A list of links, largely stolen from a recent Reddit thread of useful sites no one knows about, is up on BuzzFeed. In turn, here are a few links from those lists I hadn't previously known (or had forgotten) about and think are pretty neat: MerriamWebsterOnline's YouTube channel. "Ask the Editor" is a series of…
Everyone, Every Day
There seem to be more and more instances of the adjective "everyday" being used where the adjective+noun (acting together as an adverbial phrase) "every day" should be used. Everyday means: "Daily, quotidian, commonplace: happening every day." Every day also means "daily," but modifies a verb, not a noun. Every Day vs. Everyday The bus driver…
Passive Voice and Passival Tense
Happy Passive Voice Day! Don't go nuts trying to always avoid passive. Here is a useful illustration of other verb forms being confused for passive in student paper-grading, and links to Language Log posts on the passive voice. Bonus links: Language Log on the now-archaic passival tense, replaced since ca. the mid-18th century by the…
Ben Yagoda Loves Comma Puns
NB: New York Times links: Fanfare for the Comma Man Most Comma Mistakes Some Comma Questions Dashes and exclamation points are also covered in others of his Opinionator posts. And his blog is also entertaining.
very syntax
A linguist explains the grammar of Doge. Wow. From the Toast. Previously: A linguistic analysis of lolspeak. (i iz a PDF.) From All Things Linguistic. Photo of Kenji from the imnotafox.com tumblr.
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