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From the Interwebs 2.13.19

Posted on: February 13, 2019 Last updated on: February 13, 2019 Written by: gdixon3
Links to resources relevant to my classes.  Advice from hiring committee  – for anyone applying for anything Facebook, Google and Microsoft becoming Data Distilleries. Receiving email and text messages  during activity diminishes IQ by 10 points. The Problem with Judging…
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“E-greg-ious” Errors

Posted on: January 27, 2017 Last updated on: January 27, 2017 Written by: gdixon3
A former boss/editor of my past had a list of “egregious” errors.  As a grammar and mechanics/ linguistics geek, I kept track of it.  I’m not sure I care about all the fine distinctions in other’s writing, but it’s fun…
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Where to find PC’s on JCCC Campus

Posted on: September 28, 2015 Last updated on: September 28, 2015 Written by: gdixon3
Don’t wait until the mad rush of Mid-terms to find places on campus to use computers to finish work !  The Library staff – out of the kindness of their hearts – used to hand out photo-copies of this following…
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Oxford commas

Posted on: August 6, 2012 Last updated on: August 6, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
I’m on record as being ambivalent about the oxford comma, but I’ve come across a couple good cartoons on the subject lately. and explanation of the other comma:
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in-text citation – ellipsis

Posted on: March 9, 2011 Last updated on: September 7, 2011 Written by: gdixon3
Ellipsis (plural ellipses) deserve some discussion. Check out the following sources: wikipedia Purdue’s online writing center the JCCC writing center on ellipsis In prose, ellipses are not generally needed at the beginning or end of a quote. The rule is…
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Semicolons and colons

Posted on: March 8, 2011 Last updated on: April 18, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
One of the punctuation issues that recurr most often involves the use of semicolons. This matters because – the way a semicolon functions – if one uses a semicolon where a comma or colon are needed, it creates a sentence…
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Passive voice

Posted on: February 11, 2010 Last updated on: February 7, 2016 Written by: gdixon3
When I speak of excessive use of passive voice (or passive verbs) I refer to the over use of “to be” verbs: is, are, was, were, be, being, been and am. Passive verbs are to writing what salt is to…
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