Economist

Writing blog from the Economist

by Matthew Stibbe on June 20, 2010

From the Definitely Worth Subscribing department comes The Economist’s Johnson blog which resurrects the column of the same name that used to appear in the magazine. It’s what Bad Language wants to be when it grows up.

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Ten essential reference sites for writers

by Matthew Stibbe on August 23, 2007

Here are ten reference sites that everybody needs to bookmark: The Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies A Handbook of rhetorical devices Data Visualization: Modern Approaches MBA in a Page (hat tip to Guy Kawasaki) Top 1,000 Web 2.0 sites (probably most useful for geeks like me) Refdesk.com Word spy – a dictionary of neologisms Purdue’s Online [...]

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