We’re joined this week by a special guest blogger. Patricia T. O’Conner, a former editor at The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national best-seller Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, as well as other books about language. …
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http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14801I grew up in a town called Ottumwa and I think it’s pretty safe to say that there aren’t too many of those scattered across the United States. These 10 places, though, are likely to show up more than once on a cross-country road trip. 10 of the Most Common Place Names in the U.S. 1. …
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Modeling Economics Using Water
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816Engineer/economist Bill Phillips, a New Zealand native, built a machine to model the British economy in 1949. Although it was high-tech for its time, today the Phillips Machine seems a little…nutty. What’s odd about the machine is that it used water power — hydraulics — to model the flow of money through the British economy. …
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http://www.knobbyis.coma former editor at The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national best-seller Woe Is I: The Grammarphobeâs Guide to Better English in Plain English , as well as other books about language. She is a regu... Read the full post from mental_floss Blog Tags: Blogs, Grammarphobia via Blogdigger blog search for Style. LE Mexican Style 2-N-1 Double End Bag bPerfect for working on head and body MMA Training/Bag Gloves. N Mighty Mite II, 3670-3690 Mighty Mite cleaners, Style MM Canisters. Find
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The Mind Wobbles
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Mah Two Cents :: Main Page
http://mahtwocents.blogharbor.com/blogWil Wheaton writes about writing. He links to a couple of articles on Mental Floss: 4 Must-Read Books For Aspiring Writers (Telling Lies For Fun And Profit sounds interesting) and Five Lessons In Grammar. Also, I came across this article on the site about punctuation. Again, if you aren't reading Mental Floss the magazine, try out
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Wonder Woman and S&M….
http://thehellblog.com/2008/05/09/wonder-woman-and-sm/here
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How 10 Well-Known Beverages Got Their Names
http://fuitsu.tumblr.com/post/34275643Also, as someone who considers the AP Stylebook akin to the Bible, I have to share - with this particular brand name there is never a period after the “r” in Dr. Squirt – So-named because it “Squirts” in your mouth like a ripe grapefruit. (via mental_floss Blog)
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Mental Floss Article: 10 of the Most Common Place Names in the U.S.
http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2496a good reminder to always record the complete place name
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How 10 Well-Known Beverages Got Their Names
http://acky.tumblr.com/post/34267599Also, as someone who considers the AP Stylebook akin to the Bible, I have to share - with this particular brand name there is never a period after the “r” in Dr. Squirt – So-named because it “Squirts” in your mouth like a ripe grapefruit. (via mental_floss Blog)
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Cheap Wedding Rings
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