User Overview
Benjamin Dreyer 
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer’s English and Stet! (the game!) • copy editor • he/him/his #CopyeditingProTip
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| Photo | 4,167 | 9.9% |
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three visually similar words—extremely similar—two of them accepted, one not
of course
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of course
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Louisa May Alcott, born November 29, 1832
"Housekeeping ain't no joke."
"Housekeeping ain't no joke."
Madeleine L'Engle, born November 29, 1918
"Most of what is best in writing isn’t done deliberately."
"Most of what is best in writing isn’t done deliberately."
Clive Staples Lewis, born November 29, 1898
"I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltzing is a bad waltz."
"I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltzing is a bad waltz."
three visually similar words—extremely similar—two of them accepted, one not
of course
🐝
of course
🐝
Wordle 528 6/6
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yikes, pulled that one out of my
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yikes, pulled that one out of my
Stunning 😍
Is it always and, is it never or?
"Andor" reflects our ugly ambivalence, trafficking in antisemitic tropes while calling out fascism ift.tt/6R9OZzn
Seems like abbreviation for abbreviation's sake. No added value or clarity. Unless your goal is to stay one step ahead of boomers (like me) still trying to wrap head around LMAO, AYFKMWTS, GTFOOH, WYOFB, etc.
reads M.R. James ghost stories to his guests after dinner.
I'd call Kellyanne Conway a professional liar except I'm sure she's happy to lie for free.
do you happen to remember the source/location of this narrative? I've got a student interested in Cushman, and I'd love to share.
SO brilliant. Have you seen this? youtube.com/watch?v=CytrGT…
National treasure, though.
Why didn't any of you tell me how good M. R. James is? (Yes, I know, a thousand of you have told me, shut up.) Anyway, he's really good.
President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites. These attitudes are immoral and should not be entertained. This is not the Republican Party.
Yay. Saving 1 keystroke good. No mercy for interrobang tho.
“We’re coming up on our last *and* final stop”?
In *this* economy?
In *this* economy?
Some people here seem to be mistaking me for some sort of public utility.
👇🏻👍🏻🙄
A thread about writing funny, and why this ain't it. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/NCEDksIa2X
“Tell him I’m not in.”
"Musk, meanwhile, has sought to personally call chief executives of some brands that have curbed advertising in order to berate them, according to one senior industry figure"
ft.com/content/126219…
ft.com/content/126219…
the rich and complex and complicated history of the English language > “well, I’ve heard”
The world takes.
I lighted the stage, I lit a cigarette.
How about while and whilst? I have been criticized for using whilst
Lighted/lit? American English seems to prefer the former, to the extent I am seriously considering quitting literary cigarettes altogether.
I would argue that 'shrunk' is past perfect, like 'swum.'
Enjoy the world famous passive aggressive bridge!
You kids want to bring back &c. for etc.?
I'm thinking it might be fun.
I'm thinking it might be fun.
Not it. I have a lunatic asylum to run here.
perhaps someone can explain to the dipshit in chief what free speech is and what it is not
Modjeska was gaslit.
Ingrid Bergman was gaslighted.
Ingrid Bergman was gaslighted.
My friend @writer_trey is not going to be happy about this. Also, a tip I learned from @BCDreyer: the past tense of “gaslight” in this sense is “gaslighted,” not “gaslit.”
Kevin McCarthy has no ideology, no core set of beliefs.
He knows he can't become Speaker without support from the QAnon contingent of his members.
So he will do whatever they ask, and remove me from the Intel Committee for holding Trump accountable.
He stands for nothing.
He knows he can't become Speaker without support from the QAnon contingent of his members.
So he will do whatever they ask, and remove me from the Intel Committee for holding Trump accountable.
He stands for nothing.
A plea to @BCDreyer : On at least four occasions this week, I’ve noticed “shrunk” used in print journalism when “shrank” ought to have been employed. Is “shrank” falling out of usage?
It opened in London in 1938 as Gas Light; it opened in 1941 on Broadway as Angel Street.
Trying to decide whether their claim that it was the title of the 1938 play is a minor boo-boo or a clever attempt to give an example of the phenomenon.
