Category Archives: English

English Spelling Reform

Posted on 2010/07/05 by lost

I’m sure almost everyone has encountered some gag related to spelling reform in English. I will not bother to reproduce any of those here as one can simply apply any reasonable search engine to the task and discover many dozens … Continue reading →

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Verbing

Posted on 2010/03/23 by lost

A quick Google search for “verbing nouns” yields a rather substantial collection of pages discussing the topic of verbing in English. Some are quite insightful while others are merely opinion pieces masquerading as authoritative commentary. There seems to be a … Continue reading →

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What is an adjective anyway?

Posted on 2007/09/06 by lost

I was watching Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on which we were asked to count the adjectives in the sentence “Spencer takes good care of his hairy dog.” I’ll hold the answer they gave until later. Obviously “hairy” … Continue reading →

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Stupid Grammar Rules

Posted on 2003/08/26 by lost

I was pondering English grammar today. Actually, I quite regularly ponder English grammar. I’m strange that way I guess. But what came to my mind today was not a rant on how nobody gets it right or how complex it … Continue reading →

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