I saw the picture of compromise or making do this week. In a hot parking lot (our highs were in the low 90s) a little water had collected. Three ducks sat by this quart-sized pond, perhaps imagining the 1,000 lakes of Minnesota.

Speaking of making do, I see that copy editors are ecspected to0 now everthing. Where do you go to make sure you are spelling or correctly using a phrase or word you don’t readily use? Language Log posts some facts on making do, which is not making due, akin to paying your dues or anteing up. It’s making a situation do, which is what we say with almost every post here. Eh, we’ll make this post do . . .