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Limbering up arms like Ed Norton. Need shove from Ralph Kramden. #writing
Car-rental companies rent cars. "Rental-car companies," I dunno, make cars to be rented?
.@flangy And we knew it was "King, Martin Luther Jr.," not "King Jr., Martin Luther."
Remember when we alphabetized based on *last* names? (I'm dating myself for Valentine's Day.)
Omitting needless words! Omitting needless words! Omitting needless words! http://www.hulu.com/watch...
.@KelliTrungale Astrology! Reminds me of a copy editor who used "scientology" in a hed about a scientific study. bloom.bg/wK3JRr
RT @kenneth212 If you hear someone say "Valentimes" in the next 24 hours, you have my permission to punch them.
RT @leraboroditsky: "Shitstorm" picked as best English gift to the German language. I hope this doesn't cause a ... http://www.thelocal.de/society...
I kid radio and TV news, but I am thankful I work in a medium with a backspace key.
Radio news guy just said Whitney Houston was unconscious at the time of her death.
Do they have chiropractic in the Dominican?
What's with all this "leading by double-digits"? A double-digit lead. Leads by double digits. Is that so hard?
.@IFeedUrTV So the two Germanies? Jimmy Connors and Jimmy Webb = the Jimmies? There are exceptions (the Rockies), but Grammys is the model.
When 31 is correct but 34 has a better "rhythm." http://harpers.org/archive...
If you hear "Your print headlines work just fine as SEO headlines," it might not be a compliment.
RT @fmanjoo Nobody says "totes" anymore. Like the war on spam and terrorism, this is a great, unremarked-upon victory for the world.
"Lana Del Rey" is acceptable on first reference, but be sure to mention at some point that she was born Cassius Clay.
Lies, darn lies and statistics. http://theslot.blogspot.com/2012...
Not Quite a Damn Lie. More of a Darn Lie. - http://theslot.blogspot.com/2012...
Not Quite a Damn Lie. More of a Darn Lie.
You don't get to say "nearly a three-year high" if the three-year high was three months earlier. What you have is a three-month high.
.@StefanTucker Maybe he was "honing in."
.@inotherwordscg @ArrantPedantry Guess I'm just presently tense.
Real-estate brochure refers to the house's "pluperfect location." It's like the penultimate epicenter!
Why punctuation matters: "a low, six-figure salary."
Superb Owl already. The Macy's Day Parade seems like yesterday.
RT @kenneth212 None of my coworkers -- even the old ones -- know what mucilage is. http://twitter.com/TheSlot...
.@sesquiotic A side order of "It makes you look like an idiot" might complement your sound-argument entree.
RT @StribDylan: @TheSlot Thought you'd enjoy this "Superb Owl"-related piece. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/article...
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