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September 9, 2009
WNW: "Then" Help
Reader question day here on Word Nerd Wednesday.
UPDATE: I originally wrote this post on a headache brain. Hence, I used the term contraction when I meant conjunction. (Yeah, I know. DUH. Like those two things are anything like one another.) Thanks a million to the alert reader who pointed it out so I could fix it and not look like a total idiot into the eternities.
I was recently asked something akin to the following (rephrased since I didn't get around to asking to use it . . . but I'm just...
UPDATE: I originally wrote this post on a headache brain. Hence, I used the term contraction when I meant conjunction. (Yeah, I know. DUH. Like those two things are anything like one another.) Thanks a million to the alert reader who pointed it out so I could fix it and not look like a total idiot into the eternities.
I was recently asked something akin to the following (rephrased since I didn't get around to asking to use it . . . but I'm just...
September 7, 2009
Much Ado, Or: YES!!!
This is a brief story about a proud mommy, told in five parts.
Part IWhile I was in college, Kenneth Brannaugh's Much Ado about Nothing came out on film and promptly became my favorite Shakespeare play. I will not admit how many times I saw it in the theater (often driving an hour from Provo to Salt Lake to see it, no less). Let's just say that it brought me much joy. I could go in feeling down and depressed and come out happy.
To this day, the soundtrack by Patrick Doyle (now best-known for...
Part IWhile I was in college, Kenneth Brannaugh's Much Ado about Nothing came out on film and promptly became my favorite Shakespeare play. I will not admit how many times I saw it in the theater (often driving an hour from Provo to Salt Lake to see it, no less). Let's just say that it brought me much joy. I could go in feeling down and depressed and come out happy.
To this day, the soundtrack by Patrick Doyle (now best-known for...
September 4, 2009
Writing Journey: Part XXVI
Two proofs of the grammar book had already been ordered and deemed not good enough. The third one had to be the charm. It just had to be. My husband and I both proofed that thing and went over it several times, held our breath, and then uploaded the file.
A day later, the file was approved. I ordered the proof, and it was shipped. I opened it up, flipped through it, and to my huge relief, I didn't see any glaring errors. I flipped to certain pages just to be sure that specific mistakes...
A day later, the file was approved. I ordered the proof, and it was shipped. I opened it up, flipped through it, and to my huge relief, I didn't see any glaring errors. I flipped to certain pages just to be sure that specific mistakes...
September 2, 2009
WNW: Catch-22
Today's Word Nerd Wednesday is part Word Nerd, part book review, reason being that I just finished reading Joseph Heller's classic novel, Catch-22.
First off, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have written something with a title that goes beyond being a title and becomes part of the lexicon. I'm sure there are other books that have done this, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.
Since this book isn't exactly a new release (it was originally published in 1961), a lot of...
First off, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have written something with a title that goes beyond being a title and becomes part of the lexicon. I'm sure there are other books that have done this, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.
Since this book isn't exactly a new release (it was originally published in 1961), a lot of...
