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Joined September 2009
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#AurariaCampus Undergrad & grad students: Get one-on-one writing assistance @AurariaLibrary from @UCDWriting Center!
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Pen names are masks that allow us to unmask ourselves. ~C. A. Weber
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Avoid clichés like the plague.
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Writing is a skill, not a gift you are born with. Even great writers have editors and need to develop their craft.
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#wordoftheday virgate (adj) shaped like a wand or rod. The child used the virgate twig to pretend to be Harry Potter.
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Typically, ellipses are used only within a quotation, not at the beginning or at the end of a quotation. http://bit.ly/ftx5bO #APAStyle
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WC Weekly Word: tautology (n.) needless repetition of an idea without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
What would you do with the punctuation in our Test Yourself #ELA sentence today? http://nyti.ms/fcNujA
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For "a" versus "an," it's the first sound of the next word that matters, not the first letter. Learn more: http://j.mp/EBog
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A new post on teaching writing. http://fb.me/GhG3Qh57
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Shakespeare's complete plays, free! Download at iTunes U: http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/shakespeares-first-folio/id400639473
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If you care about words, then adopt one! And treat it better than that one plant you tried to raise. http://www.savethewords.org/