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  1. Behind the Dictionary

     Gear Up for National Grammar Day!
    Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2011
    Tomorrow is National Grammar Day, and in observance of the occasion, I'd like to recommend three resources that will prove valuable to anyone interested in grammar -- and if you are reading this column, I'd say that would be you. To give you an idea how I use them, I'll tell how they each entered into my research on a point of grammar I recently looked into.

  2. Candlepower

     The Ads We Deserve
    Tue Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Once upon a time, the verbs of advertising were need and want. Today you're more likely to hear a different verb. Poke around a bit, and you'll quickly discover that everyone — kids, young adults, teachers, you! — deserves "the best."

  3. Blog Excerpts

     Most Looked-Up Words in the Times, 2010
    Wed Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    As it did last year, The New York Times has tabulated the words that readers of the Times website click on the most to look up definitions. This year's leaders include inchoate, profligacy, sui generis, and austerity. Read all about it on the "After Deadline" blog here.

  4. Word Count

     Nine Ways to "Lift" Your Quotes
    Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2014
    My training as a writer came from newspapers. I started at a community weekly and then advanced to a metropolitan daily. I was really young when I learned how to handle quotes; not all corporate writers are so lucky. If you ever struggle with quotes, here's a list of rules that will make the process easier for you.

  5. Word Count

     The Laws of English Punctuation
    Tue Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2011

    Here's an SAT-type question for you.

    People who ask, "Where does the comma go?" do so because they are convinced that incorrect punctuation represents which of the following linguistic problems:

  6. Backstory

     Marcus Sakey, author of "The Blade Itself"
    Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2007

    I was starting to feel like Milton from Office Space, the character who walks around mumbling, "I... I... I could set the building on fire." Ten years in advertising can do that to you. Finally, one ordinary February day in Chicago, I came home and told my wife I was fantasizing about smuggling an automatic weapon into work. We split a bottle of wine and discussed options that didn't involve jail time. By the end of the night, I'd decided to quit.

  7. Candlepower

     To Boldly Go
    Mon May 14 01:00:00 EDT 2018
    For a while, the trendy prefixes i- and e- may have been flashy signposts for this new era, but go communicates what they couldn't: urgency, energy, and, most of all, mobility.

  8. Word Count

     Good Writing: Through a Glass Clearly
    Thu Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    You and I want to be good writers, but what will make our writing good? Inspiration, perspiration, determination, and endless revision — all fine answers, but the biggest answer is: good writing captures life.

  9. Evasive Maneuvers

     Legitimate Political Poppycock
    Thu Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2022
    It's only March and we already have a contender for euphemism of the year.

  10. Teachers at Work

     Voice: The Least of Your Worries
    Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Michele Dunaway teaches English and journalism at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, Missouri, but she has a double life: she's also a best-selling romance novelist. Michele has some compelling advice to teachers of writing: "teach the basics first and worry about voice later."
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