Stan Carey · @stancarey
1229 followers · 945 posts · Server mastodon.ieHas 'greenlit' been greenlighted? New post on a verb we haven't made up our minds about:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/has-greenlit-been-greenlighted/
#language #words #linguistics #grammar #EnglishUsage #etymology #writing #editing #blogging
#language #words #linguistics #grammar #englishusage #etymology #writing #editing #blogging
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1217 followers · 921 posts · Server mastodon.ieA related post of mine, on language reform and prescriptivism:
"By oversimplifying the nature and aims of prescriptivism, we invite confusion, category errors, and semantic muddles"
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/four-types-of-language-prescriptivism/
#EnglishUsage #prescriptivism #editing #writing #EditorsOfMastodon #language #EditingCommunity
#englishusage #prescriptivism #editing #writing #editorsofmastodon #language #editingcommunity
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1217 followers · 921 posts · Server mastodon.ie
The Atlantic published a bad critique of conscious language style guides. @EvilJoeMcVeigh takes them to task: https://andreadallover.com/2023/08/04/george-packer-and-the-atlantics-sad-defense-of-inequity/
#EnglishUsage #language #linguistics #StyleGuide #ConsciousLanguage #WritingCommunity #EditingCommunity
#englishusage #language #linguistics #styleguide #consciouslanguage #writingcommunity #editingcommunity
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1210 followers · 899 posts · Server mastodon.ieCurious about a style item I saw in a book this week. Would you prefer "Me Too" or "#MeToo" in reference to the movement?
#writing #WritingCommunity #reading #editing #copyediting #editor #WritingStyle #EnglishUsage
#metoo #writing #writingcommunity #reading #editing #copyediting #editor #writingstyle #englishusage
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1187 followers · 879 posts · Server mastodon.ieMaybe #Grammarly has improved a little since this test by Lane Greene at the Economist, but it remains a cautionary case study:
#grammarly #language #grammar #writing #editing #englishusage
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1175 followers · 838 posts · Server mastodon.ieAnyone who says "decimate" must mean "kill one in ten" has to call October "December". That's the rule
#etymology #words #englishusage
Stan Carey · @stancarey
987 followers · 522 posts · Server mastodon.ieSaw a "flauts the conventions" in the wild recently: a rare mix of "flouts" (the standard verb here) and "flaunts" (a nonstandard choice). Maybe the writer plays the flute?
Fwiw, I wrote here about whether the flout/flaunt distinction matters: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/flaunt-this-distinction-dont-flout-it/ #editing #amediting #spelling #language #EnglishUsage #copyediting #words
#editing #amediting #spelling #language #englishusage #copyediting #words
Randall's Books · @RandallsBooks
86 followers · 98 posts · Server mastodon.world
Books shipping to new homes today.
#books
#BookSelling #bookstodon #EnglishUsage #grammar #Hollywood #movies #ArtBooks
#books #bookselling #bookstodon #englishusage #grammar #hollywood #movies #artbooks
Stan Carey · @stancarey
842 followers · 311 posts · Server mastodon.ieIn my #editing work I sometimes come across the word "training" used countably, e.g. "provided trainings", "attend a training", rather than "training session/course". At first I resisted it, but it soon came to seem useful on occasion.
It may have a corporate or newfangled feel, but the OED dates it to the 1500s and it has been in regular use since. I see it especially from non-native-English users, but I haven't looked into it systematically.
#editing #words #language #englishusage
houfu · @houfu
163 followers · 148 posts · Server kopiti.amIt's 2023 and Singaporeans are still fighting over this issue. Oh come on. https://str.sg/wFQB #Singapore #englishusage
(((Benjamin Donguk Lukoff))) · @lukobe
387 followers · 514 posts · Server social.ridetrans.itI’ve been reading a really interesting #bookstodon thread where the issue came up of whether “-ette” is a universally belittling suffix (in #English), and it made me wonder if there are folks on here who are specifically interested in #EnglishLanguage, #EnglishLinguistics, and #EnglishUsage (sort of like the old USENET group alt.usage.english or the LinkedIn group #Grammar Geeks). I know there are collections of books folks, editors, linguists, etc., but anything like what I’m talking about?
#bookstodon #english #englishlanguage #englishlinguistics #englishusage #grammar
Peckishly · @peckishly
182 followers · 337 posts · Server mstdn.partyLocal TV news reporter at the airport revealed that the venue was "crowded with people picking up their last-minute loved ones." I object.
peter fyfe · @fyfepeter
114 followers · 109 posts · Server aus.social
Dear software bot
yeah, nah.
effect as a verb has a particular meaning, which is clearly correct here.
🤓
#grammar #englishusage #pedantry
Shiva · @shiv
7 followers · 22 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Super excited! Fresh from the printer, has arrived this tomb of a book that promises unending enjoyment on cold winter nights; perhaps when the summer breeze return as well.
#book #englishusage #bgeu #freshprint
I love the beautiful type, the useful addition of an index for editors, and a page explaining the use of a semicolon.
#book #englishusage #freshprint #bgeu
Shiva · @shiv
15 followers · 27 posts · Server mastodon.cloudSuper excited! Fresh from the printer, has arrived this tomb of a book that promises unending enjoyment on cold winter nights; perhaps when the summer breeze return as well.
#book #englishusage #bgeu #freshprint
I love the beautiful type, the useful addition of an index for editors, and a page explaining the use of a semicolon.
#book #englishusage #freshprint #bgeu