From an online comment:
"a pet peeve of mind"
Oops! That would be a pet peeve of mine!
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DOWN WITH CRIMINAL SENTENCES!!
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"The Writer" Magazine Column
In 2009 and 2010, The Writer published 20 online columns and one print article of mine. These essays covered everything from semicolons to wordiness. The full text of all 21 are here on my blog!
Criminal Sentence Rap Sheet
- Blatant Self-Promotion (6)
- Books You Might Like (If You've Already Read Mine) (2)
- Capitalization (11)
- Dumb Mistakes (60)
- Encounters at Stores (2)
- Facebook account (1)
- Grammar (220)
- Grammar in the news (11)
- Grammar in Unexpected Places (2)
- Grammar-Related Articles (1)
- Guest post (2)
- Guest-written Episodes for Grammar Girl (73)
- National Grammar Day (2)
- poll picture (1)
- Poll Results (172)
- Punctuation (163)
- Questions from You (21)
- Questions to You (1)
- Rewriting Practice (1)
- Spelling (213)
- Style (65)
- Tips (2)
- Truly Criminal (2)
- weirdness (11)
- Word Choice (46)
- Wordiness (12)
- Writer Magazine (22)
- Your Own Criminal Sentence (1)
About Me
- The Sentence Sleuth
- I'm a copy editor and writer. I wrote The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing, published in 2006 and now available in paperback. In 2007-2008, I wrote "The Sentence Sleuth" column for Writer's Digest magazine.
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- Reader Question: Footsteps
- Reader Question: Compounding's
- Criminal Sentence 466: Typing Trouble
- Criminal Sentence 465: Think about That Comma
- Poll Results 108
- Criminal Sentence 464: Peeved Typo
- Criminal Sentence 463: Speed in a Lighter Color
- Criminal Sentence 462: Painful Sentence
- Criminal Sentence 461: Spelling Check
- Poll Results 107
- Criminal Sentence 460: Missing Cyclist
- New Grammar Girl episode: Think Different or Think...
- Criminal Sentence 459: Not Five Stars, Starbucks!
- Criminal Sentence 458: A Prize for Spelling It Right
- Criminal Sentence 457: Witchy Bugger!
- Poll Results 106
- Criminal Sentence 456: I Don't Approve!
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