Punctuality Rules!

Right to Write Right

I’ve seen a couple posts floating around the internet lately discussing whether the ability to write well is necessary, or even desirable, for someone who wants to write a blog. It should be obvious that I’m going to come down on the “Yes, it’s necessary” side of the fence. After…

Footnotes and Endnotes

This isn’t meant to be a formal discussion on the differences between these two forms of annotation, but just a topic something I’ve been thinking about. I just finished reading a biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was a good, interesting book about a complex man, but I had one…

Irony

I don’t want you to think that I don’t appreciate the irony. I’ve talked often about the importance of proof-reading. I stand by it, too. Sure, everybody makes mistakes. Some are more obvious than others, some stem from poor typing, or from rushing and being careless. Some come from ignorance…

Numbers and Words

Here’s an interesting juxtapostion. Yesterday was a big deal in math circles, being called “Square Root Day” because it was March 3rd, 2009. (03×03=09) Today is not only National Grammar Day, but it’s the only day that qualifies as a full, declarative sentence: March Forth! (fourth) Right there, in a…