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  1. Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bos… via @globeandmail "Under way" should be one word.
  2. Typo of the Day: editing client wrote "a neuromas" instead of "enormous" #grammar #english
  3. Conservatives back private members' bill - via @winnipegnews shar.es/2C8sL via @sharethis #grammar Oops it's one member's bill
  4. Witnessess recall events leading up to hang-gliding death vancouversun.com/news/Witnesses… Sad, but no need to add an extra s to "witnesses" #grammar
  5. Just completed editing a Master's thesis in history.
  6. Who writes these headlines? #grammar University gets ahold of rare first-edition King James Bible latimes.com/news/nationwor…
  7. Grammar counts: A grammar point - cohn.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15366/a-gramma… (via @sociablesite) #grammar
  8. HGPublishing supports microfinance. Join @Kiva: Get $25 free trial and help alleviate poverty. kiva.org/i/CFWVrFyb0Zi via @Kiva
  9. Worksheet: what makes poetry poetry? Student: poetry is what gets lost in translation. #teaching #poetry
  10. Just completed editing a Ph.D. thesis in economics on how UK bailout policies were presented in the UK press.
  11. Barry Wood: 'Grammar' can be 'glamorous' shar.es/gV6sV #grammar
  12. Sorry, there's no such thing as 'correct grammar' | Michael Rosen gu.com/p/35pbc/tw via @guardian #grammar
  13. Wrong word: Prologue vs prolong: bit.ly/wQdh3m via @TorontoStar #grammar
  14. Literacy sign slipup has school principal shaking his head - Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/features/liter… #grammar (Spot the error in the headline)
  15. HGPublishing supports small entrepreneurs around the world through KIVA kiva.org/i/GMj7zjF6VH5 via @Kiva We just made our sixth loan.
  16. The Associated Press: Avalanche kills 3 in Washington state avalanche -http://news.google.com Redundant and repetitive #grammar
  17. George Abbott (education minister) wants "fulsome" accounting. shar.es/fNGUh "Fulsome" = "excessive praise." #grammar #bctf
  18. Santorum's hat trick soc.li/0YzPwNI "Romney's campaign budget dwarves his rivals' " 3rd person sing of "dwarf" = dwarfs. #grammar #CBC
  19. Pet editing peeve: "In his article, Author states..." How about: "Author (date) states..." #editing #grammar