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More top 30 blogs on writing, plus a 31st

Molly DeBianca's selection of writing blogs...
It is difficult to draw a line between writing style and grammar and usage but I'll try to comment on the different types of blogs in separate dispatches.

Blogs about grammar and usage:

I like ProWritingTips, which is not on her top 30 list, but I don?t subscribe to the blog itself. I subscribe to the Twitters.

I do read Grammar Girl by Mignon Fogarty who makes grammar easy. She is famous for her entertaining podcasts.

And I read Triangle Grammar Guide by journalist Pam Nelson. She often links to grammar items in the news.

I have visited and appreciated Grammarphobia Blog from Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman, former editors at the New York Times, who focus on grammar. Yes, THAT Particia O'Conner.

I like You Don't Say: Language & Usage by John McIntyre but I just can't keep up.

I am not preoccupied with grammar and usage, so I do not regularly read:

I once had a paid subscription to the newsletter behind the blog The Vocabula Review but grew weary of its haughty air. According to Biannco, it "battles nonstandard, careless English and embraces clear, expressive English?. I found it prone to ridicule the errors it criticizes rather than to be helpful to the writers. To each her own.

I have never seen The Word Blog, by Boston Globe columnist Jan Freeman. I had not seen Mr. Rewrite who covers usage but he looks like fun.

Full post as published by Building Rapport on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).