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Sara Rosinsky
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Autonomous advertising copywriter. Author of Unflubbify Your Writing. Logophile. Skeptic. Podcast/audiobook fiend. Fan of design, player of racquetball.
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2) demonstrating possession (Satan's spawn, Montezuma's revenge, lobbyists' influence, etc.).

Exhibit B: A classic example of the confusion this can cause.

*You should have me come talk to your group about English and writing!
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
(3/3) But after you'd finished baking bread, and once your oven had cooled down a bit, you could use the "petit four" (lower heat) to make pastries. Like the ones in the photo, which I'm craving now.
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
(2/3) Turns out, "four" is the French word for "oven." But "petit four" doesn't mean "little oven," as you might think—it means something more like "diminished oven heat." If you were using an olde tymee eighteenth-century oven to bake bread, you'd use a "grand four"—an oven with high heat.
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
OMG. Give your copyeditor a raise. I see that en dash between "Salt Lake City" and "based." 👏👏👏
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
🎉 Events-o-rama!
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January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Yes ...
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM