Further in my collection of posts you won’t find in a coursebook, and nastiness we could do without (if it weren’t funny): I’ve just finished writing a quiz on using future tenses, and have saved the most sexually incorrect joke I could find for you.
“You’re ugly.”
“And you’re drunk.”
“Yes, but in the morning I ________ (be) [...]
“The boat is very simple. It’s a 90 foot x 90 foot platform, trimaran, with three hulls, with a magic wing, close to 200 feet high.”
Read “90 by 90“, “90 times 90” or “90 to 90“?
In 1851, a boat named America won the 100 Guinea Cup in a race around the Isle of Wight. The [...]
I’ve just learned from Stan Carey what a snowclone is. Geoffrey Pullum developed the concept on Language Log back in 2004, for a clichéd phrasal template that gets repeated in innumerable variants.
Geoffrey Pullum:
“I was looking at things like “In space, no one can hear you X”, where the customizability is that you get to choose [...]
What do you say when you call out a warning? An essential phrase, don’t you think?
Now, Lily Munster (Yvonne DeCarlo) sings the southern traditional “He’s Gone Away”, which uses another phrasal verb, “look _____!”, which is completely useless outside the realm of songs like this one, and “Dixie”:
He’s Gone Away
traditional
He’s gone away
For to stay [...]
Is this ‘good’ or ‘bad’ English? Do you use it? If so, where and when and how? Do you think it’s ok if others use it?
McDonalds. Ad. On my blog. I know. Sorry. But hey.
I defended a traditional point of view here. Don’t miss Mike’s comment.
Is this good English or bad English?
Which tense is correct here?
I saw Judith recently at an event held for new students.
Grammar logic: The event is over.
I’ve seen Judith recently at an event held for new students.
Grammar logic: “Recently”, like “this morning”, is a time word connected to the present perfect.
Why did you choose the one you chose?
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