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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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- Criminal Sentence 532: Conscious vs. Conscience
- Criminal Sentence 531: A Man in Lingerie
- Criminal Sentence 530: Dirty Deed
- Poll Results 127
- Criminal Sentence 529: InAppRopriate Speling
- Criminal Sentence 528: Alter-nate Reality
- Criminal Sentence 527: Go North
- Criminal Sentence 526: Weepy Breakfast
- Poll Results 126
- Criminal Sentence 526: Triple Threat
- Criminal Sentence 525: Punctuating Speech
- Criminal Sentence 524: Stung
- Great Find by a Reader
- Poll Results 125
- Criminal Sentence 523: Cue up the Dictionary
- Criminal Sentence 522: Twice in Two Years
- Criminal Sentence 521: Sexy Golf Game
- Poll Results 124
- National Grammar Day Contest Winner!
- Criminal Sentence 520: I Feel Tense
- Criminal Sentence 519: Agreement Is a Priority
- Criminal Sentence 518: Fashionable Wheelchair
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4 comments:
This makes my eyes hurt. One glaring mistake is annoying enough!
Please recast them rightly for me.
Barber's Blue Print
Men's Hair Cut
Hot Towel Shaves
I also want to know what Barber's Blue Print means.
Thanks. Maybe it's 'blueprint', not 'blue print'. Which will then make me think that he actually intended 'barber's blueprint for men's haircut'.
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