Thus far, with rough and all un-able pen,
Our bending author hath pursued the story,
In small room confining mighty men,
Mangling by starts the full course of their glory.
Small time ...
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where we savor discussions about language & grammar & syntax, and sometimes reminisce about diagramming sentences...
Notable Quotes
We're just kids playing in word-mud. Get your mucky clothes on and come on in.
-- IntrovertGirl
-- IntrovertGirl
This is not about asking each other whether we have any Grey Poupon. -- certifiedprepwn3d
We had numbers and words in the same house. -- Edward Tufte
Snow only moonlights as GWB's Presidential Press Secretary. He's actually the Vogon poet laureate. -- William Timberman
...it can also be pointed out that sometimes a sentence has to end with a "preposition":
She turned me on.-- Frankly, my dear...
She turned on me.
Contributors
Some places to go
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Bartleby: References and Literature Online
- Charles Darling's Guide to Grammar & Writing
- Figures of Speech Served Fresh
- Green & Black's
- Jane Austen, et al., on Singular Their
- Language Log
- Language Miniatures
- Literally, A Web Log
- Paul Brians' Common Errors in English
- Punctuation: history & symbols
- The Economist's Online Style Guide
- The Espresso Pool: a slideshow
- The Word We Love To Hate. Literally.
Just so we know...
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