I'm not fond of this gutter ball from the bowling alley. When I mentioned it to the cashier, he didn't bite my head off. Victory!
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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 593: Baseball Knowhow
- Criminal Sentence 592: Bad Bread
- Poll Results 148
- Criminal Sentence 591: Can Facts Play?
- Criminal Sentence 590: Bestselling Author Needs ca...
- Poll Results 147
- Criminal Sentence 589: Whose Got a Dictionary?
- Criminal Sentence 588: Never Seen That!
- Criminal Sentence 587: Here Comes Agreement
- Poll Results 146
- Criminal Sentence 586: Money Talk
- Criminal Sentence 585: Books for Childrens
- Criminal Sentence 584: I'm Going to "Rest" Now
- Criminal Sentence 583: Bowling for Apostrophes
- Poll Results 145
- New Grammar Girl Episode: Compound Subjects
- Criminal Sentence 582: Juvenile Dad
- Criminal Sentence 581: Not So Criminal, Perhaps?
- Poll Results 144
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