Comments for Joseph Salvatore

Comment on NCTE/CCCC 2013: Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 6:30 PM by Joseph Salvatore

Joseph Salvatore — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:13:57 +0000

Thanks, Mandy. Wish you were here.

Comment on NCTE/CCCC 2013: Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 6:30 PM by Amanda Kelly

Amanda Kelly — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:27:40 +0000

You are very fancy. And very grammatically correct…two good things : ) Have fun!

Comment on “Faith Times at Liberal High” – Alana Joblin Ain on faith, family, parenthood, and language by Andrew Dainoff

Andrew Dainoff — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:28:30 +0000

Really wonderful piece, Alana!

Comment on “Postcard,” read at the Sunday Salon, NYC, Sept. 11th, 2011. by AK

AK — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:43:54 +0000

Nice.

Comment on Do conservatives hate English courses? by Steve Crampton

Steve Crampton — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:51:54 +0000

Regarding the piece on Congress members’ speech, it sounds like the analysis is completely wrong-headed. The lowest scoring member, quoted near the end of the article, put it very well. Along the same lines, one of the best pieces of advice I received on writing was in high-school English class (I went to a great school and had a legendary teacher): “Don’t say ‘defecate’ when you mean ‘shit.’”

Perhaps this is stylistic (Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald), but my goal as a writer is always to be as clear as possible about what I mean to say. And, all else being equal, I think brevity enhances clarity.