Saturday, February 4, 2012

epithet - definition of epithet by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

epithet - definition of epithet by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.: "A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln."

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Writer's Block - Writing Tips - "Whether or Not"

Writer's Block - Writing Tips - "Whether or Not": "here the alternatives are immaterial:


Whether or not literature is available on computer, readers are likely to continue to cherish books.
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Regardless of whether literature is available on computer, readers are likely to continue to cherish books.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

HostPoet: weird things » exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown

HostPoet: weird things » exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown: "weird things » exploring science, technology, the strange and the unknown: "Originally, this blog started in an unusual time in my life; when I was trying to figure out what I really wanted to do for a living, and it played a big role in my decisions as well as adding an interesting project to my resume. I started Weird Things as an experiment, prompted to at least consider it by another blogger, and quickly made it my test of everything I knew about design, promotion, and web marketing.""

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