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• 2 months ago

  Went to a house with minor flea problem, should I worry?

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• 2 months ago

  How much can I omit in Author-Date citations?

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• May 8th, 2009

  Anybody tried Z-Quiet or similar mouthpiece?

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• November 18th, 2008

  Can I avoid that horrid "loading" ring of white dots on YouTube?

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• November 1st, 2008

  Digital voice recorder for Macs?

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• 2 months ago

  How much can I omit in Author-Date citations?

  Thanks guys. If and when I get tenure, I’m pretty sure “I don’t wanna” is supposed to become an acceptable answer to anything. But until then, you’re right. To answer the ten zillion dollar question, I am being asked to follow a modified version of Chicago’s author-date system—which modification the journal’s house style guide describes, but not so thoroughly. As a former copy editor, I’m a stickler for such things, and neither their house guide nor (it seem) CMS itself comes out and states “you must” or “you needn’t” include a date in every parenthetical citation. But perhaps by implication that means you must. Thanks to all!
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• 2 months ago

  How much can I omit in Author-Date citations?

  I don’t wanna!
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• February 11th, 2009

  What is there to do in Austin?

  Cathedral of Junk! http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7816
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• December 15th, 2008

  Best rules for affect vs effect?

  The verb/noun distinction is invalid, as gail has said. The noun “affect” is a synonym for “feeling” or “emotion.” Likewise, there is a verbal form of effect: it means “to cause or bring about.” So if you effect and effect, you bring about an effect. If you effect democracy, you make democracy happen. If you affect and affect, you alter a feeling. It “depends on the crowd you run with” to the extent that the crowd you run with may or may not speak English. I use “special effects” as a reminder. These, I somehow know, are spelled with an E; and they are created effects, effected effects, rather than changed emotions. This may be one of those things you’ve just got to memorize.
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• December 8th, 2008

  What happens if you let yourself succumb to a siren call?

  You drown.
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