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Mignon Fogarty

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A little fun thing for me is to see which tweets from @literaturetoday are retweeted the most. This month it's been Orwell's birthday.
I know I'm getting good work done when I look around and see that I have four or five usage guides propped open and scattered within reach.
Grammar Rocks: New Punctuation Rules Are fo' Realz on.wsj.com/19jt5wE
Speaking of voting, please help this Reno business get a $100,000 grant to improve literacy and language education. ves.to/loogla/
Thanks to everyone who voted and made my site one of the top 25 in @babla's "Language Professionals" category en.bab.la/news/top-25-la…
A good piece debunking the would-be debunkers of Strunk & White: mleddy.blogspot.com/2013/06/pinker… How does @sapinker get away with this stuff?
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Fascinating. It'd be so hard to decide. RT ‏@LaurieAbkemeier Video: INSIDE RANDOM HOUSE: “The Art of Cover Design” tmblr.co/ZeMl2ymnsBqW
I'm sick again, which means I won't get to answering the 5-day backlog of tweets. Sorry. Feels like I've been sick more than well in 2013.
Vote to help @LooglaLanguage get a $100,000 improve language education. It's easy. Do it! ves.to/loogla #edtech #language #literacy
RT ‏@Slate Does "yeah, no …" mean yes or no? (Or both)? slate.me/19YtYth #language
RT @AuthorTedFox In which we learn New York Times bestselling author @GrammarGirl's origins story: tedfoxisawesome.com/2013/06/07/50-…
In honor of National Doughnut Day, here's a tip about the "donut" spelling: grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/donut-versus-d… #dunkin #kristykreme
Fascinating set of maps showing linguistic variation in the US: read.bi/14wSlbA via @HCoppinger
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Are Apostrophes Necessary? No, Not Really. slate.com/articles/life/… (via @kellene23)
That moment when you frantically Google "When is Father's Day?" Whew! It's not until June 16.
I have not finished my work, but my husband is taking me to get ice cream. I bet this is how the fall of Rome began. #UnearnedRewards
I have descended to the point where I am literally thinking, "Just do your work and then you can have a cookie."
. @tsukikage85 If they share it, it's called compound possession: James and Ann's car, his and her car. More here: grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-compou…
In an interview with @Textbooks, I talk about my biggest Grammar Girl challenge and what I love writing about most: textbooks.com/college-textbo…
"Backward" is standard in America, and "backwards" is standard in Britain. Other words follow this pattern too: grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/backward-versu…
The winning entries in the @MerriamWebster photo contest are fabulous: merriam-webster.com/looking-at-wor…
You've been good to me, NYC, but I'm happy to be heading home. Will likely finish "The Rosie Project" on the plane. pic.twitter.com/ZKWhy2G7Sn
New York, you are hot and sweaty, and not in that fun way.
O. M. G. Possibly the worst typo ever: Yearbook congratulates "Home Run Hitler" huff.to/18BaETL” (via @ndIRISHlc19)
Moderating at a Baurch College communications symposium today. Looking forward to hearing brilliant conversation, but first...coffee! #blsci
I'll be on CNBC talking about the #spellingbee today, but they haven't told me what time it will air yet. pic.twitter.com/wcoa6WD2ch
Love seeing all the spelling bee tweets. Congratulations, Arvind Mahankali!
Adorable // @npratc: “I just decided I was going to sing it because singing calms me down.” via @PeterSokolowski youtube.com/watch?v=pbjcGi…
I'm on the exhibit floor. Wow. It's huge. #BEA13
Just met two super Grammar Girl fans! Say hi if you see me. Seriously, I'm nice! pic.twitter.com/EJmhsb5kQL
. @PatrickRBrown I enjoyed your talk about GoodReads today. Very helpful. Thanks. #BEA13
I'm wandering around #BEA13 for the next few hours with no big plans or agenda. Say hi if you see me. (I'm wearing a green sweater set.)
It always feels like a small miracle when I get to the right place in NYC. Grateful for the kindness of strangers willing to point the way.
If hip hop artists really wanted to look rich, they'd wear a lot of printer cartridges around their necks.
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Southwest ticket agent: "This suitcase is empty." Me: "It will come back filled with dreams." #BEA13
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Do you "tweet" or do you "twitter"? Here's the answer: grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/tweet-or-twitt…
RT @MASolko Adventure knows no bedtime.
Why do time travelers in fiction never get jet lag? I shift three time zones and I'm a mess. They shift years and don't even need a nap?
My room has a lean-over-to-see-it view. The iPad camera doesn't do it justice. pic.twitter.com/z2YKTDUzU3
It's Bee Week! Here's the #spellingbee competition and broadcast schedule. bit.ly/19lAKpF
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I'm making it on stand by, and @AmericanAir asked if they can help, so overall...good feelings.
They lied. I missed my connection and nobody rebooked me. Now flying stand by. Boo, @AmericanAir. (The gate agent was very nice though.)
You should now be free of my travel tweets for at least 3 hours. Thanks for hanging out with me.
I just bought "London Falling" by @Paul_Cornell. Yay, e-books. #TotalImpulseBuy #WaitingToTaxi
I'm in boarding group 1, but platinum, gold, aluminum, and Saran Wrap members get to go first.
RT @byagoda: New catchphrase: "bungee list," for things I will never do, nohow, no way. First item on it: bungee jumping
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So bored I thought about making a Vine video. Thought better of it and decided to go get coffee instead.
My flight is delayed an hour, but apparently all flights are delayed because of air traffic control, so I won't miss my connection. Whew.
I'm at the Reno airport and it's been remodeled. It's all new and shiny. Yay, RNO.