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November 9th, 2009

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Why Understanding Etymology is Important

Internet Goodness

May 23rd, 2009

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Which, if you know where “pandemonium” comes from, sounds an awful lot like the outcome of this game sent all these people into eternal torment.

 

To be fair, in the complete article the phrase is “sent 20,000 people into a burst of joyful, ear-splitting pandemonium.” While possibly more strange, at least that makes sense in the modern usage of the word.

Why Checking Wiki Sources is Important

Internet Goodness

May 12th, 2009

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Student hoaxes world’s media on Wikipedia

Is this interesting, or simply sad?

The original Guardian obit can be found here (with correction notice at the bottom). There is no mention of the mistake on The Guardian’s Wiki page.

Weekend Reading Re: Plagiarism

Contemporary Nonfiction, Internet Goodness

April 30th, 2009

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If you want to get a jump on the weekend reading, head to Jonathan Lethem’s article at Harper’s.com. We’ll discuss it Monday, pulling from The Pirate’s Dilemma and your own experiences in writing/creating art/stealing music/plagiarism.

P.S. Be sure to check out his "Works Cited" at the bottom.

Web Sites for College Search

AP Language, Internet Goodness

March 16th, 2009

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Found this post at The findingDulcinea Blog (our blogs were meant for one another!).  Contains some good links to start your college search.  Don’t forget to check out the comments, too.  Apparently eNotes has a "Get Answers from Real Students" section.

Happy Spring Break.