@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.
Did you know that commas could save lives?!
"LET'S EAT, KIDS!"
#writing #grammar #comma #facts #amazing #tips #fun #comedy #grammarnerd #grammarians #grammarpolice
#writing #grammar #comma #facts #amazing #tips #fun #comedy #grammarnerd #grammarians #grammarpolice
#writers a reviewer informs that #hemingwayapp is NOT against #adverbs, 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.
#Grammarians ( @billweinberg and #editors take note!
#writers #hemingwayapp #adverbs #grammarians #editors
So continuing on in my search for #grammarians "cohere" though is the verb for making something cohesive and making something coherent, right even though cohesion and coherence are not the same thing?