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I am a professor of literature in the English Department at a private university near Seoul, South Korea. I have been teaching abroad most of my life, which has led to a specialty in Korean literature (and more broadly, Asian) literature.
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This is a blog about language—word and phrase origins, grammar and punctuation, writing tips, language use, misuse and abuse, as well as words in general. Brought to you by an expatriate instructor of English. It is concerned with mainly English, as well as the way English interacts with other languages.
– Thursday, May 31 2007 –
Good news! If you're running behind on your taxes, you can always file an extension. Many of those with editors, however, say you can file an exte...
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My only stand is on behalf of better writing. I take no sides in the debate over capital punishment, which gives rise to today's point. Too often...
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I am passively considering a career change. I'm passively pursuing a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian situation. I'm passively engagin...
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It's called the wayward apostrophe, the superfluous apostrophe or the errant apostrophe. I call it the #@%*&$@ apostrophe. It's the errone...
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After a storm, tornado, hurricane, flood, etc., bureaucrats assess damages. Speakers of English assess damage. After a flood, one bureaucrat was quote...
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Trying to bloc out time for a vacation? It'll never happen. An alliance or alignment of people, groups, nations, investors, voters, etc., is a blo...
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An article says a certain state normally has so many millions of dollars each year to disperse to law enforcement. Unless officials plan to toss bills...
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One grammar guide tells me Star Trek Capt. James T. Kirk should be reprimanded for splitting an infinitive when he says, "to boldly go where no m...
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Check out this article I found online. The simplest grammar, it says, can be taught to a common songbird. That's if you believe research some supp...
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– Wednesday, May 23 2007 –
Thanks Alan Cordle and Foetry.com! If you weren't aware foetry.com (whose dedicated members doggedly pursue cronyism and cheats in the...
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Saturday, 24 June 2006 Duotropes Digest 1795 / 1
Tuesday, 11 July 2006 Official Site of Laura Hird 1441 / 3
Monday, 17 April 2006 The Poetry Archive 1046 / 0
Wednesday, 24 May 2006 SmallPress Blog 939 / 2
Tuesday, 03 April 2007 The Constant Critic 526 / 0
Friday, 29 June 2007 Preditors and Editors 537 / 0
Friday, 29 June 2007 Winning Writers 658 / 0
Friday, 29 June 2007 The Book Promotion Newsletter 329 / 0
Tuesday, 03 July 2007 Edit Red Writing Community 375 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Ottawa Small Press Book Fair 364 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Canzine 339 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Book and Craft Fair 333 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 The North of Nowhere (NoN) Expo 347 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Expozine 341 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 The Toronto Small Press Book Fair 423 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Montreal's Annual Anarchist Bookfair, 279 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 CIP's Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair 279 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Church in Ocean Park Book Fair 342 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Book Expo America 461 / 0
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