Trying to correct all the mistakes in a single sentence on Yahoo! Shine is like putting lipstick on a horse. Corral lipstick, that is: You could remove a space so that the name of the magazine is corr… more →
Terribly Writewrote 8 months ago: And by “love” I just mean love. Unnecessary quotation marks are both annoying and hilari … more →
wrote 8 months ago: The sword in the stone. The white whale. The custom pizza box design. Eschewing nondescript terms li … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Such sad-looking chowder pictures … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Trying to correct all the mistakes in a single sentence on Yahoo! Shine is like putting lipstick on … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Misspellings, typos, missing punctuation. It’s all in a day’s work for the reporter for … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Image from: http://www.oxbridgeessays.com/blogMaybe if everyone understands what quotation marks are … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Too bad there’s no law punishing writers and the companies that employ them for errors. If the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Where was the proofreader or editor when this excerpt from Yahoo! TV‘s “Primetime in No … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Faulkner at UVa: ”The Grounds and the Fury” by Ken Ringle [Pictures from The University … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Today was my last day at The Time Machine. I’m happy about it. It brought on a lot of stress e … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I am feeling a little Andy Rooneyish today. I can almost hear him narrating this post. Last month, … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Uh, no. Regular readers of Terribly Write will notice the misplaced question mark in this excerpt fr … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Boldy printed on an envelope I just received. You just want to me to think that they’re import … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I can hardly “wait” to start contributing to this blog. I see them every day, and they d … more →
wrote 3 years ago: First off, I think Bryony might be one of my favourite names. I’m not sure. I’ll confirm … more →
wrote 3 years ago: despite my own occasional proclivity for writing w/o caps, i is a grammar disciplinarian. hence, th … more →
wrote 4 years ago: this was at the church we gathered at for ethos … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Still home, still sick. Now I’ve managed to lose my voice, which those who know me might consi … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Still home, still sick. Now I’ve managed to lose my voice, which those who know me might consi … more →