Monthly Archives: January 2013

She Whom?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by LindaGauer

From Ohio.com today: In an Aug. 2011 file photo, Isabelle George holds a notebook containing George family and Tangier restaurant recipes with a photograph of she and her husband Edward George Sr. on its cover as she sits in her … Continue reading →

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Typos damage reputations.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by LindaGauer
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OUCH. Typos hurt.

Posted on January 12, 2013 by LindaGauer
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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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