Arnold Zwicky over the Language Log on the age-old that/which controversy: The usual scheme for choosing relativizers is what I’ve called Fowler’s Rule: that in restrictive relatives, which in non-restrictive relatives (it’s more complicated than that, but this is the slogan version). I’m with Fowler, but there are some authors – Douglas Adams, for one [...]
Pretend you’re me.
You’re about to embark on a journey to the local supermarket – the Canterbury branch of Morrisons – for the components of a picnic lunch. If you like, pronounce ‘picnic’ as Yogi Bear would: “pic-a-nic”. Just get some salad, some sushi, a couple of drink yoghurts, and you’re golden.
Ready? Set?
To make sense, this rests on defining ‘bookselling’ as an something that excludes the Internet – a distinction akin to defining a road vehicle as anything pulled by a horse.
A book cover is tricky to get right. Frankly, it’s one of those things – like editing video footage – that looks easy but isn’t.
I use the Mac-only database application Bento for all kinds of things, including marking. Excitement abounds this morning as I see that Bento is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch via the App Store.