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Grammar Girl (referencing AP Style) takes on “To tweet or to Twitter”


This is really little more than a link to a recent post by Grammar Girl, a/k/a Mignon Fogarty, who does some fun writing about all things grammar at her site.

As Ms. Fogarty notes, the Associated Press recently released its 2009 AP Stylebook, which many organizations use to determine their default “style” for word usage. It’s an invaluable reference that we at We Write For You use as our style guide as well.

In her post, she points out that the AP ultimately decided that you can say a Twitter user is Twittering or tweeting, whichever verb you prefer. Note that “tweet” and “tweeting” are not capitalized, while “Twittering” is. There’s some more interesting stuff here, so we highly recommend you check out the post here.

P.S. If you Twitter or tweet, be sure to follow us on Twitter. You can find us here, and you can check out Grammar Girl right here.

The new wave of movie sequels: how will we ever make sense of “Fast & Furious” or “The Final Destination?”

Fast & Furious movie poster

At theĀ wewriteforyou.com blog, our bread and butter is providing important writing tips. But we like to take time out on occasion to examine other issues regarding writing and communication.

As big movie buffs, we’re amused by the lengths to which Hollywood is willing to go in order to suck a few more dollars out of your pocket.

The latest interesting trend is in how studios are titlting their film sequels, with no consideration to how much that might confuse the audience.

The prime example, perhaps the most oddly-titled sequel ever, is Fast & Furious, which hit theaters earlier this spring. It’s the third sequel to 2001’s The Fast and the Furious.

Joining the Furious bandwagon, albeit in a sort-of reversal, is the horror film The Final Destination, which is due out this fall. It’s also the fourth in a series that began in 2000 with a film simply titled Final Destination. (more…)


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