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Power User: CMD & CTRL

pastatech wrote 1 day ago: COMMAND + _______ CTRL + _______ I am a what techies call a POWER user. Becoming a power user won … more →

Tags: Power User, Web Browser, Windows, Apple, apple. key, chrome, CMD, Command, Control?

The best and worst writing on the Web

Laura wrote 3 days ago: OK, so I lied about the best writing on the Web. And maybe this isn’t the worst writing on the … more →

Tags: Adjectives, Apostrophes, Confused Words, hyphens, its/it's, modifiers, <punctuation>, Adjective, Apostrophe

Recycling World AIDS Day errors

Laura wrote 3 days ago: In honor of World AIDS Day, Yahoo! is recycling the errors on its Yahoo! Events page here: and here: … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, Subject-Verb Agreement, Wrong Words, Verbs, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, Periods

This is so different from good

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: This isn’t the worst you’ll read on the Web. It’s not even the worst you’ll … more →

Tags: Confused Words, capitalizing, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, everyday/every day, everyday

Knock it off!3 comments

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Why would a headline appear with two errors? Designer-inspired looks are better with a hyphen in the … more →

Tags: Adjectives, hyphens, misspellings, modifiers, <punctuation>, Adjective, compound adjective, hyphen, knockoff

Mystery solved! Gwyneth Paltrow is not a physician1 comment

Laura wrote 1 month ago: The mystery has been solved. The Terribly Write blog post just before this one showed the mashup of … more →

Tags: Adjectives, hyphens, Missing words, modifiers, <punctuation>, Adjective, hyphen, missing hyphens, missing punctuation

Is your writing out-of-date?

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Is your doctor out-of-date? If your doctor is Gwyneth Paltrow, you have more to worry about than ant … more →

Tags: Adjectives, hyphens, modifiers, <punctuation>, Adjective, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, hyphen, missing hyphen

Long time, no post!1 comment

lutonian wrote 1 month ago: Terry The wedding season is truly over for me this year and it certainly was a busy period. I do hav … more →

Tags: Portrait, Photography, SLR, camera, portraiture, Flash, Pose!, canon, Flash Gun

Jean Paul Gaultier: The latest target

Laura wrote 1 month ago: OMG. Why would an alleged professional writer in the world of fashion add a hyphen to Jean Paul Gaul … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, misspelling, hyphen, compound adjective, meantime

I wish it were the grammar gods

Laura wrote 1 month ago: I wish it were the grammar gods that spoke to the writer of this article on Yahoo! Shine and turned … more →

Tags: Adjectives, capitalizing, hyphens, modifiers, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, bad grammar, capitalization, compound adjective

Time for a little adult supervision

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Oh, lordie. Why are some writers allowed out in public without adult supervision? Someone over at Ya … more →

Tags: Adjectives, Confused Words, dodue, hyphens, misspellings, modifiers, <punctuation>, Commonly confused words, compound adjective

Are you sure you're in the right job?7 comments

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Imagine that you’re a carpenter, but you don’t know how to use a hammer. Or a chef who h … more →

Tags: Adjectives, Apostrophes, capitalizing, hyphens, misplaced modifiers, misspellings, modifiers, plurals, <punctuation>

Java Tutorial: Deklarasi dan akses kontrol - Part 2

Moch Lutfi wrote 1 month ago: PENDEKLARASIAN KELAS, VARIABEL, DAN METHOD Modifier digunakan untuk menentukan hubungan suatu unsur … more →

Tags: Java, Class, Tutorial, Access-Control, Method, Variable

It's a losing battle with some writers

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Trying to improve the writing on Yahoo! Shine must be a losing battle. How can you help a writer who … more →

Tags: Cliches, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, modifiers, misplaced modifiers, commas, Cliché, comma, wrong word

It's back to school for you, too!

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Someone working on Yahoo! Shine could use a grammar lesson or two: My back-to-school recommendation … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, plurals, Wrong Words, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, hyphen, plural, Apostrophe

It's back to school for you!

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Are back-to-school nights worth the effort? That’s what the writer on Yahoo! Shine should have … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, hyphen, compound adjective, Back to School, Yahoo, yahoo shine

Oprah's show desinged

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Do you think the writer of Yahoo! TV’s ”Daytime in No Time” is implying that the r … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, Apostrophes, possessives, Typo, misspelling

A 19-pound mistake

Laura wrote 2 months ago: It’s a missing hyphen that the creates the big mistake on Yahoo! Shine: … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, hyphen, compound adjective, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, missing punctuation

Let's get real and really

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Let’s get real here. There are just too many careless errors in this article on Yahoo! Shine t … more →

Tags: Titles, capitalizing, <punctuation>, Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs, hyphens, Typo, capitalization, hyphen


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