Tag Archives: Erin McKean

A Word About Boston Globe’s ‘The Word’ Column

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Globe The Word columnist Erin McKean (who also writes for the Wall Street Journal) had a typically smart piece this past Sunday: The horror of ungrammatical lyrics Do language errors in popular songs make you shudder? You’re not alone. … Continue reading →

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NYT Wordnixes WSJ

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Sunday’s New York Times Business section featured a piece about “Wordnik, the vast online dictionary.” The lexisite works not like a modern-day Samuel Johnson or Noah Webster, the Times piece says, but like this: [A]utomatic programs search the Internet, combing the … Continue reading →

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