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Editor’s Note: The WORD has suffered a breakdown (who could tell?) and has been admitted to St. Mumbles Home for the Terminally Verbose for the usual round of conjugation and adverbial defenestration. Coincidentally, these treatments correspond to Spring Break. Back March 22.
Advice for the Web Age
On Style: “Yes, ‘defenestrate’ is an excellent word, but only use it in birth announcements and obituaries if it’s accurate.”
Context: “Stories on global warming should always be accompanied by pictures of snowstorms or polar bears.”
On Attribution: “If you cannot find the source of a quote, make one up. Nobody’s reading your story anyway. Get over yourself.”
Write Tight! “Remember, brevity is.”
New Media: “‘Web site’ is no longer the preferred usage. Use ‘our Waterloo.’”
Careers: ”While it’s tempting to call them ‘baristi’ because of the Italian roots, the plural of ‘barista’ is ‘journalism majors.’”
Dumb Tools: “‘Chain saw’ is two words in all instances: ‘No one else saw what the chain saw.’”
—FakeAPStylebook URL
Editor’s Note: Students, repeat after me: You want fries with that?
Today’s Wish-I-Were-Here Photo: Luffenholz Beach
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I like the little snippit on attribution. I feel like that a lot of the time. Get over yourself nobody's reading your work. I'm sure someone, somewhere is reading it, but will they admit it?
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