Valerie P.
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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
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
Fiction writing:
Do You Agree With These Quotes About Writing?
November 17, 2017
- 5 Comments
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Language:
"Humans and Robots Do Not Communicate Well"
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018
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
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Linguistics:
"Humans and Robots Do Not Communicate Well"
November 1, 2018
Linguists:
"Humans and Robots Do Not Communicate Well"
November 1, 2018
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
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Spelling:
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
Usage:
Slouching Toward (or Is It Towards?) Consistency
July 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
Words with Sharp Edges
May 1, 2018
- 8 Comments
Word Origins:
By the Light of the Moonmoon: The Joy of Reduplication
October 31, 2018
- 3 Comments
Words:
By the Light of the Moonmoon: The Joy of Reduplication
October 31, 2018
- 3 Comments
The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018
- 1 Comment
Writer's block:
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
June 27, 2018
- 6 Comments
How to Reestablish Your Writing Habit After a Break
May 26, 2018
- 7 Comments
Writing:
Why I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill
October 18, 2018
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