Oh, That Zany English Language!

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Hello!  Maureen Pratt here with another blog post about the writing art and craft. This time, some thoughts about the English language and how we might mix it up a little to yield fresh "color," insight, and depth to our work. Two real life events have inspired me to blog about this. One was a conversation I overheard in the post office. It went like this: Postal Clerk (handing Customer a pane of stamps): Here you go. Customer: Where? Here I go where? Postal Clerk: Your stamps, sir. Here you go. Customer: Where do I go? Postal Clerk (pointing at…

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