Showing posts with label Proper English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Proper English. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Literary Theory's Stifling Uniformity

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From Neema Parvini, at Quillette, " The Stifling Uniformity of Literary Theory ": In 1976, the Nobel-prize winning economist, F....
Sunday, December 18, 2016

I Sent Corrections to USA Today

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I found errors at this piece: #GOP electors targeted with $500K ad buy in final anti- #Trump push. https://t.co/Y0tTSDrKe4 — Donald Dougl...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A.J. McCarron's Mom Disses Jameis Winston's Speech on Twitter: 'Am I Listening to English?'

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She deleted the tweet, apparently, but not before it was favorited by hottie girlfriend Katherine Webb. At the Orlando Sentinel, " Ja...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Associated Press Bans 'illegal Immigrant'

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At National Review, " AP Stylebook Drops ‘Illegal Immigrant’ " (via Memeorandum ). Also at Twitchy, " Pathetic: Associated ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

'If you are not illiterate, you can use civilization, monarchy, dominance, correspond, emphasize, opposition, chlorine, commotion, medicinal, irresponsible, and succession in one sentence...'

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Via Mellow Jihadi :
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

California's Hispanic Challenge

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At WSJ , " Hispanics Surge in California ": Latino children for the first time made up a majority of California's under-18 pop...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Hating Scott Eric Kaufman — Closing Out 2010 With Some Epic Schadenfreude

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Look, when SEK's compelled to write a post that shows how much he's loathed by someone, most likely a former student, that's ne...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Scott Eric Kaufman — An English Professor Who Doesn't Know Sh*t About English

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One of the most interesting things about Scott Eric Kaufman is that he doesn't seem to know anything about the things in which he writes...
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