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Spelling - Homophones
Spelling – Homophones Lesson 209. med’al, a stamped coin.       pen’cil, used for writing. med’dle, to interfere.        pen’sile, hanging. mi’nor, one under ag… more →
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Taking the bait
Laura wrote 4 days ago: The writer of this snippet from Yahoo! omg! took the bait and came up with the wrong word: The word … more →
Your face should be red
Laura wrote 4 days ago: It’s just one more embarrassing mistake on Yahoo! Shine: … more →
Learn from your mistakes
Laura wrote 5 days ago: Learn from your mistakes; better still, learn from the mistakes of others. This writer on Yahoo! Shi … more →
Your readers might think you're an idiot
Laura wrote 1 week ago: One benefit of using grammatically correct language is that you increase the likelihood that your re … more →
Exclusive sneak peak
Laura wrote 1 week ago: You’re getting an exclusive sneak peak of “Weather Girl” on Yahoo! Shine: Persona … more →
If you're curious...
Laura wrote 1 week ago: If you’re curious about who would make such a foolish error, look to Yahoo! Shine for an answe … more →
Count Grammacula
mighty red pen wrote 1 week ago: Hat tip to Rhymes with Orange. … more →
Meryl Streep on separately placed boxes
Laura wrote 1 week ago: In “Julie and Julia,” Meryl Streep stood on individual boxes to appear taller. It’ … more →
Just a little too short
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t mean to be too mean, but the writer of this excerpt on Yahoo! Shine came up a little t … more →
It's not complementary
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Ask me my opinion about this excerpt fromYahoo! Games and I’d make less-than-complimentary rem … more →
It's not the one you want
Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: The Yahoo! front page uses a pronoun, but it’s not correct: The writer meant it’s. It … more →
Overly used hyphens and hordes of errors
Laura wrote 1 month ago: A writer on Yahoo! Shine makes three rookie errors in a single paragraph: A hyphen doesn’t be … more →
Proofreading Using an Assistive Software Homophone Tool
Callier Library wrote 1 month ago: The present study investigated the effects of using an assistive software homophone tool on the assi … more →
Who's helped to proofread this?
Laura wrote 1 month ago: Who’s responsible for proofreading over at Yahoo! Personals? Judging from this homophonous err … more →
Are you through with this nonsense?
Laura wrote 1 month ago: I do wish the writer of this Yahoo! Shine post threw in the towel and hung up her pencil before she … more →
Where do you wear a G-string?
Laura wrote 1 month ago: And I mean a G-string with a capital G.  The writer of this excerpt from Yahoo! Shine must have had … more →
Just so much blah, blah, blah
Laura wrote 1 month ago: I must admit that I didn’t read this blog post on Yahoo! Shine’s very carefully. It was … more →
I'm on board with everything except your errors
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Laura wrote 1 month ago: I can overlook the use of sox for socks in this excerpt from Yahoo! TV: But using accept instead of … more →
Your body type is hot!
Laura wrote 1 month ago: A bathing suit that compliments your body type? That would be hot! But if you want a suit that impro … more →
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