http://www.sinandsyntax.com/talking-syntax/seven-deadly-sins/ An online salon for those who love wicked good prose. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/talking-syntax/seven-deadly-sins/comment-page-1/#comment-6817 Sue Sommer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:25:36 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=275#comment-6817 I agree with Ms. Didion, so much so that I wrote a list of "The Worst Offenders" I saw in the writing of my students. The list grew and burgeoned over ten years, and then one day a publisher saw the list, which I had dubbed The Bugaboo Review, and asked to publish it! It's out now, from New World Library, and answers questions about many (210 pages) of the bugaboos of our English language. I agree with Ms. Didion, so much so that I wrote a list of “The Worst Offenders” I saw in the writing of my students. The list grew and burgeoned over ten years, and then one day a publisher saw the list, which I had dubbed The Bugaboo Review, and asked to publish it! It’s out now, from New World Library, and answers questions about many (210 pages) of the bugaboos of our English language.

]]> http://www.sinandsyntax.com/talking-syntax/seven-deadly-sins/comment-page-1/#comment-606 a friend Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:14:10 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=275#comment-606 i use 's/he' instead of 'she or he'- it seems to be common in a lot of what i read... i use ‘s/he’ instead of ‘she or he’- it seems to be common in a lot of what i read…

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