From the monthly archives: January 2009

Mamma Mia!

By On January 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

We rented Mamma Mia! from Net­flix and watched it over the week­end, and it was per­fectly suited to our mood. Delight­fully over-the-top, with dread­ful per­for­mances (who knew Pierce Bros­nan couldn’t sing his way out of a paper bag?), clas­sic songs, beau­ti­ful island loca­tions, and a trio of broads (Meryl Streep, Julie Wal­ters, and Chris­tine Baranski) […]

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A mnemonic device, like I before E, except after C

By On January 5, 2009 · 3 Comments

In this entry, Gar­rick Van Buren posts a sim­ple, ele­gant way of remem­ber­ing when to use i.e., and when to use e.g. Unfor­tu­nately, his method requires that you know Latin. Here­with, my method: i.e. is short for, “in other words,” which is easy to remem­ber because they both start with “i.” On the other hand, e.g. […]

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