The Grammar Snark @grammarsnark
We look for bad grammar and drunken proofreading in professional writing. And then we laugh about it. with Carmen Sandiego Joined July 2010-
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Maybe it’s time to revive my old drunken proofreading ratings
This is a huge loss for DC—@WaPoExpress is a wonderful paper—but if you’re hiring an editor it can be your gain! @SerenaEGolden is as good as they get.
Ugh, the nirvana of some people...
One of these pieces of information is going to come as quite a shock to somebody.
A) holy what and b) I’d like to make a spelling joke but c) holy what
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redundancy AND duplication, OH SHIT IT'S ON
redundancy AND duplication, OH SHIT IT'S ON
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Was just dictating and I said the word hyphen and Siri made the punctuation a dash. This is the maddest I’ve ever been at Siri.
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At the desk. Scalpel. Check. Machete. Check. Chainsaw. Check. Ready.
In this week's Sunday Observor (thanks to eagle-eyed reader @LaraSee )
Hoarding fans seems awfully selfish.
I just I refuse to send out a document that describes itself as an "informal memorandum."
When spell-check won't help: "instruction in the most basic tents of the faith." Is that a side ministry for St. Paul? #amediting
The school of unnecessary commas
The school of unnecessary commas
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People keep 1) saying they don't know what 'genderqueer' means then 2) asking why we added it to the dictionary
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