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Maeve's Writing Tips

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Dr. M. J. Maddox writes short articles on aspects of English usage for the site DailyWritingTips.
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2008

May 2008 29: Word of the Day: Paramour 26: If You Can Keep Your Head... 22: Even, Yet, and Still 21: English Grammar 101: Articles 15: "Epi-" Words for Writers 13: English Grammar 101: Adjectives 12 The Vicissitudes of the Latin Plural in English 10 Few vs Several 09 What's a Male Mistress?	June 2008 • 28: Word of the Day: Apocalypse • 26: English Grammar 101: Verb Mood • 23: When Did “Pimp” Become a Positive Term? • 20: Word of the Day: Abyss • 17: Pander Code • 12: Word of the Day: Fundamentalism • 10: English Grammar 101: Verbs Voice • 06: Word of the Day: Avatar • 05: English Grammar 101: Introduction to the English Verb • 02: Nonstandard Usage Detracts from Novel
March 2008 27: “Wreck,” “Wreak,” and Other [rek] Words 25: Should Web Editors Correct Customers’ Grammar? 24: Tibetan Situation Getting Sticky 21: The Difference Between “will” and “shall” 18: No Country for English 14: Robin Hood was Clad in Green 12: Alas, Poor Heroine 07: A Writer Can be Anyone or Anything 06: Good Friday and Easter 04: Any vs. Either	April 2008 21: Let's Not Eviscerate "Eviscerate" 18: Euphemism and Euphuism 14: Poring over "Pore" and "Pour" 08: Reader Piqued By French Mutilations 07: Funny Images Conjured up by Web Comments 05: Misfeasance or Malfeasance? 02: Let's Keep Some of the Old Verb Forms 01: Used Transitively, “Avail” Is a Reflexive Verb
January 2008 31: Complex and Complicated 25: Caesar, Kaiser, and Czar 17: Continuous or Continual? 16: Celtic: /sel tik/ or /kel tik/? 14: Politicians and Humpty Dumpty 11: Tentative and Tenterhooks 09: A Man is Not a Widow 03: Words for Telling the Future 02: The Eight Spellings of Long O	February 2008 28: Rhinotillexis on the Decline 20: A Book on Writing for Novelists 12: Will Your Book Ever Be Published? 11: What is the Difference Between Metaphor and Simile? 08: Site, Sight, and the Spell Check Syndrome 02: Rite, Write, Right, Wright

Maeve's Writing Tips from
2007