mighty red pen

@MatthewCooney @MerriamWebster J/k, I have no problem with it. In fact, I may write a story in which every sentence ends with a preposition 🤔

@MatthewCooney @MerriamWebster In the words of Winston Churchill: “Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”

It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with. The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.

It’s me! My alter ego @sofiatromero wrote a book of short stories that’s coming out 10/10/23 ☺️

@MerriamWebster Individual words should be narrated by a person who has said "that's not a word."

*If* we did an audiobook, who should narrate it?

@BookishLex I would do anything for food … but I won’t do that

meatloaf

@The_GrammarGeek Got this one right on Jeopardy earlier this week! They said the Lewis Carroll part like it was a fact

I want to know more about the $15k and its ability to walk and where it works

@BookishLex If this is not the Bloodhound Gang you meant, I've just revealed how hopelessly Gen X I am youtube.com/watch?v=3IiBYJ…

whatever happened to bloodhound gang?

@hanalyst So close: December 23

Ok, who made it to 2023 without ever having a positive Covid test? Tell me I’m not alone here.

@AdamOPrice Everyone has one, right?

Welp, sending me an email with the salutation “Hey Phil” is one way to get my attention … but not in a good way …

@ArrantPedantry … I feel like we HAD a solution to whatever problem that’s trying to solve … what was it? …

@IvaCheung Parsnip muffins are surprisingly delicious 😋

@ArrantPedantry It’s the little thing’s

How to drive the editor at your workplace a little bonkers

An email I got. Every editor’s nightmare: You forgot to proof the subject line before sending the email.

@wisekaren boy that sounds like the opening line of a dystopian Halloween story

Some thirsty Trick-or-Treaters just asked for cups of water.

@BookishLex You might be on to something. The person who can make broccoli as appealing as Tide Pods would win all the prizes

3yo is doing everything in his power to get me to open his dad’s allergy meds so he can “see what it tastes like.” like, why are toddlers constantly trying to die or poison themselves??

@SoulBirdr No, I don't think it was that ... they did end up changing the headline to "at" or "near" at some point

@mightyredpen I was confused by that. I wondered if they meant the university reported the incident ... 🤔

Today on Words Matter: kidnapping BY Boston University vs kidnapping NEAR Boston University