Rachel Kaufman, freelance writer

Interrogator of gargoyle lovers, frog fondlers, and the eternal optimists saving the news industry

Posts Tagged ‘opinion’

Good Morning: Language to survive its purists

By Rachel • Jun 19th, 2007 • Category: More

Erie Times-News Published June 19, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman The English language has been destroyed. That’s what language purists would want us to believe, anyway. And for a while, I was with them. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one left in my generation who can spell without the aid of Microsoft Word’s spell-checker. [...]



First with all the answers, but still feeling testy

By Rachel • Apr 13th, 2007 • Category: More

Newsday Published April 13, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman I loathe tests. There’s something about the classroom that turns menacing on exam day, something I’ve noticed since my days in Stride Rite sneakers and stirrup pants. What I fear isn’t struggling for the answers, it’s finding them too quickly. Two things can happen after you finish [...]