http://www.wordnazi.com Where correctness is an obsession. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:59:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Writing under the nom de clavier of "Sharontastrophe" (a name no doubt inspired by our last post about the quotastrophe), a faithful reader asks the question, "Should 'top of mind' have hyphens?" A wonderful question, and a wonderful opportunity to wax poetic on the subject of the predicative. While our friends ... http://www.wordnazi.com/2008/03/28/the-predicative-is-top-of-mind/ The Word Nazi deeply apologizes for going on an unscheduled sabbatical without warning, but as we’ve mentioned before, the Word Nazi is not independently wealthy, and thus sadly isn’t able to devote himself full time to the improvement and preservation of the English language. (Or what little is left of ... http://www.wordnazi.com/2007/09/22/and-you-can-quote-me-on-that/ I happened to follow a link to Microsoft’s nearly useless MSN Groups site the other day and was horrified to see that the specter of a slogan that I believed had long since died an obscure death was still with us, at least in the “page title” information that’s displayed ... http://www.wordnazi.com/2007/07/05/more-stupid-every-day/ Once upon a time, there was an underappreciated yet vital person slaving away at your local newspaper. (We’ll save the “once upon a time, you had a local newspaper” lament for another time.) This person was the heart and soul of the newsroom, the bringer of sanity and restraint, the ... http://www.wordnazi.com/2007/07/02/the-incredible-shrinking-copy-editor/ Welcome, children—is everyone comfortable? Very well, then let's begin. I woke up this morning and thought, what the Web really needs is a pissy, recalcitrant bastard who has too much time on his hands, coupled with a strong misanthropic bent, to set the world straight on matters of grammar. I'm tired of ... http://www.wordnazi.com/2007/06/29/im-mad-as-hell-and-im-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/