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Daily Archives: August 8, 2011

Another message from my father…

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Alden

  Speaking of my father, I shall now share a short conversation I had with him yesterday. He:  So what was up with that two-week hiatus you took from Red Pen Brigade last month? I:  Oh, you know.  I was … Continue reading →

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T.J. Maxx likes definite nouns and other things!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Alden

  Not to be outdone by The Washington Post, discount retailer T.J. Maxx will see the extraneous “the” and raise us two random capitalization errors! Thanks, Dad!

Posted in capitalization, subject/verb and structure, words & syntax
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