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This is my personal blog. It records notes from whatever I am currently studying, words I want to remember to use correctly, records of other things I want to remember, or an opinion I want to think my way through. Sometimes I publish short stories here. As to who I am, let it suffice to know I am a grandchild (with Madeliene L’Engle) of George MacDonald, a child of the Inklings, and the one who always wonders, “What is behind that wardrobe cabinet?” And, I’m one of the proofreaders/editors for Project Gutenberg, so, yes, I might be the one to blame for missing that wrong letter inserted by our optical character recognition. On the other hand, I may have been the editor who caught all the ones you didn’t find. And, I also have a personal journal online. It holds my innermost thoughts, is occasionally highly personal and opinionated, but is never really interesting.
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Motto: Lex orandi, lex credendi
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Recently someone told me about a coworker who was so puffed up that the inevitable collision with a pin took out half the office. I told her that was Rule Number Eight. See my Rules of Life. Rule Number Eight states that the more you believe you are invincible, the more vincible you become.
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The dwarf on the spot sometimes sees things missed by the travelling giant ranging many countries. —- J.R.R. Tolkien
Author Archives: Don Cram
Fractions to Avoid
We probably want to avoid all fractions wherever they appear. When studying the history of mathematics I was horrified to learn that the ancient Egyptians did ALL arithmetic using fractions. Now, here are two to avoid in writing: “Ten times … Continue reading
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Fortunate and Fortuitous
The first means good fortune or luck. The second means by chance or randomly. Do not write that after years of hard work the employee’s promotion was fortuitous.
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Fulsome Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
Fulsome means something odious. Fulsome praise is unctuous and utterly insincere. The word is related to “foul.”
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