Way back in school, you were probably taught that contractions had no place in your essays and reports. School was to be for formal writing. You put two spaces after every period, you compiled a perfect bibliography, and so as not to sound like a kid you banished the contraction to the lowly realm...
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I'm hiring myself out on the side!
If you, your publication or organization, or someone you know and respect is looking for a killer writer or speaker who has never actually killed anyone with words (so far as I know), please consider contracting me. I'm smart, I'm good with the words, and I can meet...
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Yesterday, in a fit of bluntness, I let loose on Twitter an idea I've been simmering for a long time.
If you've disabled commenting on your blog, I'm gonna go ahead and say you're not a blogger.
I had a conversation with my friend Scott about it. And a bunch of people responded on Twitter. And...
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Editors should rule the world because good ones prevent smart people from looking like idiots.
I live with an engineer. In our house are professional and academic journals that do such painfully awful things to the English language I'll find myself tempted to phone up a publisher to offer to take a red pen to...
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