Don't knock it
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...
GrammarA collection of 7 posts
It's quizzing its users
Via affinity8: You Scored an ABOGMONSTER You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple...
Yet another pet peeve...
...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....
Almost snuck that one past, eh?
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...
That's why I'm a righter
Via deadscrypt: English GeniusYou scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 80% Expert!You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence...
Discretion a virtue, and spelling too
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...