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Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 6:00am

News Roundup 4/6/2013

Remembering Roger Ebert in today’s news roundup.

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Roger Ebert’s Lexicon: Fruit Carts, idiot Plots and Wunza movies (Visual Thesaurus)

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Justica Más accessible (Economist)

Reason #357 I’m Self-Employed (Editor Mom)

Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 6:00am

News Roundup 4/5/2013

Are you a tool savvy writer? 4 Tools for freelancers and more in today’s news roundup.

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4 Tools for Freelance Writers (You Might Not Have Heard Of) (All Freelance Writing)

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When to Include the Year in Citations Appearing More Than Once in a Paragraph (APA Style)

Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 7:15am

News Roundup 4/4/2013

Now that profanity is starting to find its way into the regular news, how do we as copyeditor’s handle it?

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“How do we deal with profanity in the news?” (The Editor’s Desk)

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“Michelle Ward on the Exceptions to the Rules” (One Woman Marketing)

Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Fri, 12/28/2012 - 8:15am

News Roundup 12/28/2012

Learn how the phrase, “The Whole Nine Yards” developed.

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“The Whole Nine Yards” Hits the Big Time A History Lesson (Visual Thesaurus)

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Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 9:46am

News Roundup 12/27/2012

This week is a great week to learn new words.

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“She Literally Couldn’t Hear Me” Literally. (Grammar Underground)

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Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 6:45am

News Roundup 12/26/2012

After the world ends, what language will you and your comrades speak? Also in today’s News Roundup: a Technical Writer’s open letter to Santa.

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“Tomorrow’s English” What language will you speak?": (Economist)

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Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 6:45am

Everything on Twitter’s got a #hashtag, even the #wordoftheyear. It even has the number sign in the word. Make sure you use it correctly. Also learn where the word erkernermerst comes from in today’s news roundup.

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The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag (The Web of Language)

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Submitted by Andrea Altenburg on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 5:50am

10/15/2012 News Roundup

It is considered malarkey to use a word you do not know the origin. Learn about malarkey, along with dragged and xyst to get your work going.

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“Malarkey”: Joe Biden suggests the work is Irish in origin. (Economist)
“Where Did Biden Get His Bunch of Malarkey”?: Another blogger takes on Joe Biden’s word. (Visual Thesaurus)

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