Chris

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bio	website	chrislott.org
	location	Fairbanks, AK
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I am the Disruptive Technologist and Design Team Manager for the University of Alaska Center for Distance Education, a sometimes poet and essayist, a collector of books and fountain pens, and an origami and bookbinding enthusiast...

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Dec 19	comment	Is using passive voice “bad form”? There is a good discussion on this topic, including positive uses of the passive voice, on the writers stackechange: writers.stackexchange.com/questions/742/…
Dec 17	comment	“Feeding” data or “entering” data: which one is correct? I was speaking of popular usage as I have experienced it in my time working with technology. It isn't 100%, of course, by in my experience when someone says that data was fed into the system they are referring to automatic means... which is why I made a comment rather than proposing an answer!
Dec 17	comment	“Feeding” data or “entering” data: which one is correct? That's what I meant. If the free version is a lesser version, I was curious if the paid online version was the equivalent of the paper books. I assume it is!
Dec 16	comment	“Feeding” data or “entering” data: which one is correct? @Barrie -- is the paid version of the OED online available from many libraries the same content as the OED?
Dec 16	comment	“Feeding” data or “entering” data: which one is correct? Commonly, feeding data implies something that is automatically input into a system, while entering implies data input into a system by hand. Both are grammatically correct.
Dec 16	answered	Punctuation after “I couldn't help but to think” introducing a quote — colon or comma?
Dec 9	comment	Word for person who loves to share knowledge Pedagogue has a rather negative connotation, though.
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Dec 8	comment	Where do I use (and not use) “that?” (not a vs. “this” question) To the editor: style guides differ when it comes to the capitalization of an independent clause following a colon. Just sayin'.
Dec 8	comment	Where do I use (and not use) “that?” (not a vs. “this” question) So, the "the nothing that was there" is grammatically sound and the "that" in my example sentences should both be omitted?
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Dec 8	awarded	Editor
Dec 8	revised	Where do I use (and not use) “that?” (not a vs. “this” question) added 1 characters in body
Dec 8	comment	Where do I use (and not use) “that?” (not a vs. “this” question) Yeah, the was/were sentence is from a quick draft [fixed]. Mea culpa. I wish I were a French speaker in this life!
Dec 8	asked	Where do I use (and not use) “that?” (not a vs. “this” question)
Dec 4	answered	Category hierarchies or tiers?
Dec 4	comment	Is it correct to say “more time”? It's clearly grammatical and not slang...but I'd love to hear what your teacher preferred as the alternative.
Dec 4	answered	What is the meaning of the phrase “we-find-each-other's-lame-jokes-funny vibe”?
Dec 1	comment	Was/were exception rule My family in the Deep South would probably use "was!" I think @Barrie England's answer is probably the best one :)
Dec 1	comment	Was/were exception rule I wasn't assuming you didn't research first. I was questioning how exactly the exception was being defined by the teacher. There may be plenty of examples of the non-standard usage, but I don't believe they are correct for the simple reason I gave.