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 07:26:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.smallpressexchange.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=pressing-on.html&Itemid=99999999 Late last week the Association of American University Presses held its annual meeting in New Orleans, or in what was left of it. Attendance is usually around 700 when the conference is held in an East Coast city. This time, just over 500 people attended, representing more than 80 presses — a normal turnout, in other words, justifying the organizers’ difficult decision last fall not to change the location.<br/><br/>Inside the Sheraton Hotel itself, each day was a normal visit to Conference Land — that [...] stevenl