Word of the Day: Inure

Inure means to harden or to accustom to some kind of hardship. For example, one could inure to cold or hunger.

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Quoting Copyrighted Work

One of the most common questions writers have is, how much of someone else’s work can you quote without securing reprint permission?

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Catfights and Dogfights

Without pausing to ponder your answer, what comes to mind when you hear the word “catfight”?

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Word of the Day: Folksonomy

Folksonomy is a neologism formed with the words folk and taxonomy. It is the classification of online content based on user-generated tags.

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Critical Analysis of Your Own Writing

So you think you have something to say? How do you get past the stymieing effect of self-analysis? Is this good enough? Will your target audience be provoked to the point of discomfort? Are you “okay with that?”

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The Demise of De Luxe

It seems strange to hear “luxe” without the “de.”

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Word of the Day: Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of classification. It can also mean a systematic approach to arrange or classify a group of objects.

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Expletives

Did you know, however, that there’s another kind of indefinite pronoun called an expletive?

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