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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
Category Archives: Words
P’s and Q’s
The Q-problems first. Just some tips. It’s quandary not quandry. It’s quadriplegic not quadraplegic. It’s quadruped not quadriped. And there are many P problems. A Pyrrhic victory is not an empty one. It is a victory that has come at … Continue reading
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Prepositions
If ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which you will not put, then it is time to learn the truth about this “rule.” In the mid-1700’s Robert Lowth, Bishop of London, promulgated this “rule” in his … Continue reading
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R Pairs
It’s rarefy, not rarify. It’s rapt in thought, not wrapped. Be careful with these: ravage means to destroy something. Ravish means to rape or carry off, although it can also be used, carefully, to mean make rapt. Rack is right, … Continue reading
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