Good Tip To Increase Your Critical Writing/Thinking Skills
In which I direct the reader to LiteMind’s article on E-Prime, an English dialect that completely removes all forms of the verb “to be.”
I Will Friggin’ Split Any Infinitive I Wish….Faithfully
From Steven Pinker’s Oaf of Office: “Any speaker who has not been brainwashed by the split-verb myth can sense that these corrections go against the rhythm and logic of English phrasing. The myth originated centuries ago in a thick-witted analogy to Latin, in which it is impossible to split an infinitive because it consists of [...]
Links for June 15, 2007
Updated 1:45 p.m.
20 Ways to Get and Stay Happy: “As experts gather for the International Conference on Happiness, TIME looks at proven ways to find more joy in life.”
The Unspeakable: Buried Alive in Your Own Skull “Science published a report on a young woman devastated by a car crash in England. For five months after [...]
The Language of Nature
From The Language of Nature: “Whatever we may now think of the old visions of creation, we can remain sure of one thing: without the speaking of the Word—without language—we would have no science today with its striking power to illuminate the world. This observation may seem trite; no one will deny that we must [...]
The Great War
The greatest war of our time is happening now, not in Iraq, not in Palestine, and not in Darfur. It’s happening here, in the United States, on our streets and in our homes. Cousins battle cousins in this crazy civil war. Where do you stand?
Kids kicked off school bus
From Kids kicked off school bus: “A school bus driver let Rachel Armstrong’s three children board the bus Monday morning, but he warned them that he wouldn’t give them a ride home that afternoon, nor could they ever ride his route again. The problem: Armstrong’s 10-year-old twin girls and 8-year-old son speak English. According to [...]
Flip Flopping the Language
I don’t know if you guys and gals saw it, but in the issue of the NY Times that came out the morning of President Bush’s primetime speech this week, there was an op-ed article by John Kerry titled, The Speech the President Should Give.
Near the top of the piece, Kerry writes, “The reality is [...]
