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Not FoundThe requested URL /mpr/3.txt was not found on this server.top5result.com One of the changes in English usage that I’ve become aware of in my lifetime is the tendency to use the suffix -ness to form abstract nouns, even when a distinctive form for the noun already exists. For example, abstract nouns like bravery and humility are often rendered “braveness” and [...] Continue Reading… Be Sociable, Share! [...] Daniel Crown is a freelance writer based out of Brooklyn. On the other hand, [...] Continue Reading… Be Sociable, Share! [...] A practice that serves to weaken language is the desire in a speaker to add intensifiers to words that don’t need them. Be Sociable, Share! [...] For some time now I’ve noticed newspaper headlines that use the name of a country where conventional usage calls for an adjective. For example: Wal-Mart’s S. Africa deal OK’d instead of Wal-Mart’s S. African deal OK’d Japan automakers back in game instead of Japanese automakers back in game and Syria crisis continues [...] Continue Reading… Be Sociable, Share! [...] |
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Visitors and Visitants
Comment spam often gives itself away by the unorthodox English in which it is phrased, as in this introductory sentence that provided me with a laugh:
I am glad to be a visitant of this staring weblog, regards for this rare info!
What “staring” is supposed to mean, I don’t know. [...] Continue Reading…
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