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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Word List from Copyeditor’s Stylesheet for The Writing Class (coming in June 2008)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

(this being what copy editors, without whom writers would look pretty silly, have to worry about) a while (2 wds as obj of prep) a.k.a. anymore (1 wd as adv) awhile (as adv) axe-wielding backseat backstory basset hound bioterrorist bling blond, fem., n. & adj. blond, masc. or neut., n. & adj. brand-new buttload buzz [...]

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Name That List (and no fair Googling)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The spur of cheese. The mustard-pot of penance. The cobbled shoe of humility. The furred cat of the Solicitors and Attorneys. The Teeth-chatter or Gum-didder of Lubberly Lusks. The Ape’s Paternoster. The Fat Belly of the Presidents. The Merciless Cormorant, by Hoxinidno the Jew.  

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