Tag: writing
group name: ruthd
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June 01, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, in a former life, I was a library director. As you can imagine, being a librarian isn’t exactly the most exciting job in the world. Interesting, yes. Exciting, no. Add to that being . . . more
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November 10, 2006 06:30 PM EST --
"Dear Ruth,
On behalf of the editorial team here at Gather, I am very pleased to inform you that we are featuring grammarians on Gather, and you have been chosen to appear on the Gather homepage. . . . more
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October 31, 2006 05:34 PM EST --
I have recently become alarmed by the creeping disappearance of the "s" in American English. (I know.. too much time on my hands)...We've long been aware of the substitution of . . . more
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September 30, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
As promised, herewith an accounting of earnings on Day One of my point whore/call girl campaign:
Outcalls (meaningless comments placed): 62
In-house tricks (comments received): 57
Points . . . more
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August 30, 2007 11:47 PM EDT --
What can I share with you
O, My Sisters
That will not
Make your eyes roll
. . . more
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January 02, 2007 11:33 PM EST --
The Twelve Days of my Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a song most people are familiar with. It’s about the twelve days after Christmas, beginning with Christmas Day. There is religious . . . more
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May 24, 2007 01:16 AM EDT --
(from an old fax that circulated all over, including ad agencies, in the 90s.)
My many years in the word business have learnt me many lessons.
1. Always avoid alliteration.
2. Prepositions are . . . more
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May 23, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
(author unknown)
Eye have a spelling checker, it came with my pea sea
It plainly marks four my revue miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word and weight for it to say
Weather eye . . . more
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May 24, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
These are additions to the basic list of ten. Continous improvement!
11. Employ the vernacular.
12. Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
13. Eschew ampersands . . . more
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