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January 2014
January 06, 2014
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Phrasal Possessive
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Phrasal Possessive We in English have an odd...
January 05, 2014
Word of the Day: brethren. I like the word brethren. Its specialized use...
January 03, 2014
Word of the Day: methinks “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” says Queen...
January 02, 2014
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Deponent Verbs
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Deponent Verbs Deponent verbs are the bane of the...
January 01, 2014
Word of the Day: castle “A man's home is his castle!” shouts the fat...
December 2013
December 31, 2013
Word of the Day: new “There is nothing new under the sun,” said the...
December 30, 2013
Word of the Day: buxom. In the Beetle Bailey comic strip, the old addled...
December 29, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: genitive of time
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Genitive of Time What part of speech is the...
December 28, 2013
Word of the Day: twelve One of the sad losses as Western man moved...
December 27, 2013
Word of the Day: yield I’m quite aware that this word, in Massachusetts and...
December 26, 2013
Word of the Day: Christmas I am quite fond of our English word for the...
December 24, 2013
Word of the Day: tree I have heard for years that Christians adopted for...
December 22, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: subject
Grammar Lesson: Subject Most of my college students cannot identify the subject of a...
December 21, 2013
Word of the Day: simple Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair;...
December 20, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Importantly
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Importantly Adverbs are funny critters. They can modify verbs;...
December 18, 2013
Word of the Day: bonnie When I was a boy I had a hard...
December 17, 2013
Word of the Day: eye. You go to an oculist to see about your...
December 16, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Bury the Thesaurus
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Bury the Thesaurus Sometimes my college freshmen tell me...
December 15, 2013
Word of the Day: fruit. There’s a modern Bible translation that afflicts Catholics every...
December 14, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Indefinite You
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Indefinite You You’d never believe how much...
December 13, 2013
Word of the Day: wax. The verb wax, meaning to grow, has only a...
December 12, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: but
Grammar Lesson of the Day: But. “Never begin a sentence with but.” So my...
December 11, 2013
Word of the Day: what. I like how hillbillies pronounce this relative pronoun:...
December 10, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: And
Grammar Lesson of the Day: And “Never begin a sentence with and,” my college...
December 09, 2013
The Word of the Day: whore. It may please some of my readers to...
December 08, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Abused
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Abused The Passive Voice is abused...
December 06, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Used Badly
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Used Badly The Passive Voice is...
December 03, 2013
Word of the Day: seethe. It’s a good old Anglo Saxon word, but it...
December 02, 2013
Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Used Well
Grammar Lesson of the Day: Passive Voice, Used Well The passive voice is...
December 01, 2013
The Word of the Day: went. Why do we say, “John goes to the...
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