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mighty red pen grammar word nerds and the editorial way mighty red pen october 22 2014 mon dieu le typo filed under overseen spellbound mighty red pen 6 31 pm tags misspelling signage here s a tasty little typo that turns chicken with wine coq au vin into chicken with vine whatever that would be i m a little afraid to ask and not for nothing it s written correctly directly above where it s written incorrectly kinda makes you want a glass of vin no le sigh courtesy of scott who spotted it at a market in western new york leave a comment october 14 2014 a sweet old etcetera birthday filed under lit review wordsworthy mighty red pen 7 11 pm tags e e cummings poetry here s a trio of literary treats to celebrate today the birthday of e e cummings 1 seems like today is as good a day as any to tackle that old e e cummings thing read this pair of articles by norman friedman here and here to for the case against lowercasing e e cummings 2 over at mcsweeney s check out the brief and amusing youtube comment or e e cummings you will excuse the impertinent lowercasing of mr cummings name see 1 3 and finally please enjoy a musical performance by michael hedges of one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets i carry your heart with me leave a comment october 6 2014 dont feed the animal s filed under apostrophe catastrophe overseen perilous punctuation mighty red pen 7 54 pm tags apostrophe my eye s my eye s it might hurt the tummies of the livestock if you feed them it certainly hurts word nerds to see this unwanted apostrophe in tummy s to say nothing of the mysterious capitalization overseen at the topsfield fair in massachusetts leave a comment september 30 2014 a hoax upon both your houses filed under grammar goddess pop culture mighty red pen 7 08 pm tags betty white homophones so there was a bit of a kerfuffle oh how i love that word the other week when the article actress betty white 92 dyes peacefully in her los angeles home hit the airwaves i first spotted the headline when a friend posted the article on facebook with the comment rip cause i m a word nerd like that the first thing i noticed was the word dyes changes the color of something using a dye m w where dies to stop living m w would have been correct if it was really an article announcing the death of betty white it couldn t be i thought that betty white had passed away and some news outlet had mixed up the spelling of this garden variety homophone could it in that context it made for a so bad it s good typo when i clicked through the link i found the joke was on us news of the story traveled fast as it does and people began to cry hoax i started to wonder hoax means to trick or deceive someone m w but in this case the article never said that betty white was actually dead in fact it was quite clear she was not the only people who thought she was deceased were the people who fell for the dyes vs dies ruse a tricksy headline yes but in my opinion not a hoax what do you think comments 1 july 15 2014 surf s up in rivendell filed under grammar goddess lit review pop culture mighty red pen 8 05 pm tags elves lord of the rings rivendell weird al word crimes so you know that whole thing about how the elves in the lord of the rings are all so we re getting in our fancy boats and sailing off into the sunset on our exclusive party cruise well they said that s what they were doing but i think west must be code for settling down in cape cod and opening a paddle shop cause look what i found in other news if you have not yet heard weird al yankovic s clever and word nerd baiting tune word crimes what in middle earth are you waiting for you re welcome comments 1 june 11 2014 out of order filed under overseen spellbound mighty red pen 8 12 pm tags sign typo spotted this little tidbit in the dining hall of my alma mater during my recent reunion although kids were disappointed that the chocolate milk was unavailable it looks like that wasn t the only thing that was out of order which reunion year was it you ask well as you know a lady never reveals any information that could lead to knowledge of her age but not seeing any ladies around come over here so i can whisper it in your ear it was my tenth comments 1 march 25 2014 waffling on the spelling filed under overseen spellbound mighty red pen 7 47 pm tags breakfast misspelling typo here s a sweet little tidbit that came my way just in time for international waffle day today it was spotted at a restaurant in chicago this is not an uncommon typo i m sure i ve seen it a time or two or three and you probably have as well so let s iron out this confusion once and for all it s belgian waffles not belgium waffles belgian being the adjective belgium the country and in case you re wondering yes serving mrp up a tasty typo like this one is second only to serving up an actual plate of waffles belgian or otherwise not to pour it on too thick but the actual first thing i did when i saw this typo was wish i were having waffles for lunch or dinner or lunch and dinner thanks to scottmalouf bonus mrp moment today would have been flannery o connor s birthday her work has held a special place in my heart since i did a project in high school that involved reading everything by her that i could get my hands on and then writing a 20 page paper a project that was admittedly easier for me than it was for friends who chose more prolific authors such as hemingway or twain one of the best surprises about reading all of her works was how much