aegilops :github::microsoft: · @aegilops
118 followers · 416 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@TheDigitalGlobalCitizen @languagelovers some problems were introduced by people trying to make English into Latin (or, to a lesser extent, Greek).

Such nonsense on spelling ("debt", "thumb"), grammar (split infinitives) and prepositions (not ending sentences).

We had enough problems as it was!

A fun one is the complexity of "to be", which blends a Southern Germanic ("be") and a Norse verb ("am", "are") into the fine mess we have today.

#englishlanguage #grammarians

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Jean-Philippe :birdsite: · @JeanPhilippe
503 followers · 514 posts · Server techhub.social

a reviewer informs that is NOT against , it is against the abundant use of adverbs. "Instead of these verbal atrocities, switch over to a more powerful verb. For instance, instead of saying that someone is 'walking slowly' you can say they 'tip-toed' or they 'crept.' That way, your writing is more vivid.
( @billweinberg and take note!

#writers #hemingwayapp #adverbs #grammarians #editors

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Jeremiah McCall · @gamingthepast
47 followers · 56 posts · Server mastodon.online

So continuing on in my search for "cohere" though is the verb for making something cohesive and making something coherent, right even though cohesion and coherence are not the same thing?

#grammarians

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