Author Topic: New column-type thingy (Read 107926 times)

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #550 on:** December 25, 2012, 07:52:54 AM »

Quote from: Jonathon on December 24, 2012, 09:56:02 PM

"they want what what they can't have".

I thought that's what you were talking about, too. And like Rivka, I thought, "What? WHAT?"

Brinestone · « **Reply #551 on:** December 25, 2012, 05:38:48 PM »

[British accent]What what.[/British accent]

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #552 on:** December 26, 2012, 08:23:56 AM »

Hear here!

Jonathon · « **Reply #553 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:04:06 PM »

Some of you may be interested to know that I'm contributing to a group blog called Foolproofing, where we offer sarcastic editing advice.

Jonathon · « **Reply #554 on:** January 24, 2013, 11:22:32 AM »

Someone on Twitter said of the latest Foolproofing post, "It could be argued that this is the best article on academic writing to emerge this year."

rivka · « **Reply #555 on:** January 24, 2013, 12:07:56 PM »

*snicker*

Jonathon · « **Reply #556 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:48:47 AM »

Who Edits the Editors?

rivka · « **Reply #557 on:** March 04, 2013, 11:08:29 AM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #558 on:** March 04, 2013, 11:57:29 AM »

I'm not sure what that emoticon is—a thumbs up?

rivka · « **Reply #559 on:** March 04, 2013, 12:11:41 PM »

Precisely.

Jonathon · « **Reply #560 on:** March 04, 2013, 12:21:25 PM »

In that case, thanks!

BlackBlade · « **Reply #561 on:** March 04, 2013, 04:47:53 PM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #562 on:** March 19, 2013, 09:28:38 AM »

I'm now writing for Visual Thesaurus, and my first article is on toward and towards. It's behind a paywall, but a subscription is only $19.95 a year if anyone's interested.

Jonathon · « **Reply #563 on:** April 12, 2013, 10:47:11 PM »

My first review of a book: Editor-Proof Your Writing. Spoiler alert: The book was terrible.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #564 on:** April 13, 2013, 10:16:49 AM »

Jonathon: "Most editing manuals are like geography books that give great information about an area, but don’t show you hot(sic) to get from place to place"

May want to fix the spelling of "how".

Jonathon · « **Reply #565 on:** April 13, 2013, 12:03:42 PM »

Thanks.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #566 on:** April 13, 2013, 01:30:02 PM »

It was a good review. I thought the book as a concept was a good, but that's sad it was poorly executed.

rivka · « **Reply #567 on:** April 13, 2013, 10:23:01 PM »

Quote from: BlackBlade on April 13, 2013, 01:30:02 PM

It was a good review.

Indeed.

Jonathon · « **Reply #568 on:** April 13, 2013, 10:44:51 PM »

Thanks, guys.

I felt like I had to restrain myself a lot. It's pretty scathing as it is, but I could have been downright mean if I'd really torn into the author's own terrible prose. Seriously, though, go check out the blurbs for his books, which I'm pretty sure he wrote himself.

Jonathon · « **Reply #569 on:** May 08, 2013, 02:15:47 PM »

"The Reason Why This is Correct"

rivka · « **Reply #570 on:** May 08, 2013, 05:50:04 PM »

Quote

Just because there are other options doesn’t mean one is right and the rest are wrong.

Stab me in the heart, why don'cha?

Jonathon · « **Reply #571 on:** May 08, 2013, 05:52:23 PM »

*stabbity*

rivka · « **Reply #572 on:** May 08, 2013, 06:39:58 PM »

*critiques form*

Jonathon · « **Reply #573 on:** May 08, 2013, 06:47:37 PM »

What do you expect? I never took fencing like Mackillian.

Jonathon · « **Reply #574 on:** May 16, 2013, 08:57:35 PM »

My Thesis