Social Media Policy- How influencers' mental health is impacted by social media - The Week September 25, 2022
- The Best of Social Media after a Big 12 Shakeup During OSU’s Bye Week - Pistols Firing September 25, 2022
- Iowa Football: Social media reacts to Iowa's 27-10 win over Rutgers - Hawkeyes Wire September 25, 2022
- Organised crime and social media - Jamaica Observer September 25, 2022
- Crestview middle school parent upset for not being informed of social media threat - Action News 5 September 25, 2022
- Stanford report unearths Indian social media maligning propaganda - Daily Times September 25, 2022
- Iran blocks internet, social media as Mahsa Amini protests grow - Fox Business September 25, 2022
- Social media abuzz with coup speculation against Xi - The Tribune India September 25, 2022
- Gurugram cops get kudos on social media - The Tribune India September 25, 2022
- 10 Movies & TV Shows About Social Media Influencers - Screen Rant September 25, 2022
- Social Media reacts to A&M's wild scoop and score - Texas A&M September 25, 2022
- South Carolina-Charlotte broadcast quality brings complaints on social media - Saturday Down South September 25, 2022
- Social media reacts to Texas' upset loss to Texas Tech - Longhorns Wire September 25, 2022
- Nursery World Awards 2022 - Online and Social Media - Nursery World September 25, 2022
- Brands and public personalities 'walk on eggshells' as social media boycotts trend - The Economic Times September 25, 2022
- Tennessee-Florida football postgame social media buzz - Vols Wire September 25, 2022
- Fetterman the phony hides terrible, radical policies behind sunny social media - New York Post September 24, 2022
- Social media reacts to Oregon's insane 44-41 comeback win vs. Washington State - Ducks Wire September 24, 2022
- Social media can increase awareness among masses, says Alvi - DAWN.com September 24, 2022
- Mario Cristobal getting crushed on social media as Miami struggles with Middle Tennessee - Saturday Down South September 24, 2022
- Kwantlen
- Why you must attend Gulf News Study in Canada this weekend - Gulf News September 22, 2022
- Salmon and Cranberry Festival comes to McMillan Island – Aldergrove Star - Aldergrove Star September 21, 2022
- KPU offers research and grant program for students - The Runner September 19, 2022
- Province invests in research infrastructure, innovation at post-secondary institutions | BC Gov News - BC Gov News September 18, 2022
- KSA has first executive meeting of the semester, discusses fall event plans - The Runner September 12, 2022
- Here's why Indian students are coming to B.C. — and Canada — by the thousands - CBC.ca September 11, 2022
- KPU's Zero Textbook Cost program is growing - The Runner September 9, 2022
- Additional shuttle bus added for the fall semester schedule - The Runner September 7, 2022
- Canada: $6.5 million CAD dedicated to boost agtech - Vertical Farm Daily September 5, 2022
- Douglas Todd: Labour Day storm brews amid inflation, boomers exiting and housing affordability - Vancouver Sun September 2, 2022
- New community fridge at KPU's Richmond campus - The Runner September 2, 2022
- Health care top issue in Surrey South byelection - CBC.ca August 30, 2022
- Tuition benefit for executive members approved at KSA special meeting of council - The Runner August 26, 2022
- South Surrey byelection centres around health care, affordability - Vancouver Sun August 26, 2022
- The Metro Vancouver University where you can learn with zero textbook costs | Curated - Daily Hive August 25, 2022
- UBC
- B.C. Climate News Sept. 19 to Sept. 25: Youth rally for climate action in downtown Vancouver | NDP leadership candidate says party should be at front of climate change battle | Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN - Vancouver Sun September 25, 2022
- 'Birds down Spartans for first win of season - University of British Columbia Athletics - UBC Thunderbirds September 25, 2022
- Thunderbirds and Vikes Play to a 1-1 Tie On the Island - University of British Columbia Athletics - UBC Thunderbirds September 24, 2022
- UBC powers FORWARD to drive decades of discovery and solutions - UBC News September 24, 2022
- Chilliwack man, diagnosed with leukemia, and family raise more than $10000 for hospital foundation - Chilliwack Progress September 24, 2022
- HELGA GUDERLEY: We’re burning our forests to fatten NSP profits - Saltwire September 24, 2022
- Rams defence stands tall as T-Birds fall at Homecoming - University of British Columbia Athletics - UBC Thunderbirds September 24, 2022
- UBC Vancouver: You might spot radioactive signs on vehicles - Vancouver Is Awesome September 24, 2022
- T-Birds welcome accomplished talent to Cross Country, Track & Field Teams - University of British Columbia Athletics - UBC Thunderbirds September 23, 2022
- Thunderbirds Preparing for Alumni Game Showdown Vs. Lethbridge on Sunday - University of British Columbia Athletics - UBC Thunderbirds September 23, 2022
- UBC researcher creates wood-based alternative to single-use plastic - UBC News September 23, 2022
- COVID-19 lockdown may have accelerated HIV transmission in some at-risk populations - UBC News September 23, 2022
- B.C.'s university, college students scrounging to pay for it all - Vancouver Sun September 23, 2022
- Cancer, migraine and spinal cord patients needed for separate studies - Kelowna News - Castanet.net September 23, 2022
- UBC to be switched off over Shs3.7b arrears - Monitor September 23, 2022
- Business Education
- Harry Burnell, 91 | Daily Inter Lake - Daily Inter Lake September 25, 2022
- PBS partners with Google on education project | Business - Jamaica Gleaner September 25, 2022
- Brazil's election and the search for an economic revival - Financial Times September 25, 2022
- Edtech’s failure is Indian education sector's curse to bear - Moneycontrol September 25, 2022
- China: modernisation of education - Business Recorder September 25, 2022
- People mock me for riding tricycle to earn livelihood –Master's student - Punch Newspapers September 25, 2022
- Grants Available for Rural Colorado Teachers - North Forty News September 24, 2022
- Your path to climate action - The Hindu September 24, 2022
- NIFT Recruitment 2022: Check Posts, Eligibility and How to Apply Here - StudyCafe September 24, 2022
- Congress slams Delhi govts education model, terms it model of frauds - Business Standard September 24, 2022
- Imperial College London: inside the university that is in the business of studying - The Guardian September 24, 2022
- Purdue's next big move: A new School of Business - Purdue University September 24, 2022
- President at Sault College set to retire - Northern Ontario Business September 23, 2022
- Ontario records surplus in last fiscal year and a drop in education spending - Toronto Star September 23, 2022
- University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies New Edition of Its Phoenix ScholarTM Academic Journal Highlights Education Innovation at the University - Business Wire September 23, 2022
Monthly Archives: November 2015
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
Clichés Used in Journalism
The Washington Post compiles a helpful list; it’s up to 200. I am guilty of using the following in speaking (and the first one listed here in writing, too – alas): Any “not-un” formulation (as in “not unsurprising that you’d … Continue reading
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … Continue reading
No Word
A friend in the media emailed me this morning: “Everyone keeps talking about hostages having been taken in Paris. Doesn’t the word ‘hostage’ imply a demand on the part of the terrorists? They made no demands; they intended all along … Continue reading
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading
“Sedulous aping”
“Memory” – or memoria – is one of the five canons of classical rhetoric. Write Brett and Kate McKay in their excellent blog “The Art of Manliness”: Anciently, almost all rhetorical communication was done orally in the public forum. Ancient … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.
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