Goat couture
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Q: What is the origin of the expression "get one's goat"?
A: What a disappointment. The *Random House Historical Dictionary of
American Slang* says that "d...
Copyediting Tip of the Week: It’s not unusual
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Subject: It’s not unusual When we are taught how to use the indefinite
articles (a and an) in writing, many of us are told that a goes before a
word that b...
On being a tragic
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A correspondent writes to ask about the noun use of *tragic*, as in *a
Beatles tragic* or *an opera tragic*, where it means 'someone who is
intensely inter...
Entropy, Publishing, and the Author
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The publishing process is a wonderful microcosm and exemplar of the
principle of entropy. The constant question is where in the system—in the
workflow—to p...
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