i loved her collected letters the habit of being in honor of her birthday take a listen to a good man is hard to find by sufjan stevens which is a retelling of o connor s story of the same name but from an unexpected perspective leave a comment march 11 2014 don t panic filed under lit review overseen mighty red pen 6 48 pm so today wordies would have been the 62nd birthday of preeminent word nerd douglas adams how many of us grew up reading all five of the books in the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy trilogy did you make jokes about the number 42 and did you randomly say so long and thanks for all the fish and do you now love to quote adams sage words i love deadlines i like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by sure me too last summer on my way to what turned out to be a delightful vacation in wyoming visiting the grand teton and yellowstone national parks there was an unfortunate stop at the denver airport i promise this story will turn out to be about douglas adams eventually i m not a good flyer to begin with and yes my worst case flight disaster scenario involves sharks and the approach to denver was as i had been warned it would be deeply deeply turbulent so wasn t feeling that great all around but happy to see we were about to hit the ground when the pilot suddenly in a way that made me understand at a visceral level what the word suddenly really means pulled the plane up and shot back into the sky i think we all groaned at once finally arriving on the ground in denver felt miraculous in a certain way but i was so sick to my stomach i was starting to doubt i could possibly get on the next plane for the final leg the trip to jackson hole in a tiny plane who doesn t love a tiny plane i gather i missed a lot of the things there are to enjoy at the denver airport in my airsick haze including some kind of demonic blue horse but as i sat down at the gate to wait for the next flight i looked up and saw this window i don t know what inspired denver airport to have a little fun with their view here but i loved it and between this much needed dose of levity and the fact that i had my towel safely stowed in my bag i really did feel much less panicked leave a comment march 4 2014 it s beginning to look a lot like national grammar day filed under grammar goddess perilous punctuation spellbound word nerds mighty red pen 7 00 am my wordies how time has flown if it s march 4 it s national grammar day once again and here s mrp with some goodies just for you first h t to one of my roving reporters for this little tidbit spotted in minneapolis oh dear will no one think of the childrens and add an apostrophe to children s center please next you could do no better than to head over to the official national grammar day site put together by the one and only grammar girl for t shirts contests free wallpaper and other grammar day swag while you re there you ll want to check out this year s installment of john e mcintyre s grammarnoir serial grammar never takes a holiday and read grammarnoirs of years past and get the results of editor mark s grammar haiku contest and for real live grammar day fun check out grammarday on twitter and there s more more because you ve been so good this year here s the late great pete seeger with his rendition of english is crazy more like english is curaaaaayzee you know that s true and if you ve never seen this piece by poet taylor mali then you ll want to check out the the impotence of proofreading like now h t to david for that and finally wordies please remember what mrp has always told you on this most special of word nerd days you have been given a great power and with it comes great responsibility have mercy do not use your ability to write grammatically correct well punctuated and perfectly spelled sentences to put down and insult those who struggle mightily go forth and be kind to others who have made mistakes peeve no more next time the red pen may be pointed at you happy national grammar day leave a comment march 4 2013 happy national grammar day filed under grammar goddess mighty red pen 7 00 am tags grammar national grammar day on this national grammar day here are some suggestions of ways in which to celebrate visit the national grammar day website for resources wallpapers e cards and more check out the results of editor mark s grammar haiku contest read the exciting conclusion of john e mcintyre s grammarnoir serial the shame of the prose grab a word nerdly t shirt from arrant pedantry psst they re having a sale read kory stamper s well stated a plea for sanity read one of your favorite grammar blogs or check out mrp s blog roll and find one you may not have known about or follow the action on twitter or make like mrp and bake some delicious chocolate truffle with sea salt cookies wait what yeah that s what i said bake some cookies or if baking isn t your thing do something else that brings you enjoyment on this day because as i ve said before and will say again there s nothing about national grammar day that should invite us to do anything other than share in the fun and really what goes together better than chocolate and grammar so settle back with a grammartini sing the grammar song and snuggle up with your favorite style guide and have fun have a happy national grammar day wordies march forth and peeve no more comments 2 next page pages about mighty red pen resources search for he said she said kwitte on predominately vs predominantly paul 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