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The Chronicle of Higher Education: 10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly

We can't all be great writers, but we can be better writers. This advice is for everyone. And I put particular importance on number 3.

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september 2010 by matthewmcvickar

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The Photographic Dictionary

Beautiful photographs to demonstrate words.

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february 2009 by matthewmcvickar

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The Phrontistery: Word List: Adjectives of Relation

"There are many terms which refer to a state of relating to or pertaining to a certain thing or category of things. Instead of using a phrase such as 'pertaining to buttercups', you can substitute the adjective 'ranunculaceous'. Using the admittedly invented phrase 'adjectives of relation', I have compiled 842 such terms."

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february 2009 by matthewmcvickar

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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The Elements of Spam (Jason Roeder)

"My wifesd*porcupine hot pix for u."

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january 2009 by matthewmcvickar

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NYTimes.com: The Buzzwords of 2008

A nicely designed list of the words of the year. Seems like half are from the election. Can't say I've ever heard of a "fish pedicure," but there it is.