Category: Writing
Mar 192008
Stop making “lazy list” posts or I’ll kill you (with Greasemonkey script)
I really was going to let this slide. But something pushed me over the edge today.
I’m not the first to complain about this; Matt Haughey said it a year ago. But since then things have only gotten worse.
Blogging is a trade far more respectable than its silly name would suggest, folks. I understand that traffic […]
Oct 12007
English: The Perl of Natural Languages
The American Heritage Dictionary, in a usage note below the definition of the word shall, uses more words than I’ve ever used to describe anything. I’m reprinting them here because I find this fascinating, in an odd mystery-solving sort of way. I’m a linguistic Jessica Fletcher.
The traditional rules for using shall and will prescribe a […]
