Lisa Kusko has been teaching writing at the college level for 16 years and has also worked as a ghostwriter, news reporter, copy editor, corporate writer, and corporate writing adviser. She has her master’s degree in English from Marshall University and her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from West Liberty University.
She is also the author of a political blog, “An Independent Look.”
Blog looks great!
Where do I find the “Comma Splicer” section..?
Excellent! I wish I could have impressed upon my Western Civ students the importance of good writing skills – based on many of the essays I remember grading, I weep for the future of the mother tongue.
Dangling prepositions; singular subject with plural possessive (“someone forgot THEIR jacket”); so many irritants I find in common usage.
Keep up the battle!
Well, well, what one doesn’t encounter online. I knew a Lisa Kusko once upon a long, long time ago. In fact, I even spent some time with her in New York City, and I also recall attending her graduation party at her home in Weirton, W.Va. I hope that I never told you any of these lies when you were in my classes. And I also seem to remember telling you that it was all right to end a sentence with a preposition in a sentence like the following one: Whom did you take news writing and reporting from? If you know the answer to that question, then you know who left this message. It’s nice to know that there are still those out there sounding The Trumpet for good grammar. My email address is below, Lisa. It sounds as if you are doing well.
Thank you. This is a great public service. Writing is soon to become a forgotten art as crafted sentences are being replaced by short phrases in our fast-paced world. It’s nice to remember how to write.
On a side note, ‘Muzaffar’ is an interesting name. In fact one of my Turkish friends is a Muzaffer. Are you from our region of the world by relation?
Muzaffar is my husband’s last name, and he’s from Pakistan.
I am so excited to see this blog! I have several books that I use for reference, but really need the kind of explanation and discussion that I have found here. Thank you for taking the time to write such a helpful blog. I shared it with several folks after only reading one article.
Thanks for your support.
Would you please provide some instruction on the use of the word ‘that’? Often, I think that I have used it too much. See what I mean?
Thanks.
Yes, to Marc’s request. I use it more now than I used to, but it’s because I was seeing it used in places that I wouldn’t have used it, and I thought They must be right. After all, They were being paid to write. :>}
Your work in invaluable. Thank you.
I enjoyed reading your post “Lies your English teacher told you”
Thank you
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Happy to have found you and enjoyed “Lies Your English Teacher Told You.”
Just subscribed and look forward to more of your blogs!
This blog is an inspiration! I found it a few weeks ago and look forward to your future posts. What an excellent, accessible reference for all internet-savvy writers out there …
Bliss …. to counter a pedant with fact …… to inform my own writing and explore new narrative techniques ….. thank you
Your blog is blessing for someone like me whose still learning about the English language.
More power to you and the blog!
is a blessing …
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