Our popular Putrid Prose column (which runs every Monday) gently pokes fun at stinky writing (some of it, our own).

Here are a few of our favorite columns from the past year. Feel free to re-print the links on your own site:

Direct Mail Piece Stinks Up the Mailbox

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/directmailputridprose/

Y’all, Ya’ll, Yawl: Which is Correct?

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/yall-yall-yawl-which-is-correct/

Killing the Typo Ogre

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/putrid-prose-killing-the-typo-ogre/

Hundred Dollar Words That Drive Me Crazy

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/hundreddollarwords/

Real Estate Euphemisms

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/real-estate-euphemisms/

Hybrid Restructuring on ‘Meet the Press’

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/euphemisms-hybrid-bankruptcy/

Sneaked vs. Snuck

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/putrid-prose-sneaked-vs-snuck/

Correct Punctuation for ‘Web site’ and ‘e-mail’

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/correct-punctuation-for-web-site-and-e-mail/

Kill ‘was’ & ‘ing’

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/putrid-prose-kill-was-ing/

Hilarious Headlines

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/putrid-prose-hilarious-headlines/

Horrible Headlines Part II

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/horrible-headlines-part-ii/

Wrong Word Choice Creates a Stink

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/wordchoice/

‘Consumer Reports’ Features Funny Chinese > English Translation

• http://heblogssheblogs.com/commausage/

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