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Dec.17.2012
It's that time of year when songs about silver bells and winter wonderlands fill the air while we shop, bake, wrap and decorate. Christmas music doesn't just create a festive atmosphere, it also creates memories, which is ironic since no one can ever remember all the words to these songs, which we...
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Jul.13.2011
It's been far too long since Red Room denizen June Casagrande has weighed in; I trust she's faring well. Who in our midst but June would have had the correct answer to a question like, "When should a period be italicized?" My daughter Jasmine asked this a while back, and it's one of...
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Feb.15.2011
Two jaded English Professors were discussing matters of syntax over a pint in the bar of a quaint Oxford inn called the Dog and Duck. They deplored the sloppy standards of grammar now obtaining among entrants to their colleges and harked back to the time when scientific parsing and correct...
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Sep.10.2008
My Dad was one of those you cite
Correcting syntax as of right
'A great big meany' to the core
He put construction to the fore
The spirit of the piece was lost
And in the basket ended tossed
The budding author withered then
And never showed him work...
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Aug.13.2008
In the virtual world of the blogosphere there are those who suffer guilt over failure to blog. This despite evidence that the world manages to get along just fine without our daily contributions. I hear of this guilt about infrequency and irregularity, though, from my more gifted and committed...
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