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GrammarGirl

  1. @TANcast Ha!
  2. @miklos Yeah, I hear filet jokes quite a bit, but I was named after a flower: the mignonette.
  3. @WrightsWords Yup. There are worse things. Thanks.
  4. @IngridAmy Ugh! Glad you made it home. I should get there tomorrow morning.
  5. @nmessina @frommerstravel Thank you!
  6. This story on MSNBC doesn't have any capital letters. Weird. video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/4…
  7. @Jediphone :-)
  8. I may have to stand in this line for the next hour, but at least I can make it more pleasant by listening to an audiobook. #Foundation
  9. @carl8822 Mechanical problem
  10. @youngshay513 Thanks!
  11. My flight was just canceled. I've never had to deal with this before, but I'm pretty sure I'm not getting home tonight. #supersadcamper
  12. @ErinHere I Iike that! #hoho
  13. I left 6 signed book at the Barnes & Noble on 18th & 5th in NYC (on the "Odd" table). #quicktrip twitter.com/GrammarGirl/st…
  14. There's a garbled paragraph in today's GG article--some kind of cut-and-paste error. It'll take a few hours to fix since I'm on the road.
  15. Sorry I didn't get to all your questions today. I'm on the road and a little overwhelmed. #itry #sometimesifail
  16. @AETrent I would have had to look up the spelling of that one!
  17. False Fronts in the Language Wars (via @slate) slate.com/articles/arts/…
  18. Look who's quoted on the front page of USA Today. (Me!) twitter.com/GrammarGirl/st…
  19. @CesarIvanPosada Thanks!