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- Eastern Shore refers to the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, not the Atlantic shore on the eastern edge of the United States.6:24 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry
- Reuters stylebook is online (tip to Doug Fisher at Common Sense Journalism). http://bit.ly/IlSWW9:54 AM Jul 9th from web
- New edition of Garner's Modern American Usage is out. A must! https://www.us.oup.com/us/c...8:12 AM Jul 9th from web
- My other favorite from the Phoenix Gazette calendar listings was a banquet whose menu included "fruit compost." At least before I edited it.11:05 PM Jul 7th from web
- Great moments in calendar listings: Phoenix Gazette, mid-1980s: Colostomy patients' brown-bag lunch.9:09 AM Jul 7th from web
- The ombudsman didn't use any of my good quotes. Maybe that's just as well. http://bit.ly/13c8Ab10:39 AM Jul 6th from web
- I'm a Roger fan, but @andyroddick rocked the semis.11:05 PM Jul 3rd from web
- What do we want? Hyperbole! When do we want it? Yesterday!11:35 PM Jul 1st from web
- A new one from Brad Malaprop Gilbert: "Trial by error."6:45 AM Jun 30th from web
- @andyroddick Impressive match, though I was disappointed not to hear from Bud Collins (who calls the other guy "Beer Dick").1:16 PM Jun 29th from web
- @andyroddick Someday somebody will clue ESPN in about the widespread use of the DVR.7:33 AM Jun 28th from web in reply to andyroddick
- Headlines for dummies (or at least the uninitiated). Couldn't have said it better myself. http://bit.ly/UMGLO7:04 PM Jun 27th from web
- Carla Suarez Navarro is not "Navarro," just as Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is not "Vicario."7:36 AM Jun 27th from web
- If you routinely use forms of the verb "to gesture" in photo captions, cut it out already.7:31 PM Jun 25th from web
- @jonstennistweet @peterbodo Loves the superfluous backward infill sentence, DOES Patrick McEnroe.11:46 AM Jun 25th from web
- I've complained about references to serving from the service line, but at least that exists. Today Enberg spoke of the "receiving line."7:44 PM Jun 22nd from web
- @jeffvanvonderen http://www.cafepress.com/lo...1:44 PM Jun 22nd from web
- Do even the commentators have to sign binding agreements to go along with this "Chinese Taipei" nonsense for athletes from Taiwan?7:13 AM Jun 22nd from web
- Cadillacs are Caddys. "Caddies" would be acceptable. "Cadi's," which I just saw in an ad for a casino, is definitely not.6:57 PM Jun 20th from web
- We understand "right side" and "left side." No need to insert "-hand" every time. I'm talking to you, golf broadcasters.5:48 PM Jun 20th from web
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- Name Bill Walsh
- Location Washington, D.C.
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- Bio I work at the Washington Post and occasionally lapse into a comma.
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