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Word Geeks: Here's a Podcast for You!
Are you a word geek? If so, you’ll love Grammar Girl, a.k.a. author Mignon Fogarty, a former faculty member at the University of Nevada - Reno, who has a YouTube podcast about grammar. She includes a lot of fun history about the English language, including how indented paragraphs came to be and why detective novels routinely use the descriptive phrase “broad daylight.” Out of curiosity, how much do you notice proper grammar when reading a text, email or book, and do you get j

marthaengber
5 days ago1 min read


Happy Lunar New Year!
I’m not Chinese, but for a long time now have lived in an area with a huge Chinese population and have loved the culture those in my...

marthaengber
Jan 28, 20251 min read


Book Review: "The Second Long March: Memoir From a Witness to China's Transformation
by Patti Isaacs I had the huge pleasure of meeting Patti Isaacs years ago when she attended a critique group to which I belonged. I got...

marthaengber
Sep 7, 20222 min read
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