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. http://www.smallpressexchange.com Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:27:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.smallpressexchange.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=The-Impotence-of-Proofreading.html&Itemid=99999999 <p>New York performance poet Taylor Mali, measures his life in a variety of ways: He has five years of experience as a professional spoken word artist; he has one book, one DVD, and three cds; for 10 months, he was the official voice of Burger King; he was a national poetry slam champion four times; three times he appeared on the HBO original series &quot;Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry&quot;. </p><p>For nine years he taught college, high school, and middle school; and once, in a single SCRA [...] stevenl Copyediting http://www.smallpressexchange.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=100-Words-Almost-Everyone-Confuses.html&Itemid=99999999 <p>When people&nbsp;confuse the following, it makes me nauseated.&nbsp; If you&#39;re nauseated, it means you&#39;re feeling sick. If you&#39;re nauseous, it means you&#39;re making others sick (causing nausea in others).<br /><br />I hear people say &quot;I&#39;m feeling nauseous,&quot; and I think to myself &quot;please stay away from me, I don&#39;t want to become nauseated.&quot;</p><p>Check out the list of my pet peeves:</p>adverse / averse affect / effect aggravate alleged all right altoge [...] stevenl Grammar Copyediting