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  1. Word Count

     Why You Should Appreciate Bad Writing
    Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    The managing editor couldn't have been any nastier. "We've had a bomb threat," he said in an email to the entire newsroom of about a hundred reporters, editors and photographers. "If you feel the need to leave, please inform your supervisor and your pay will be docked accordingly."

  2. Word Routes

     Anointing the Crossword and Palindrome Champions
    Mon Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    For those who like their wordplay competitive, this weekend featured two high-stakes contests: the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the first-ever Symmys Awards for the year's best palindromes. The top contenders at the ACPT were the same names that have dominated the crossword world for the past few years, while the surprise overall winner of the Symmys was a palindromic novice.

  3. Word Routes

     A Wordy Weekend, from Crosswords to Palindromes
    Fri Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2013
    This weekend, it's time once again for the best crossword solvers to gather in Brooklyn for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon, another kind of wordy celebration is going on, as the winners will be announced in the first annual Symmys Awards, given to the best palindromes of the year.

  4. Teachers at Work

     Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
    Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2013
    In this interview, Lori Wilfong, author of Vocabulary Strategies That Work — Do This, Not That!, describes some of her pet peeves about traditional vocabulary instruction and gives us some fresh ideas about how teachers can enliven their practice with student-generated definitions, word walls, and word jars.

  5. Wordshop

     Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
    Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Despite its popularity among teens, you're not going to find class sets of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series in the English department book rooms across the country. Even if most teachers don't incorporate trendy literature into their class syllabus, it doesn't mean that they can't take advantage of the excitement of the fad and harness it to teach some valuable lessons about writing, editing, and word choice.

  6. Evasive Maneuvers

     Real Euphemisms From the Pig Farm
    Wed Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2013
    I've gone theme-happy with this column in recent months, looking at euphemisms for death, pregnancy, 30 Rock, and angels. Enough cohesion! It's time for a random roundup of terms that have crossed my eye, brightened my day, and befuddled my brain.

  7. Behind the Dictionary

     Try And Try Again...
    Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Yesterday was National Grammar Day, and I've been thinking about one of the long-standing usage peeves. It doesn't usually make people's top 10 lists, but it's been out there since the 19th century: try and instead of try to. The usual complaint about this idiom is that it doesn't mean what people who say it seem to think it means.

  8. Word Count

     National Grammar Day in Wartime
    Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Today, March 4th, is National Grammar Day. Someone who tweets under the name @DrGrammar just has to write about #NationalGrammarDay. So, in the spirit of the latest grammatical fad of starting every sentence with "so," here goes.

  9. Blog Excerpts

     How Are You Celebrating National Grammar Day?
    Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Happy National Grammar Day, all you grammar-heads! To celebrate, you might enjoy reading through the contributions to the annual Grammar Haiku Contest. (Congratulations to the winners — full results are here). And check out Jen Doll's piece for The Atlantic Wire about how best to celebrate the day (featuring an interview with our own Ben Zimmer) here.

  10. Language Lounge

     What's Happening?
    Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Few of us get through a week without asking some version of the question, "What's happening?" There's always a lot going on and there are always a lot of people who want to know about it. Authorities want to know about it too, if what's going on threatens the safety or security of a population that is under their protection. A 21st-century way that authorities try to find out what's going on is called event detection.
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