Good Tech Writing Joke
I do not do this! No deliberate goofs. But I suppose he has a point…
What do you call a deliberate mistake?
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A Good Discussion About Linguistic Change
Pretty good trick to talk while playing a flute.
What’s your favorite example of semantic shifting?
Well, the Text is Mostly Correct
—but it doesn’t mention the need for a pun in the last panel, even though it’s there.
Of course, the “unexpected” pun is what makes the strip funny, (the first panel calls it “stupid”), but you have to figure that out yourself.
They Got Lego Right
The company that manufactures this plastic toy insists that the word “Lego” has no plural form. “Lego” is an adjective, they say. Lots of folks, especially kids, say “Legos” but they’re wrong. Good old Scientific American gets it right! Here’s a quote from the March 2024 issue, page 4, in an article that mentions antibody-drug conjugate (ADC):
The pieces are mix and match, like Lego bricks: a cancer-killing drug, an antibody that clings to tumor cells, and a connector that releases the drug at the right time.
Scientific American March 2024, page 4
Not that you need a picture, but here’s one:
So what do you call those things?
“Many” is a Plural
What is it when you refer to a single group of many? I say it’s still a plural, so I say this headline is incorrect:
Children are expensive – not just for parents, but the environment – so how many is too many?
Should be “how many are too many?”
That’s in a newsletter named The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/children-are-expensive-not-just-for-parents-but-the-environment-so-how-many-is-too-many-176662
Here’s the picture behind the headline: