I'm considering pitching a column to The Walrus magazine and they ask that the pitch include writing samples. I figured that I might include some posts from here, but I'm not sure what to include. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
I like these ones http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-they-will-only-listen.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/06/guessing-unknown-words.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-you-trade-and-what-you-get.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-radio-and-tv-and-periles-of-lazy.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2007/08/murray-doesnt-nod.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2007/07/idioms-interpreting-frequencies.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2006/12/grammatically-speaking-part-ii.html http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2006/08/frequency-and-collocations.html
I like these ones
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http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/06/guessing-unknown-words.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-you-trade-and-what-you-get.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-radio-and-tv-and-periles-of-lazy.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2007/08/murray-doesnt-nod.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2007/07/idioms-interpreting-frequencies.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2006/12/grammatically-speaking-part-ii.html
http://english-jack.blogspot.com/2006/08/frequency-and-collocations.html
I enjoyed these two:
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The myth of FANBOYS
I quite liked the singular they column referencing the Dept. of Justice rules. The recent post on why to study grammar is also really good.
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