If you are looking for a word that will give voice to your frustration at your wives’ incessant nagging - and let’s face it, there isn’t a woman among us who can honestly say that she doesn’t derive some deep satisfaction from nagging her husband - look no further. Double Take’s word of the day is “Termagant,” meaning A scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; [...]
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If you have yet to read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, and are considering doing so after possibly being enticed by the lies promises in the blurbs of a spellbinding read, I implore you - DON’T. Read this review first.
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Funky title for a blog, no? Well, it’s my husband’s blog, so head on over there and check it out. He wrote here on this site a month ago with a guest post that was, in my opinion, hysterical if not a little heretical. The title was “God is a mob boss.”
I know I am [...]
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One of my readers asked me the following grammar question as a follow-up to this post:
I would appreciate a lesson on the use of the hyphen in sentence construction. I use it sparingly when I think I am using it correctly, but I am never quite sure frankly…My question is … can [...]
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Any self-respecting editor or publisher will tell you that it is all well and good to have your own individual preferences when it comes to style issues, but what is critical at the end of the day is consistency. Always be consistent. If you choose to italicize a certain transliterated word, make sure to do [...]
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I would never have bought the Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger. I had high hopes for this book, and actually bought two copies of it before I even began reading it.
I first purchased the book exactly two years ago. I was in Ben Gurion Airport on my way to London, and overcome by the [...]
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During the last seven years of my career, I have not only sharpened my skills as an editor, but I (believe that) I have become a more sensitive human being.
I have worked with so many authors of different types and stripes that I have come to the realization that as much as it is my [...]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
If you have any questions that relate to editing and writing, and the English language in general, I am at your service. I can’t promise that I will be able to answer all your questions, but sometimes it helps to hear another perspective.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
If you are an editor or proofreader living in Israel, and would like to share or receive information about all editing-related topics in this country, there is an email list to which you can subscribe - COandPI@yahoogroups.com.
You need not be embarrassed about asking the most simple of questions on this list. There are editors who ask for help [...]
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Before you submit your manuscript to a publisher, or better yet, before you begin writing your book, sit down for a minute and consider the potential readership. Ask yourself who you think will most likely want to read this book. This will influence the tone and direction of your book. For example, if you [...]
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