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13 years ago

More Wicked Writing Wrongs

We’re reviewing some of the common screw-ups that make any teacher cringe–or at least a teacher who knows his or her grammar and punctuation. Yes, unfortunately, I see far too many of these mistakes in the assignments handed out to students. But you know…you

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13 years ago

10 Wicked Writing Wrongs: The Beginning

Everybody tells you what to do, right? Well, I’m different. Over the next few posts, I’m going to tell you what not to do. It’ll be kind of like that TV show, “What Not to Wear,” which features fashion faux pas, but this will be more fun. Shall we count down the

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13 years ago

Be careful what you write

You know, it’s pretty easy to not exactly mean what you say when you write something. And if you’re writing under deadline sometimes strange things happen.

Need proof? See these actual headlines that someone probably regretted as soon as the newspaper hit the street:

Man

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