The phrase has been bandied about for a few years now, and I’m trying to think of one more self-serving. Maybe, “Give me that.” But I wonder how deeply it penetrates the American mentality. Is it how we feel about our war efforts? Our own economy? Our invincible country? After all, the Chinese need to […]
Strunk and White are famous for having said, “Omit needless words.” This is a marvelous piece of melliflous advice and counsel. And if it were possible to understand it, I would even recommend it to others. The only problem is that only the great masters of the craft of writing can possibly know which words
What a funny term – parts of speech. Aren’t there other parts of speech besides the written words? Like gestures. Well, not strictly speaking. Speaking is, strictly speaking, using words. Do you know where the parts of speech come from? Trick question. The come from language. Do you know who discovered them? Isn’t that an
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