‘Write in the language that you are learning. Native speakers correct your writing for you. Help others learn your native language!’

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‘Just how poorly constructed was the governor’s holiday-weekend address? We asked [Vanity Fair]’s red-pencil-wielding executive literary editor, Wayne Lawson, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the colorful result.’

‘[O]nly a particularly virulent form of social fascism would ask me to put that notebook down and begin “sharing ideas” with the people next to me.’

‘I love adapting programmers' tools for my writing. They tend to be extremely well-made and stable (because if they aren't, programmers will fix them or find better ones) -- it's like using chefs' knives in the kitchen.’

How to write regular and cursive Hebrew. Slightly clunky.

How to write Arabic. Includes initial, medial, final and isolate forms.

Chinese people can't write Chinese!

Fascinating, but more than just that: an excellent piece of writing.

Passive verbs are being denigrated again.