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October 30, 2025 / Courtney / Language

on language, snobbery, and racism

This post is brought to you by Somebody Was Grammatically Wrong On The Internet. I’m gonna try to keep this short <– this is my caveat emptor concerning the fact that I am not going to cover all the bases in this little essay. Essaylet. Whatevs. Anyway, I’m warning you, Gentle Constant Reader, not to …

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August 22, 2012 / Courtney / Writing

5 Points on How to Write an Effective Book Review

The purpose of a book review is to tell other readers why they would or wouldn’t enjoy reading a particular book. Here are five points I think go into writing an effective review….

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July 1, 2012 / Courtney / Language

He Made Me Loose, and 5 Other Shenanigans

Today, we’re looking at correct spelling and grammar by way of moths, lightning, and cat pee! Yay!

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January 5, 2012 / Courtney / Creativity

I Got Sentenced

On New Year’s Eve, I got together with some nerdy friends. We played a language game and rewrote history. Thomas Jefferson and Marie Antoinette do make a handsome couple….

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December 27, 2011 / Courtney / Language

How You Spell Dis?!?

Once upon a time, a young man of my acquaintance named Matt told me the following story: In college, Matt roomed with a foreign exchange student. I don’t remember the other guy’s name or where he was from, so I’m just going to call him Riku and say he was from Japan. Riku was always …

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May 17, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

10 Ways to Really Write an Awful Novel

Today, I bring you the badness of truly horrid writing. Because, really — there are so many cramazing, beautiful works of written art out there, you don’t want to be like all of them, do you?

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