Author Archives: LindaGauer

And we are stuffed.

Posted on January 8, 2013 by LindaGauer
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Why I Lay Low

Posted on January 8, 2013 by LindaGauer

At last the Onion exposes this ongoing dispute. 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence AP Style, or Chicago Manual?

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No Balling Babies!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by LindaGauer

The word is “bawl.” If you’re “balling like a baby” then these officers would like to have a word with you. Thanks you, Fake AP Stylebook

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It’s a Site for Sore Eyes.

Posted on January 2, 2013 by LindaGauer

I can’t believe someone gets paid to do this.

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GPS

Posted on January 1, 2013 by LindaGauer
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The Smell of Someone’s Colon, and Other Misspellings

Posted on December 30, 2012 by LindaGauer

I do think “mental pause” has value. It’s certainly not limited by age or sex.

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And I thought I could be pedantic!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by LindaGauer

The people on the Editorial Freelancers Assn. forum have spent a couple weeks now debating the grammar of a PUN!

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Ben Zimmer’s Page – worth a look

Posted on September 8, 2012 by LindaGauer

Here is an interesting site I just came across. Ben Zimmer, language columnist, writes about new words, slang, and word routes.

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Quiz for Writers

Posted on August 21, 2012 by LindaGauer

What kind of writer are you? Pick your preferred synonym and see.

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I would like all the people who self-publish to stop saying they have a book published and start saying they have had a book printed.

Posted on August 18, 2012 by LindaGauer
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