choosing words
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How dependent are you on Spell Check?
How dependent are you on Spell Check?Seeing made up words and misspellings all over HubPages made me wonder how dependent most people are on spell check. I do just fine checking my own work and using a dictionary (although I know I'm not perfect). I also know there are those who type their work...
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Is anyone else sick of the words "politically correct"?
Is anyone else sick of the words "politically correct"?Who thought this up, a politician and why are so many people going along with it. We keep changing in America to accommodate more people we don't need. Who else is sick of being told what to say and how to, isn't this going against...
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There is no correct way to write poetry!
There is no correct way to write poetry! But one thing to remember is that poetry is like whiskey and prose is like beer.
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Incorrect usages!!! Pet Peeves!
There are a few glaring errors I've been seeing too often lately. Some are here; others are elsewhere on the Internet. There's no accounting, of course, for the comments on such places as Face Book; it's not a writing site. But on writing sites, it drives me cuckoo to see such...
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Choosing the Correct Category Really Makes a Difference!
I recently noticed that I hadn't changed the category of a few of my hubs that had been moved from Squidoo since that move. I saw the issue when I was updating hubs that weren't getting any or many views. I changed those hubs about decorating with rolled fondant from just HubPages»Food and Cooking...
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Loss of precision through word rot, treading carefully among the mines
Yesterday, while trying to show that a persons thinking was affected by preconception, I used the word "prejudice".The person felt that he had been insulted and attacked. Apparently he thinks that "prejudice" is a pejorative and implies all sorts of nastiness. ...