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  1. “Will Your Citations Pass or Fail?” Blogging today: bit.ly/NbeCYl
  2. A lovely book--free! RT @gkiely: #free #ebook from @UChicagoPress: ROYKO IN LOVE by Mike Royko bit.ly/fqgQT8
  3. "Turdidae (subfamily of Muscicapidae [Turdinae]) tend to be frugivorous and insectivorous." #let'sassignthistoafreelancer
  4. "Should writing style be based on popular culture rather than logic?" The new CMOS Q&A is up: bit.ly/bKhn
  5. RT @johnemcintyre: Oh goody, Steven Pinker demolishes @NewYorker. On the blog: bsun.md/KuDys5
  6. "Themself"? @StanCarey makes a case: bit.ly/LKfbmg
  7. Correction! @Kessling! Terrific post on the "singular they," bit.ly/Nei6XI (Ta, @EditorMark)
  8. Terrific post on the "singular they," from @Kissling: bit.ly/Nei6XI (via Language Hat)
  9. Fortunately, I've been working out. @willcwhite ...is this debate going to turn physically violent? or has it already??
  10. @willcwhite Descriptivists are not saying we should speak & write as we like! languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3951
  11. The whole thing is pretty icky, never mind the grammar. @4hernameisgrace
  12. It's clear: this grammar gaffe irks NYT's Philip Corbett: nyti.ms/KpkdZj
  13. Saturday fun with Michael Quinion’s “Sic!” bit.ly/KUsYri
  14. "Which" is OK here; MS Word is too fussy! @willcwhite Is Word rly representing a universal truth?... twitter.com/willcwhite/sta…
  15. $3.70 for The Subversive Copy Editor (the book, that is), on Kindle, right now: amzn.to/KtAbRl
  16. Congress drops a grade level? Mark Liberman debunks the report: bit.ly/KStg27
  17. Impossible! (But thanks.) @Porter_Anderson So I'm learning from your writings! :)
  18. Blogging today: “When Can I See My Book Cover?” bit.ly/LBeOAR
  19. Exactly! Merrill Perlman on the optional "that": bit.ly/KHpoRh