Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
— , On Writing
Planning before a trip can make all the difference between a fantastic vacation and one that is more frustrating than fun. It’s not that you need to schedule every minute of every day, but knowing your options before you go saves you time once you’re there and greatly minimizes occurrences of conversations such as:
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A lot of people in the lower part of Michigan like to go “up north” for the weekend as often as possible in the summer. This means that heading northbound on any of southern Michigan’s freeways is probably a bad idea between, say, 3pm and 6pm on a summer Friday, unless you don’t mind [...]