Category: writing / books
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Get "Smart"
Sometimes I think the universe reads my blog, because look what the fates decided to place in my mailbox shortly after that last post: Direct your attention to the lower right-hand corner, where we are assured that this edition of Get Smart has 62% more “laughs.” Having seen the movie, if these new “laughs” are…
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Grammar is "Fun"
I have a few favourite typos and grammar mistakes. For example, confusing “Brian” with “brain” is hilarious no matter which one you meant to type. “Porblems” is always more entertaining than “problems.” But the best is the misuse of quotations. Most common grammatical errors have some logical reason behind them, such as confusing words that…
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Signing Off
There is a lot of variety in how people sign off their emails. One that I find particularly hilarious is when someone writes something like “Regards” or “Thanks” or whatever, then a comma, then their name. For example: Hi Mike, You were right, it turns out I forgot to carry a decimal place. Looks like…
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