"1. I don't study enough sloppy text to calculate percentages. I know that when I worked as a journalist I was positively encouraged to use passive..." more...
"Well, I don't know about Dontcry, but I loved your explanations, especially the examples provided (your illustration rocks, Bilby!). And slovenly..." more...
"I'm a cake haver. At parties and things people give me cake, even when I tell them I don't eat cake. So the cake just sits there, and I pretend to..." more...
" "You can't have your cake and eat it, too" (It's "You can't EAT your cake and have it, too" and if you just thought about it for a second, you'd..." more...
"Bzuh? is inseparable from its question mark. It saddens me that whenever I try to list it, Wordie goes all 500 Application Error on me. Oh,..." more...
"I have a list of stuff that makes my skin crawl, and some of these examples are on there. (Signed, Too Lazy to Go Find It.) I would say clichés only..." more...
"Passive voice blows. Passive voice eliminates responsibility. Passive voice is not informative, it's lazy writing, and it's often incredibly..." more...
"Umm... I thought the system of feudalism was what created peasants--that you couldn't actually be a peasant without being feudal. Of course i..." more...
"How about this bit from c_b's Wiki link: "Bronchiolitis obliterans is sometimes confused in the public mind with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing..." more...
"Well, I choose a somewhat roundabout way to find out who tagged what – first, I go to the address bar, and then start to tinker around a bit,..." more...
"You can get a fairly good idea of who tagged what by going to their profile and clicking on their Tags. If "ridiculous" has been used two times total..." more...
"..ladies' busks wrought out of the Right Whale-bone, and other like skrimshander articles, as the whalemen call the numerous little ingenious..." more...
"On Tower-hill, as you go down to the London docks, you may have seen a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the sailors say) holding a painted board..." more...
"Ptero: I'd like to harvest some of the creative goodness from your "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" list for my comic strip. Kindly write to me at..." more...
"More specifically, I thought sneezing was supposed to present an opportunity for the devil to steal in and possess your soul; hence "bless you" to..." more...
"As per Chained_Bear's suggestion (see a resounding silence). Does someone know of the origin of this phrase? Otherwise, I can't help but wonder who..." more...
"a1450 (?1348) R. ROLLE Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 116 Contemplacion, {th}at es, als saynt Austyn says, ‘A gastely dede of..." more...
"Addicted to laughing or sneezing. According to folklore, the soul leaves the body when a person sneezes. This is why we say "God bless you!" It..." more...
"c_b: As a great-great, etc. granddaughter of a DAR, I know exactly what you are saying. Americans are 'git down to business' kind of people. Always..." more...
"Wow. Did they really have to list all those smells? They forgot to include hundreds of thousands of others. Why is "smelling of tansy" more..." more...
"Any nonplastic clay or claylike earthy material that can be used to decolorize, filter, and purify animal, mineral, and vegetable oils and greases." more...
