Notes on effective writing at work, school, and home by Philip Vassallo, Ed.D.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Emigrant or Immigrant?
A friend recently asked about the difference between emigrant and immigrant. It's just about the same difference as take and bring. Emigrants take their belongings from their native country and become immigrants, as they bring their belongings to their adopted country. Of course, emigrants emigrate and immigrants immigrate.
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A participant in one of my workshops, D. Hom, asked a question about hyphenating expressions such as “end of year.” Determining what to h...
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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is busy creating a National Day on Writing, slated for October 20, 2009, as a way of reco...
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When writers choose an unrelated point to distract readers from the real issue, they are committing the logical fallacy of a red herring . I...