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"Anne Bradstreet and Ralph Waldo Emerson both present their beliefs…"5 comments

RAB wrote 6 months ago: “Both” is a troublesome word for student writers. They join all sorts of people in colla … more →

Tags: Student Writing, Clear Thinking, Education, misplaced modifier, Just plain wrong, Humor, screwy syntax, both/and

Word of the Day: sprachgefuhl2 comments

wifosaurus wrote 11 months ago: Greetings and salutations, fellow wordsmiths! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, b … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing, WorDs, Poetry, MBTI, sprachgefuhl

Much Rage About Nothing

ellerej wrote 2 years ago: It has begun to sprinkle outside, and the initial rumbling of garbage bins being brought in has subs … more →

Tags: Life, Linguistics, School Stress

Mistranslation 19. Two Unusual Cases of Successful Literal Translators: Pedro Carolino and Basil Thomson

Brian Steel wrote 2 years ago: In those language pairs where literal translation is possible, competent translators learn very earl … more →

Tags: 1, mistranslation, Translation errors, literal translation, Pedro Carolino, Ramon Writes, Basil Thomson, Buenos Aires Herald, Argentinian-Spanish

why i love english list

sara wrote 3 years ago: because writers exist in the world who write things like this: BORING FRIENDS We know only four bori … more →

Tags: 2009, Lists, Teaching, lexican!

Geely will go with you for a happy life

Fernando wrote 7 years ago: Geely, the Chinese automaker with designs on competing here in the US, has one of the most sadly ent … more →

Tags: Linkage

Your prayers are answered

Fernando wrote 7 years ago: If you’re like me and lay awake at night wondering if the hyphens in the paper you turned in t … more →

Tags: Linkage


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