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Anglican Curmudgeon: What Have They Wrought? September 19th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, TEC | http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-have-they-wrought.html Hat-Tip: BabyBlue Despite last-minute pleas for reason and common sense to prevail, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal

It occurred to me that I’ve been doing so much on Pete Alfano stuff lately that this site should be renamed Fire Pete Alfano. I realize that my readers don’t care what a hacky journalist in Fort Worth writes about. I should just go back to obsessing over the Mets.

August 25, 2008 — Bertram My guest host today is Paul Allen Leoncini. He is the author of the epic novel Conjuror, available at Barnes&Noble, Bordersbooks, Ingram books and www.PublishAmerica.com as well as bricks and mortars book stores. Leoncini writes, Once upon a time a dear Agent offered me some

Yes, there are much more important issues than this, but a few readers do notice when we mix up who and whom. Here is an example from Friday's 2A, a spot where we promote stories coming up in print or features online.

In my Mets days, guys used to hate giving interviews that they knew would be heard in the clubhouse. Any use of a personal pronoun in their statement would be mocked in unison, “I, Me, Me, I, Me, Me, I……” So if we are to believe WaPo’s Dana Milbank, Obama said this yesterday when speaking to

Lolcatese — is it becoming the new internet pidgin? Perhaps first exclusively written language? Lolcatese is named after the acronym LOL, which is Textese for “laughing out loud.” Textese is a thing distinct from Lolcatese. The purpose of Textese is to transmit the [...]

Building sentences with FIRST & SECOND markers for PROPER NOUNS Building sentences with FIRST & SECOND markers for PROPER NOUNSSi - FIRST CLASS marker for proper noun. Ni - SECOND CLASS marker for proper noun. We will now add the FIRST & SECOND CLASS markers. Higala nako si John - John is my friend.

First Person Singular MAGAZINES First Person SingularMany editors have lately decided that magazine prose is too impersonal — that in a rather impersonal world, readers yearn for human voices and the pro noun "I." The result is a revival of personal journa... Cancer 0

Shifting Careers - When Intolerance Becomes Intolerable Many career shifts involve an “aha” moment. In Lisa Sherman’s case, the moment was not only the catalyst for a career change but also led her to tell her boss she was gay. Logo Shifting Careers Marci Alboher’s ... Business 0

Working With Pronouns It is inevitable to encounter the topic of pronouns when learning English. An intimate understanding of this component of the language is crucial for fluency. ¶ Posted 02 June 2008 † Warren Wong § Language ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: english, esl, Free, Language, languages,