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"I need alot of help."
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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 568: From and To
- Criminal Sentence 567: Those "That" Clauses Are Ca...
- Criminal Sentence 566: Alot of Incorrectness
- Poll Results 140
- Criminal Sentence 565: Wanted: Insect Experience
- Criminal Sentence 564: Questionable Punctuation
- Criminal Sentence 563: Comma Hibernation
- Poll Results 139
- Criminal Sentence 562: College Error
- Criminal Sentence 561: Your OWN Typo
- Poll Results 138
- Criminal Sentence 560: An Apostrophe in Paris
- Criminal Sentence 559: A State of Repetition
- Criminal Sentence 558: Questionable Age
- Poll Results 137
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