Meaning of Meaning
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Words with Sharp Edges
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Linguists:

The Meaning of Meaning
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Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments

Poetry:

In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014 - 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014 - 1 Comment

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Spelling:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 7 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Word Origins:

The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018 - 1 Comment
To Boldly Go
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WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

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
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Writing:

How and Where to Find Stories
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Young readers:

How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013 - 4 Comments