Things That Make Us [Sic]
Anyone who thinks grammar isn’t funny should pick up a copy of Martha Brockenbrough’s Things That Make Us [Sic]: The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the...
View ArticleEditing and Writing Tips for 2009
If you’ve made any editing or writing resolutions for the New Year, this list of number one writing tips will keep you motivated. John Roach of Pro Writing Tips, which also covers grammar, requested...
View ArticleCreative Writing, not Creative Grammar
I love to edit creative writing – it feels less like work! – so I was very pleased to learn this blog was selected as one of the Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs by Best Colleges Online in the Grammar...
View ArticleBlogs for Writers, Editors, and Word Lovers
As both a writer and someone who works with writers, I’m happy to report that Blue Pencil Editing has been included in the list of 50 Useful Blogs for Writers on The Word Blog at Word Skit, a Web site...
View ArticleDear BPE: It’s OK to Break the Rules!
You’ve probably heard the saying that you should learn the rules before you break them. Well, English professors know the rules of language, and I received an impassioned e-mail from one about breaking...
View ArticleBook Review: Back to Basics with Booher
Sometimes we editors are accused of being nitpicky. We’re busy debating whether it’s really OK to use “alright” instead of “all right” while other people are thinking, “So what?” Well, that’s our job....
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Kreativ Blogs (and Creative Spelling)
It’s awards season! And I’m a proud recipient of the Kreativ Blogger Award, bestowed on me by Fran Hill of Being Miss. Given that she’s an English teacher, I’m especially honored. In turn, I’m to award...
View ArticleReaders Respond
In the tradition of year-end roundups, I’m using the last post of 2009 to summarize the results of my recent poll asking readers which post topics are your favorites. With sixteen of the forty-nine...
View ArticlePicasso Was a Descriptivist!
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I recently attended the Picasso and the Allure of Language exhibition, at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art, which examined the painter’s relationship...
View ArticleA Day—and a Book—Devoted to Grammar
Now that it’s been a couple of months since New Year’s, have you given up your grammar resolutions? Well, fortunately, there’s another holiday to get you back on track: National Grammar Day is here!...
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