mightymur: The final, brilliant word on passive voice. “She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive “Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

mightymur:

The final, brilliant word on passive voice.

“She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive

“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

(via pleatedjeans)

consultingdemon:

I like to learn, but I like to learn things that are useful

how to find an angle without a protractor is not useful

How to balance a checkbook or cook without the house burning down is useful

The number of untrained kids burning the house down by balancing a checkbook is atrocious. Our nation needs to wake up!

(via jennink)

ill-bring-those-chunks-of-cheese:

iamsatanclaus:

tumblr was down for 10 minuets to day and i’ll let you know i only cried for 30 minuets

10 minuets

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(via jennink)

“‘Darling!’ he announced, as if this was a complete conversation. ‘Darrrr-ling!’ he said again - you could pratically hear the subject-verb-object construction within those two syllables.”

Melody Malone, The Angel’s Kiss.

((I love me some good old grammar humor))

(Source: jelenedrake, via jennink)

(Source: atomlc, via bethrevis)

queryquagmire: BONUS ROUND! How many errors can you spot? Ooh&#8230; i-yi-yi&#8230; OK, after a couple attempts to figure out how to document the number of errors,* I realized this is the closest to perfect editing test I have ever seen. Look at the volume of errors. Now realize how few mistakes are made twice. This is an enormous amount of non-repeated abuse. *and wondering if I should count the complete query fail as yet one more error

queryquagmire:

BONUS ROUND! How many errors can you spot?

Ooh… i-yi-yi…

OK, after a couple attempts to figure out how to document the number of errors,* I realized this is the closest to perfect editing test I have ever seen. Look at the volume of errors. Now realize how few mistakes are made twice. This is an enormous amount of non-repeated abuse.

*and wondering if I should count the complete query fail as yet one more error

  • What people think Old English is: Thou art indeed a fine lad, prithee yonder! Wherefore arest mine pantalones?
  • What it actually is: Syððan ǽrest wearð feasceaft funden, hé þæs frófre gebád, wéox under wolcnum weorðmyndum þáh, oð þæt him ǽghwylc ymbsittendra ofer hron-ráde hýran scolde, gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs gód cyning!
“What is an author anyway? Like, a writer writes, a painter paints. What do you do? You auth? No wait. You author. You’re a verb. How do you like that?”

-The Editor  (via thingsmyeditortoldme)

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thingsmyeditortoldme: Not bad, just long. Somehow, I was already aware of this. 

thingsmyeditortoldme:

Not bad, just long. Somehow, I was already aware of this. 

thingsmyeditortoldme: No! I meant to have an extra period there. It’s art. This is a great blog. Everyone, follow.

thingsmyeditortoldme:

No! I meant to have an extra period there. It’s art.

This is a great blog. Everyone, follow.