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Not a trifling matter
Passive Aggressive Notes is one of my favourite blogs. A major reason for this is the frequent mangling of the English language by disgruntled passive-aggressors. Below is one of my favourite entries from October of last year. ...
Bibulous
Yesterday's word of the day from dictionary.com was a cracker. I also think it's rather fitting for New Year's Eve.bibulous \BIB-yuh-luhs\, adjective: 1. Of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcoholic drink. 2. Readily absorbing fluids or ...
Pass the dictionary
This brilliantly abstruse extract from Bizarre Notes and Queries was written in August 1890 to show "that it would be possible to write a technically grammatical sentence, which would be almost unintelligible." I found this via a blog called Grow a Brain. Sir:— You have behaved like ...
The amazing, colossal adventures of Word Girl
This is a great idea. Word Girl teaches kids a new word in each exciting instalment. It's actually quite funny.I was a bit miffed when the girl on the desk said:You used tonnage wrong.I think she should have said ...
Strike one, Grammar "so-called" Puss.
I added GrammarBlog to the Britblog directory last week. While I was poking around I found a blog by the name of Grammar Puss.At the time of writing this is the current post, discussing one of those things-everyone-should-do articles. As noble a sentiment as it is to ...
Peruse this post.
In my last post I used the word 'perusing' in the context of light browsing.Turns out I was wrong.pe·ruse (p-rz)tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·esTo read or examine, typically with great care.[Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- + Middle English usen, ...
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