Exoterica is esoteric

In an earlier post ( here ), I tried to find a word to cover "stating the obvious", and settled on the term "self-evident...

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Stating the obvious

In the course of my work I provide students a lot of feedback on their writing, as they are pounding their projects into shape, ready for ...

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To colon or to semi-colon...

This is a tiny stylistic thing, but it was my understanding that we start a list with a full colon, then separate each item within that li...

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First, secondly, thirdly, or...

When writing for a journal a few years ago, the editor would correct my sequence adverb from firstly, secondly and thirdly to first, secon...

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Macaronic Latin plurals

Who knows about Latin plurals? I have always found them to be a bit tricky. These days, I tend to forget and to simply Anglicise them. I t...

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Newsletter Issue 234, May 2013

Sam Young Newsletter Issue 234, May 2013 Hi guys, How many of us set out at the beginning of a new year, fu...

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Newsletter Issue 209, November 2011

Sam Young Newsletter Issue 209, November 2011 Hi guys, Are you motivating your staff? Check out Motivatio...

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