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  • More on Restrictive Clauses

    Continuing Ken Lammers’ concerns with how to distinguish restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, I have a little bit to add to what I said earlier. I’ve checked several more writing handbooks, including the Harbrace College Handbook, the Little, Brown Handbook, the St. Martin’s Handbook, and The Careful Writer. (My editions are not as current as those… Read more

  • Smooth Criminal?

    How come all the Google AdSense ads on my About Me page are for criminal defense attorneys? That can’t be good. Read more

  • The Pain of Taxation

    I just sent $865.96 of my hard-earned money to the United States Government. Then I sent $246.60 to the State of Illinois. I feel pretty stupid about it, but it has to be done. In fact, it has to be done several times a year. I incorporated my software consulting business a few years ago,… Read more

  • The Google Cathedral

    I think I’m just a little creeped out at the thought of Google having a soul of its own. Read more

  • Restricting Clause

    Ken Lammers needs an English language expert for an appeal he’s writing. The argument is about the meaning of a statute, so I imagine this problem could have been avoided if the Virginia legislature had worded their law a little more carefully. Instead, someone’s freedom may depend on how restrictive clauses are supposed to be… Read more