Posted this on DW while LJ was having it's little fit of "emergency repairs", but I think it will reach more people here. As you may or may not know, we have thread on here for betas. I'm not sure how often, if ever, it's been updated, but I'd like to ask everyone who is on it to please update your information (or take yourself off if you are no ( Read more... )

We've all heard the claim that we should never end a sentence with a preposition. However, this is one of those "rules" that is often misleading and sometimes downright incorrect. Fowler's Modern English Usage (Oxford University Press) has a wonderful, concise discussion of this, including:

"The superstition that a preposition should always precede ( Read more... )

Probably preaching to the choir again, but here's an entry in eowyn-315's journal that could be useful to everyone - writers, betas, everybody. :)

Experimenting with the cut/link thingie: You can find it ( here )