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What style of language do scientists really prefer? | Stroppy Editor
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Minding other people’s language. A lot. What style of language do scientists really prefer? Our readers are intelligent, well-educated scientists. Why should we make our language dumbed-down, patronising and imprecise in the name of ‘readability’? It’s a fair question. Here’s the answer. Einstein may or may not have said, Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Either way, it’s good writing advice. But we don’t all follow it. Many people, when writing in a work context, feel that...
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou: Slutty Goddess and the Plungerheads: Meet my BFF and her Bodacious Boobs!
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou. Everyone has two faces. I simply have names for mine. Sunday, July 1, 2012. Slutty Goddess and the Plungerheads: Meet my BFF and her Bodacious Boobs! Miss Mona: Well, I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give 'em yours! From The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. 8220;Try to avoid getting involved with somebody who's gonna need killing before it's over. It may seem to you that that narrows the field somewhat, but be diligent.”. 8213; Jill Conner Browne. Not to und...
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How the Grinch Stole Grammar! | Stroppy Editor
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Minding other people’s language. A lot. How the Grinch Stole Grammar! With apologies to Dr Seuss). Every Who down in Who-ville liked English a lot. But the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT! Whenever he thought of the language, he’d languish. In horrified anger and furious anguish! But the funny thing was that beneath all this hate. He somehow believed, well, that English was great. But it wasn’t the English the Whos wrote and spoke. THAT made him scowl! The Grinch couldn’t stand it!
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Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition) – by Jeremy Butterfield | Stroppy Editor
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Minding other people’s language. A lot. Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4th edition) by Jeremy Butterfield. Is that good English? Century after century, people ask this and publishers sell books to answer them. A lot of these books are terrible but some are linguistic treasure troves. A lot of them sink without trace but some endure for decades. This is one of the good ones. A brief history of Fowler. Henry Fowler published his. Dictionary of Modern English Usage. The third edition came in 1...
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Data: singular or plural? | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. September 6, 2013. Data: singular or plural? 8212; substuff @ 4:54 pm. I know, I know, exciting or what? But try to contain yourselves, do. You can read all about it here: Data: singular or plural? I’ve also knocked up a quick quiz on homonyms and other little word monkeys. It’s here: 60-second quiz. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Want to hire me?
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Thanks honey | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. October 12, 2013. Filed under: terms of endearment. 8212; substuff @ 11:32 am. This is a bit of a quick lunchtime rant, so I apologise if it lacks finesse (it does). But then he did a thing. It went a bit like this:. Me: “Hi, it’s Cathy, we spoke yesterday.”. Him: “Oh hi, yes, thanks for sending that through, I’m going to look through it at lunchtime and get it back to you early afternoon.”. Him: “Yep, definitely.”. So up until now, I’m in charge.]. 8221; [phone down]. As seems ...
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Say that again | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. November 2, 2013. 8212; substuff @ 10:34 am. A while ago I wrote about reduplicative ideophones in Japanese, such as. For being unable to walk straight while drunk, or giri giri. For being just in time. The post is here. If you’re interested. I don’t know squat about the linguistics of other languages, so I have no idea how many use this device. But I was delighted today to read on Simon Fenton’s blog Travels with my shirt. Here’s the extract:. 4 Comments ». 8212; November 16, 2...
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou: Mamas, Grannys, a Kentucky Twist...and something about Regifting
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou. Everyone has two faces. I simply have names for mine. Thursday, January 23, 2014. Mamas, Grannys, a Kentucky Twist.and something about Regifting. You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give. You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have. I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege. And you owe me nothing in return". This was before bar codes and scanning, mind you. Thank goodness! Her habit of leaving the price tag on your gifts and her obsession with fancy hand towel...
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou: October 2012
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou. Everyone has two faces. I simply have names for mine. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. He Said, She Said, We All Said.What? 65279;I don't want to start. But I think that God's. Got a sick sense of humour. And when I die. I expect to find Him laughing". What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. I am the horse's mouth when it comes to my antics, but I have certainly been the horse's ass when it comes to the antics of others. And we all know what comes out of a horse's ass! Simply put, we form gr...
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou: He Said, She Said, We All Said...What????
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Kimmy Sue Ruby Lou. Everyone has two faces. I simply have names for mine. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. He Said, She Said, We All Said.What? 65279;I don't want to start. But I think that God's. Got a sick sense of humour. And when I die. I expect to find Him laughing". What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. I am the horse's mouth when it comes to my antics, but I have certainly been the horse's ass when it comes to the antics of others. And we all know what comes out of a horse's ass! Simply put, we form gr...