I never tire of this reminder from 18th-century lexicographer Samuel Johnson:
“Language is the dress of thought….”
Choose your words carefully, dear readers.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Dress for Success
I never tire of this reminder from 18th-century lexicographer Samuel Johnson:
“Language is the dress of thought….”
Choose your words carefully, dear readers.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A WordGazing Holiday
Today is National Proofreading Day, which seems an appropriate time to post this ad I noticed in the New Yorker:
Look closely at the first line of reverse type. Some would roll their eyes or mutter a “Geeze.”
Me? It just makes me sad.
Look closely at the first line of reverse type. Some would roll their eyes or mutter a “Geeze.”
Me? It just makes me sad.
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