http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/a-tyranny-of-style/ Grammar, word nerds, and the editorial way. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/a-tyranny-of-style/#comment-5059 mighty red pen Wed, 28 May 2008 21:45:30 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=849#comment-5059 TootsNYC, Go split infinitives! I'm sorry if I'm a little giggling over the fact that you were kicked off for a snit fit about grammar :-) Thanks for the heads-up about Language Log -- I can't believe I missed this debate! TootsNYC, Go split infinitives! I’m sorry if I’m a little giggling over the fact that you were kicked off for a snit fit about grammar Thanks for the heads-up about Language Log — I can’t believe I missed this debate!

]]> http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/a-tyranny-of-style/#comment-5057 TootsNYC Wed, 28 May 2008 16:54:35 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=849#comment-5057 I got kicked off EtiquetteHell.com for getting into a snit fit w/ someone over the split infinitive (me defending)--surely you've seen LanguageLog's "Crazies Win." I got kicked off EtiquetteHell.com for getting into a snit fit w/ someone over the split infinitive (me defending)–surely you’ve seen LanguageLog’s “Crazies Win.”

]]> http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/a-tyranny-of-style/#comment-5055 David Wed, 28 May 2008 15:55:52 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=849#comment-5055 As someone whose writing has benefited from MRP's editing, I would say that your style is less "slash and burn" and more "slash, giggle, and watch bleed." But, you know, perceptions vary. As someone whose writing has benefited from MRP’s editing, I would say that your style is less “slash and burn” and more “slash, giggle, and watch bleed.” But, you know, perceptions vary.

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