Noun or Verb?

First the comic. The mistake is in the first panel. Well, maybe a different mistake is in the third panel…

“Loan” is a noun! It’s the money! You’re not supposed to say “loaning.”

“Lend” is the verb. That’s what you do with the money. She was lending it to him.

I’ll leave your reaction to the third panel up to you.

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Put in a hyphen! (Spoiler: it should be “built-in.”)

See the difference if you don’t use a hyphen when you should?

First the comic. Can you explain the difference?

“Well” is an adverb. It describes his ability to detect odors.

“Good” is an adjective. It describes his body odor.

Did you get the answer correct?

Or maybe two half lessons. Here’s the comic:

First lesson: The pronunciation of “nuclear” is undergoing linguistic transition. The dictionaries are even giving both pronunciations. A similar duo that I’d be a bit more dogmatic about is calvary and cavalry. You know the difference, right?

Second lesson: This is an example of sarcasm, which is saying the opposite of what you mean. Sarcasm is a legitimate figure of speech, so only we curmudgeons really care about it.

Got the two phobias right: