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With Valentine’s Day behind us, along with the controversial release of the 50 Shades of Grey movie (though we may not have recovered from either one emotionally), discussions about the quality of the source material for the salacious film have abounded. The 50 Shades series has been widely panned as poorly written tripe, unworthy of consideration from “real” readers. But is this fair? Certainly  it seems fine to denigrate what is literally ( literally ) sado-sexual Twilight fan fiction , but from a purely grammatical standpoint, this might not be totally deserved.(Although from a storytelling/character development standpoint, well, again, it's Twilight fan fiction .) This cat is horrified at your taste in literature. But in the interest of fair play, the good folks at Grammarly have once again performed amazingly thorough research into the subject, and have provided this handy infographic to make all the stats easy for us to see. And the verdict is thi...

A few days ago I filled out a "get to know you" questionairre at work. One of the questions was, "What is one book you read and hated?" After rifling through the extensive list of books I had read, narrowing it down to the much shorter list of books I didn't enjoy, I arrived at the inevitable answer: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. I expected this to be met with gasps of shock and horror. People clutching their chests and shaking their fingers in my face saying, "You don't deserve to be an editor. You know nothing about classic literature!" Instead, this led to other guilty dislikes. The list was illustrious, including Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Victor Hugo, and Thomas Hardy. I also received a lot of replies saying things like, "I hate Faulkner too!" and "Aw, you took my answer!" (These employee surveys are very competitive--everyone wants to be the wittiest, friendliest, coolest person. Of course, this would be the c...

fe·lic·i·tous adj \fi-ˈli-sə-təs\ Definition of FELICITOUS 1 : very well suited or expressed : apt felicitous remark> 2 : pleasant , delightful < felicitous weather> — fe·lic·i·tous·ly adverb — fe·lic·i·tous·ness noun See felicitous defined for English-language learners » See felicitous defined for kids » Examples of FELICITOUS a felicitous combination of flavors felicitous accompaniment to dinner is provided by a harpist on weekends at the restaurant> First Known Use of FELICITOUS 1789 Related to FELICITOUS Synonyms: agreeable , blessed ( also blest ), congenial , darling , delectable , delicious , delightful , delightsome , dreamy , dulcet , enjoyable , pleasant , good , grateful , gratifying , heavenly , jolly , luscious , nice , palatable , pleasing , pleasurable , pretty , satisfying , savory ( also savoury ), sweet , tasty , welcome Antonyms: disagreeable , pleasureless , unpalatable , unpleasant , unwelcome Use it in a s...