Busy weekend under way:
- Up at 5:00 a.m.; walk the dog; walk with friend; get the low-down on neighborhood news from great neighbor; feed the dog; feed the human; wash three loads of laundry; chlorinate pool; disengage stuck irrigation valve; wash dishes; post to Funny about Money (place-holder: nothing much to say); answer e-mail (four accounts!); finish marking up page proofs for indexing (two chapters and narrative footnotes); enter charges in Excel and Quicken; scare up $1300 to pay for furniture “bargain”; make transfers in credit union to cover pending AMEX bill; discover cool thing about credit union’s online site; blog about cool thing in Funny about Money (hoorah! on topic!!);
- And next: Do round-up for The Copyeditor’s Desk
This is the first round-up I’ve made of language and editing-related sites. There seem to be no blog carnivals on the subject, and I have yet to find an aggregator that’s gathering links to current posts, though one must be out there. So this pretty much an unaided, DIY project. If anyone knows of aggregators, carnivals, or networks of editing, language, or writing sites, please let me know in the comments!
Graphoniac holds forth about grammar, style, and punctuation on her site called My Writing Help; this is a good place to go for concise explanation of language basics. At Grammarphobia, Pat adds some thoughtful refinements to the matter of using “me” or “I” in the objective position. And Word Wise provides clarification x 3: further vs. farther; over vs. more than; and fewer vs. less.
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks occasionally posts some hilarious photos. This one may take the (soap) cake…I wonder if they mean American Standards? Speaking of quotation marks, Lynn at Business Writing explains the U.S. conventions for punctuating quotations.
The Language Guy discovers “brainstorming” is a politically incorrect activity, and along those lines John McIntire over at You Don’t Say wonders if sex is necessary, especially when dealing with freshpersons and upperclasspersons.
Speaking of studentpersons and others positioned to learn things, Grammar Girl explains what “to beg the question” means, for which she should be generously applauded. At Write to Be Done, Leo reminds wannabe writers that, strange as it may seem, writers read! Thanks, Leo, for explaining the importance of reading for those who want to write.
Mr. Rewrite indulges in some freelance copyediting, not an easy trick with copy graven in stone. In the department of Monuments That Needed an Editor, Mark Lieberman at The Language Log reports that some rogue copyeditors have been brought to justice — now we can all feel safe! At The (New) Legal Writer, Raymond addresses text in a different medium: blood.
Copyblogger’s Liz Fulghum posts an excellent article outlining five ways to keep your blog content fresh, well worth reading and bookmarking.
And so to work.
August 24, 2008 at 9:15 am
We used the terms “frosh” or occasionally “froshling” for freshmen. But those are slang, of course.