Monday, January 4, 2010
Focus, People of the Writing & Editing Persuasions!
VS.
gris·ly - adj. gris·li·er, gris·li·est
Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly.
[Middle English grisli, from Old English grislc; see ghri- in Indo- European roots.]
While reading merrily along in Tami Hoag's new book (excellent, BTW), I was distressed to discover an error that, for a moment or three, had me very puzzled and reading back to figure out what I missed.
In a discussion about images drawn by a young boy, they referenced the pix of women with knives sticking out of them. Then the narrative referred to pictures of "grizzly attacks". So I was hunting for bear references, victims of bear maulings, etc.
Nothing.
I was puzzled.
Until . . .
I realized they were talking about the nature of the pictures drawn by the child - meaning "grisly attacks".
Grizzly - Ursine noun
Grisly - heinous adjective
The Curmudgeon
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Welcome to My Blog
January 2, 2010
There's this new invention called the "dictionary".
Use it.
See you tomorrow.
The Curmudgeon
There's this new invention called the "dictionary".
Use it.
See you tomorrow.
The Curmudgeon
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grammar,
knowledge,
lise horton,
vocabulary,
writers,
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