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  1. Comment on Think you know Hans Christian Andersen? Four experts pick his weirdest fairy tales to read this Christmas. in ~books

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    Oh, that's lovely, thank you. I did read "The Princess and the Pea" when I was a little girl. Upon rereading it, I am startled by how much of the prose I remembered.

    Oh, that's lovely, thank you.

    I did read "The Princess and the Pea" when I was a little girl. Upon rereading it, I am startled by how much of the prose I remembered.

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  3. Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech

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    My personal "can't live without" extension is the Library Extension. https://www.libraryextension.com/ If you're browsing books online (such as Amazon), it does a lookup at my local library. With...

    My personal "can't live without" extension is the Library Extension. https://www.libraryextension.com/

    If you're browsing books online (such as Amazon), it does a lookup at my local library. With a click or two, I can put a book on Hold. This has saved me a lot of money.

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  4. Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech

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    I am a professional writer and editor, and I pay for my own Grammarly subscription. It's an excellent way to prevent typos, and it cleans up my usual online-chat laziness. Maybe it's because I...

    I am a professional writer and editor, and I pay for my own Grammarly subscription. It's an excellent way to prevent typos, and it cleans up my usual online-chat laziness.

    Maybe it's because I care about getting it right more than most people do. "A writer is someone for whom writing is much harder than it is for the others." – Ken Laws

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  14. Comment on You’re probably using the wrong dictionary in ~books

  15. Comment on You’re probably using the wrong dictionary in ~books

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    ...and that summary -- accurate as it is -- is why some of us enjoy reading the entire piece. Because the entire point is that language can be beautiful when it is carefully chosen.

    ...and that summary -- accurate as it is -- is why some of us enjoy reading the entire piece. Because the entire point is that language can be beautiful when it is carefully chosen.

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  17. Comment on Lord Of The Rings author's writing desk up for auction in ~books

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    My guess is that the SEO analysis made the suggestion. After all, more people would look for LotR (thinking the book or movie) than its author. Even though it is writers who'd want the desk....

    My guess is that the SEO analysis made the suggestion. After all, more people would look for LotR (thinking the book or movie) than its author. Even though it is writers who'd want the desk.

    Surely, Colbert will buy this...?

    9 votes