Amazing Race: final thoughts
Ok, I can’t help it. I don’t like to post two things in a row that are too similar, but I just finished watching Amazing Race and there are so many thoughts going through my head! Like I remembered...
View ArticleA lesson in apostrophes
I was writing an email recently and wanted to indicate the possessive of Charles. I vaguely remember being taught that it should be Charles’ with no extra “s” but since then I had read styling guides...
View ArticleBiweekly, bimonthly
Today I was putting together a spreadsheet to compare offerings from some companies we’re evaluating. As I was listing the frequency of something they do, I was going to put biweekly, but then I wasn’t...
View ArticleLanguage precision
If you speak more than one language, how do you feel when you speak the languages that are not your primary one? I’ve always been a proud Mandarin and English speaker, with native proficiency in both....
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