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6 Creative Uses of Sentence Diagramming

My father was a little distressed to learn that diagramming sentences was not a big part of my education. Learning Latin in high school was the best grammar education I ever got. After that, nothing about English (or, later, German and Old/Middle English) ever worried me. Most kids hated it. But for the kids who…

Jane Catherine Lotter’s Self-written Obituary

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Infographics: the PowerPoint of the 2010s

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Mars Curiosity rover sings ‘Happy Birthday,’ dares Earth to collect royalties

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