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A Written VoiceWe forget too often that the written word is merely (merely!) an attempt to represent the spoken word in ...
09/03/2026

A Written Voice

We forget too often that the written word is merely (merely!) an attempt to represent the spoken word in the absence of a human presence before us....

We forget too often that the written word is merely (merely!) an attempt to represent the spoken word in the absence of a human presence before us. The technique of writing includes the device of punctuation to replicate the pulsations of breath which bring life to that presence, and that is why the...

Getting Used to Used ToA friend of mine asked me the other day to explain the difference between I used to run every mor...
09/01/2026

Getting Used to Used To

A friend of mine asked me the other day to explain the difference between I used to run every morning…...

A friend of mine asked me the other day to explain the difference between I used to run every morning and I am used to running every morning. She understood, of course, the different meaning each had, but she wanted to know how the grammatical structure changed in order to change the meaning so clea...

Study, Real and IdealIn order for us, students of any age, to find and keep the energy we need to stay at our task, we m...
08/27/2026

Study, Real and Ideal

In order for us, students of any age, to find and keep the energy we need to stay at our task, we must know the purpose we are working for....

In order for us, students of any age, to find and keep the energy we need to stay at our task, we must know the purpose we are working for. This is decidedly true in the study of language, whether we are learning a new one or learning again the rules and graces of our … Continue reading "Study, Re...

Clear and StableThe summer months make clear what the winter ones won’t: nothing stays the same. The sun that rose betwe...
08/25/2026

Clear and Stable

The summer months make clear what the winter ones won’t: nothing stays the same. The sun that rose between the branches outside my window weeks ago now rises further to the south, and the view is no longer the same for me....

The summer months make clear what the winter ones won’t: nothing stays the same. The sun that rose between the branches outside my window weeks ago now rises further to the south, and the view is no longer the same for me. The leaves on that same tree flutter in even the calmest breeze, and … Co...

Stop ItThere is a fine old classic work on punctuation entitled Mind the Stop by G. V. Carey, published in Britain in 19...
08/20/2026

Stop It

There is a fine old classic work on punctuation entitled Mind the Stop by G. V. Carey, published in Britain in 1939....

There is a fine old classic work on punctuation entitled Mind the Stop by G. V. Carey, published in Britain in 1939. A stop is a Briticism for any of the marks of punctuation (comma, semicolon, colon, and period) which intend to pause the reader to some degree at some specific point in a sentence. ....

Understanding, Enjoyment, LoveThe purpose of what we’re writing will determine its style. Instructions are best left as ...
08/18/2026

Understanding, Enjoyment, Love

The purpose of what we’re writing will determine its style. Instructions are best left as simple and direct as the protocol will allow, but in a novel a lengthy passage meant to move the heart in describing a tender moment between lovers may take long and winding sentences to bring the scene poignantly before us....

The purpose of what we’re writing will determine its style. Instructions are best left as simple and direct as the protocol will allow, but in a novel a lengthy passage meant to move the heart in describing a tender moment between lovers may take long and winding sentences to bring the scene poign...

The Arts of the MindA convincing case could be made, I think, that if ever there were a moment when looking back at the ...
08/13/2026

The Arts of the Mind

A convincing case could be made, I think, that if ever there were a moment when looking back at the origin of an idea could give us a needed perspective, now might be such a time....

A convincing case could be made, I think, that if ever there were a moment when looking back at the origin of an idea could give us a needed perspective, now might be such a time. We seem to have lost the plot in much of the schooling we confer on our young people. Good … Continue reading "The Art...

Hunting for GrammarPrecision, concision—confusion. Being precise and concise are hallmarks of good writing, but too much...
08/11/2026

Hunting for Grammar

Precision, concision—confusion. Being precise and concise are hallmarks of good writing, but too much of any good thing turns into its opposite....

Precision, concision—confusion. Being precise and concise are hallmarks of good writing, but too much of any good thing turns into its opposite. I saw recently a community board posting on social media similar to this one, and it offers a review exercise for us to figure out just what went wrong. ...

Our ImaginationJust what is our imagination? We can’t get very far in any thinking about the arts, including the art of ...
08/06/2026

Our Imagination

Just what is our imagination? We can’t get very far in any thinking about the arts, including the art of writing, before we find ourselves using the word to refer to some kind of thing we sense is going on in our heads to produce a work others can see or hear or read....

Just what is our imagination? We can’t get very far in any thinking about the arts, including the art of writing, before we find ourselves using the word to refer to some kind of thing we sense is going on in our heads to produce a work others can see or hear or read. But … Continue reading "Our...

Semicolon, Comma, and, Alas, the DashHow are we to understand the semicolon? The traditional grammars say that “the semi...
08/04/2026

Semicolon, Comma, and, Alas, the Dash

How are we to understand the semicolon? The traditional grammars say that “the semicolon is used when the clauses are of the same general nature and contribute to the same general effect, especially if one or more of them contain commas” (Kittredge and Farley, …...

How are we to understand the semicolon? The traditional grammars say that “the semicolon is used when the clauses are of the same general nature and contribute to the same general effect, especially if one or more of them contain commas” (Kittredge and Farley, Advanced English Grammar); that it ...

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