Babel-ing about the Tower of Power
The title of this post is a play on words. I know, it’s not immediately evident, but this wordplay has just been swimming through my head in the last few weeks. The Tower of Babel is a biblical story about power, and about language. And lately, those things have really reared their head in a […]
Writing with an English Accent
I didn’t even recognize my own writing. The editor had sent me the proof of my book review – and mind you, this is a book review for a journal in the UK – and the beginning of the proof started with the end of someone else’s book review, which is pretty typical. But when […]
Grammarly: Garbage or a Godsend?
Today, I saw a post in a forum online for a group that I belong to asking for some support to reject an administrator’s push to purchase Grammarly for the department. Many people quickly responded in support of the post, complete with a youtube video that I will link here entitled “Grammarly is garbage.” Several […]