Thesaurus: there, I wrote it with no spelling errors. One of the handier tools for an English major, but hard to spell. Does it have two 's''s? Is there an 'o' instead of an 'a'? Insert the three letters 't,' 'h,' and 'e' into the search engine and the rest pops up; it's reliable.

English can quickly become boring, redundant -- like drilling a hole into the ground. Aren't we all just borrowing words? Shakespeare coined a few declarations, but let's face it, unless you're using the latest i-jargon you're just a copy of a copy of a copy. If the red line appears under your word either attach it with a dash or delete it.

Idea's are exhausted, too. Exhausted, exasperated, dilapidated, debilitated. Wait -- that sentence didn't have a verb. Throw it out or add a colon, not to mention a conjunction. Have you missed the fundamentals of grammar? Emphatic intentions aren't the whole caboodle. You can do it with a subject, a clause, a verb, a prepositional phrase. Make it interesting. Use the semicolon; it's there at your disposal.

Language evolves. Maybe nite is actually spelled rite. Maybe complete sentences aren't. Always appropriate. The next new word might not be "app" but "haronious": a new synonym for awful, alongside words like atrocious, deplorable, dire, grody, (are you kidding? I'm pretty sure that one can't be used in an essay yet) and offensive.

Can those red lines blaring INCORRECT be ignored? (Under nite, grody, and haronious. I guess I'm not the only one trying to make up words.)

I wonder how you get a new word to catch on.

"Stop being so haronious, Derek!"

"These mashed potatoes are haronious."

Now if only my blog had 500 avid fans, this word might actually take flight.