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Better known as Grammar Girl.


This headline in a tweet made me laugh today:

Little-Known Apps That Entrepreneurs Can’t Live Without zite.to/12UBJNu

— C.C. Chapman (@cc_chapman) April 30, 2013



If they're little-known apps, that means most entrepreneuers don't have them; but if entrepreneurs can't live without the apps, does that mean most entrepreneurs are dying?

Fortunately, English isn't that literal.

"Can't live without it" is... read more »
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Published on April 30, 2013 10:15 • 2,872 views • Tags: english, idioms, writing
Average rating: 4.19 · 1,201 ratings · 242 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
Grammar Girl's Quick and Di...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
The Grammar Devotional: Dai...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
Grammar Girl's 101 Misused ...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Grammar Girl's 101 Troubles...
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Grammar Girl Presents the U...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
Grammar Girl's 101 Words to...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
The Grammar Girl's Quick an...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
Grammar Girl's 101 Words Ev...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Grammar Girl's 911 Punctuat...
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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“He had heard about talking to plants in the early seventies, on Radio Four, and thought it was an excellent idea. Although talking is perhaps the wrong word for what Crowley did.
What he did was put the fear of God into them.
More precisely, the fear of Crowley.
In addition to which, every couple of months Crowley would pick out a plant that was growing too slowly, or succumbing to leaf-wilt or browning, or just didn't look quite as good as the others, and he would carry it around to all the other plants. "Say goodbye to your friend," he'd say to them. "He just couldn't cut it. . . "
Then he would leave the flat with the offending plant, and return an hour or so later with a large, empty flower pot, which he would leave somewhere conspicuously around the flat.
The plants were the most luxurious, verdant, and beautiful in London. Also the most terrified.”
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Sandra Thanks so much for friending me! :)


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message 4: by Sol (last edited Jan 19, 2013 04:31pm)

Sol Thanks for being my friend on Goodreads!!!! I love your website, it helps me a lot because I'm studying English <> Spanish translation. Best wishes from Argentina!!!


Lucinda Dear Mignon,
I would like to thank you for being my friend here on GoodReads.
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