“Have you seen the measuring spoons that are for those folks who want to be good cooks but can’t follow their friends’ recipes because their friends’ recipes don’t call for particular measurements of anything?”
Entries Tagged as 'Bloody Well Write'
id est, exempli gratia
September 21st, 2010
“For all you lovers of all things short (and I’m referring to language, not to those under 5?3?, such as yours truly), here’s a short-but-oh-so-sweet entry about two abbreviations that are often confused with each other.”
No periods, no commas, no problems
April 13th, 2009
Bloody Well Write discovers a world that rejects punctuation and the rules of capitalization are unneeded. The internet? No, it’s our very own United States Postal Service.
How punctuation is like my Aunt Ima
March 5th, 2009
Don’t be afraid of the semicolon; it is your friend. Just remember that it is a friend you can handle for about an hour before it drives you up a freakin’ wall. Too much of a good thing is, after all, too much. Visit this friend, but limit each visit to a short span of [...]
The unending battle
February 25th, 2009
Were or was? Grammar aid for those of us who are unsure.
Helpful hint: Trying to correct grammar in Twitter world is the very definition of Sisyphean.
History of an acronym
January 29th, 2009
When did it start? What does it mean? More than you want to know about the ZIP code.
Dick, Jane and the possiblity of blueberry stains
January 21st, 2009
Combine them and you might may will have a lesson in grammar.
How to hamstring Larry King
January 19th, 2009
There are rules for the use of ellipses. Know them. Use them. They are watching you.
In western Kansas it’s “yep”
January 8th, 2009
Straightening out the differences between, and the complexities of use of, yea, yeah and yay.
Know your ranges
December 29th, 2008
Sometimes we cook on one. We long to have our home on one. But the misuse of a range is wrong. Thus endeth the lesson.
Why Douglas & Main is a bit twitchy
December 15th, 2008
A proliferation of Wichita grammar blogs arrive with Grammar Monkeys and Bloody Well Write. The titles seem to suggest a sense of humor. First the economy and now this.
Is twitchy a word?
