An A to Z of Editorial Peeves: Zee Index
Oh, dear. It seems I've gotten to the final letter of the alphabet without any proper peeves to list. I guess that means I'm done.
I hope you found something in this series enjoyable, and more importantly, I hope you either learned something new or found something to think about.
I certainly learned something. For instance, I learned that if I'm going to do a multi-part series, I ought to establish some basic conventions before I start. I recognize that I sometimes used an H2 heading and sometimes an H3 heading for the items in my list, and the capitalization is all over the place. (Full disclosure: I fixed some of the inconsistencies while I was preparing the index.) I also learned that it's a good idea to work a few posts ahead — and try to stay ahead — instead of waiting until Sunday or even Monday night to write something you want to post on Monday.
Feel free to learn from my mistakes.
Zee Index
Intro
A
B
C
D
- Data
- Definitely
- Defuse vs. diffuse
- Dialog(ue)
- Different
- Donuts vs. doughnuts
- Doubt, not having any
- Drowning
- Due to the fact that
E
F
G
H
I
- i.e. vs. e.g. (see "e.g. vs. i.e.")
- Impact
- In a ______ fashion
- Incentivize
- Inflammable vs. flammable (see "Flammable vs. inflammable")
- Irregardless
J
K
L
- Latter vs. last
- Lay vs. lie
- Less vs. fewer (see "Fewer vs. less")
- Light year
- Liquefy
- Literally
- Loose vs. lose
You're missing "first annual."
Good job, son. I would like to think that it was teachers who first started you down the path of paying attention to the written word.
Kurt Vonnegut probably helped, too.
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