I have nothing in particular against people who occasionally cut and paste an item or article from somewhere else and present it as a blog entry. I don't even mind it TOO much when they don't bother to look into the origin of the item and post it with uncritical approval or endorsement. What I find completely objectionable is when someone points out something clearly wrong with the item in question (which may range from a mere incorrect attribution up through line-by-line debunking of eve...

As I mentioned in a previous article, I am nitpicky by nature. I hate to see language used improperly. For the most part I suppress this instinct when on-line, but there are a few things that always get a reaction from me. Here are a few more of them.... Copywrite vs. copyright, or "use the right right, writers!" "Copywrite" is a rarely-used verb that means "to write copy". Used correctly, you will most commonly see this in noun formas someone's job title: "I am a copywriter." This mea...

"No persons are more frequently wrong than those who will not admit they are wrong." --Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld