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We rarely use the term schoolmarm these days. But many of us have a mental image of the stern, bespeckled teacher it would describe.

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For years, blogging gurus have preached ‘quality over quantity.’ The slow blogging movement takes that to heart.

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On social media, people tend to preface news of major moves with the phrase, ‘Life Update.’ Here’s mine: I’m moving to the Queen City.

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A co-worker recently asked an interesting question on his Facebook profile: Would you rather be feared or respected? Here's how I'd answer.

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In grammar, em-dashes, those longer, wider dashes, serve a valid purpose. Unfortunately, some claim they indicate when AI wrote something. Some make a snap judgment about writing as soon as they see em-dashes. Immediately, if they see one, they now...

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