One Good, One Bad List

rogersgeorge on April 8th, 2024

First panel. This sentence has two lists of adjectives. What’s wrong with the bad one? I speak of grammar, of course.

You’re right (I hope)! The second list is redundant. Both words mean the same thing. The first list has words with (technically) different meanings, so that list is grammatically okay.

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An Example of Slant Rhyme

rogersgeorge on April 6th, 2024

Last panel: “gesture” almost fits, so it qualifies as slant rhyme.

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Slant Rhyme

rogersgeorge on April 4th, 2024

Haven’t heard the term “slant rhyme” for years. Do you know what it means? Teme for a lesson in prosody. Here’s what google’s AI says: What is slant rhyme? With many different names – approximate rhyme, half-rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, and imperfect rhyming – slant rhyme is a rhyming scheme in which the words […]

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Correct Singular, Correct Plural

rogersgeorge on April 2nd, 2024

Many use the plural of “criterion” as a singular. Bad. Same problem with “media” and “medium.”

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What Part of Speech is “Nothing”?

rogersgeorge on March 30th, 2024

The humor is because the word is self-referential. …at least she sees the word as self-referential.

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