All You Create

Yet another good thing to come out of the <a href=”http://apstylebook.com/”>AP Stylebook</a> folks’ ponderings of the English language is their recent decision to, well, not make a decision.

This particular point revolves around state names in print. Should they be abbreviated when in conjunction with cities? Or should they be spelled out, creating havoc for newspapers and any other organization that deals with skinny columns or persnickety designers?

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I think hell just froze over.

This just in (OK, about an hour ago, so sue me), directly from the Twitter page of @APStylebook:

Responding to reader input, we are changing Web site to website.

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I’m filing this one under Learn Something New Every Day.

You’ve heard of the crafty guy or gal who habitually cheats at card games, correct? And you’ve also heard of that same sneaky hustler referred to as a card shark, yes?

You’ve been had.

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Thank the gods for a husband who gives you topic after topic for your silly grammar blog.

Not sure what prompted him to think of it (and frankly, I don’t care — I just took it and ran), but my other half thought that I should write about a bald-faced lie versus a bold-faced lie. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s a third suspect in this mess, barefaced lie, and you know what that means: complication!

No, not really. It all makes good sense. Here’s the deal.

William Shakespeare: neither barefaced nor (100 percent) bald, but bold nonetheless (photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/baronbrian/4139672758)

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