I was reading a major novel from a major genre publisher last night (okay, it was Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston, from Del Rey), when a character suddenly "knocked" an arrow into his bowstring. Not to knock the book's copy editor, but the
...is when someone says "tenant" but means "tenet." A tenant is an inhabitant. A tenet is a principle. The building's tenants adhered to the tenets of Zoroastrianism.
What is wrong with the following sentence (from a New York Times article by Manohla Dargis)? Still, it proved that a studio division could make money, win awards, attract talent and excite the audience, which is why Miramax and all it helped wrought is one of the best things to
In a recent Craigslist posting, a dominant male businessman requests a Secretary-like secretary who, in addition to being able to take dictation and a good paddling with equal aplomb, must be discrete. One presumes that this distinct and differentiated individual will also be discerning and prudent enough to gently inform
Would you say the past tense of podcast—and the past participle, for that matter—is podcast or podcasted? My vote is podcast.
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