Erick O'Donnell

I am a student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU and at the Barrett Honors College.

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The indents in Tuesday's NYT front-page story jump to the right suddenly toward the end. How do they miss something like that? #413t

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I like semicolons. Also, Osama bin Laden is dead. #413t

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Syria gets pass from US because its dictatorship has enduring support from army. Airstrikes? No. Inconsequential sanctions? Yes. #413t

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Typo on front page of today's NYT: "[...] has in some places has been [...]." I've seen a lot of these in this prestigious paper. #413t

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I like The New York Times' dogged persistence with slightly--or extremely--outdated typography: semicolons, pilcrows. #413t

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I disagree with the Yahoo! Style Guide. In unordered lists, end full-sentence items with semicolons, writing "and" before final one. #413t

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Puns can be effective when done right. On Thursday's op-ed page: "The Revolution's Missing Peace," about peace in Israel. #473t

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The New York Times changed the headlines on their editorial page. I don't like the new left-aligned heds with subheds. #413t

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Ending sentences with prepositions and splitting infinitives: there's nothing wrong with doing these, and sometimes they're necessary. #413t

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It's surprising to see how often "Gandhi" is misspelled until you consider how common "gh" is in English. Hence it's tendency to jump. #413t

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@mpingolt Conjunctions: they're small but powerful. #413t

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Time Magazine has gotten way too cutesy with its cover designs. Enough with the tiny arrows and gratuitous asterisks already. #413t

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Pet peeve: when people type "yea" when they mean "yeah." Unless you're a legislator, you need the "h." #413t

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There's nothing grammatically wrong with the restaurant name "Mi Amigo's," though Spanish does not use apostrophes. #413t

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I learned in school that the "ser + PAST PARTICIPLE" construction isn't correct, but I see it all the time in Spanish media. #413t

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To The New York Times: I know huge, sprawling ledes are your signature, but at least make sure your clauses stick together. #413t

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I like the article layout on Mother Jones's site. Wide column, wide leading. Looks breathe-y: http://bit.ly/f7DuyG. #413t

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U.S. says no to Oakland's revenue-generating pot farms: http://nyti.ms/gNgGbL. #413t

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A blog on Slate.com catches The O'Reilly Factor lying: http://slate.me/gnJBk1. #413t

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If you want to strengthen your grammar and writing ability, try diagramming sentences.