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Liz Buffa

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Grammar maven Liz Buffa has spent the last twenty years working as an editor, writer, and teacher. She is the author of seven books, including the award-winning Grammar Smart Junior and Cracking the SAT II English Literature.

In addition to teaching test-prep classes and developing classroom materials for The Princeton Review, she taught English writing classes to community college students. She's also an avid fan of crossword puzzles, has been known to read grammar books "for fun," and believes it really is a bad idea to misplace your modifiers.

5 Great Apps to Help You Write

Download some great apps for your iPad and iPhone and become a better writer in 2012.

January 2, 2012
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Turn your iPad into a great writing tool and let your creativity shine.

Write more, write better and improve your grammar with these smart apps for your iPhone or iPad.
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7 Email Etiquette Tips

Make your New Year’s resolution something that benefits everyone you know: having better email etiquette. Here’s how.

December 31, 2011
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Before you hit "send" make sure you're using good email etiquette. You'll make the world a better place.

Want a great New Year's resolution? Resolve to write better emails in 2012.
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More Mangled and Misused Phrases

Are you writing things just the way you hear them? Stop mangling these phrases.

December 29, 2011
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This guy has a difficult row to hoe! NOT a difficult road to hoe. Learn the difference and stop mangling your phrases!

Do you say "it's a mute point" or claim to have "a difficult road to hoe"? Then you're mangling your phrases.
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2011: The Year in Words

A look at the most looked-up words of the year offers up a look back at the events of 2011

December 27, 2011
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When Christina Aguilera botched the National Anthem at the 2011 Super Bowl, fans flocked to the dictionary to look up the word she left out.

Loathe, vitriol, coddle, curmudgeon. Can you think of the events of 2011 that drove people to look up those words?
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