Quote of the Day
October 29, 2015
“Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn “x” (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn’t vn kn whr th vwls r)” ― Steven Pinker
Author: Alan Rutkowski
Adjectives
October 28, 2015
Also look at “Killing Adjectives” https://noharmspilt.com/2015/10/08/killing-adjectives/ Adjectives are words that modify or describe nouns. Nouns are persons, places or things. The adjectives in the following examples are in bold type: an old man, a big deal, beautiful Canada. Sometimes two words are used together to form a single compound adjective. Some compound adjectives such as … More Adjectives
Quote of the Day
October 28, 2015
“I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it is. And we all live longer, better lives because of this dispassionate view. Sure, it commands awe and provides inspiration. Still, I would rather be operated on by a surgeon who sees me as an … More Quote of the Day
Spotting Errors
October 27, 2015
Can you spot the errors in the following sentences? I didn’t bother reading Improve Your Body Image: Make Friends Who Exercise Less Than You Do, which was stupid. Neither the Brown sisters nor Jadwiga have ever considered dating Colbart. Sedgewick almost ran five miles before he remembered that the marathon had been cancelled. To get … More Spotting Errors
Quote of the Day
October 27, 2015
“An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does not have to reach the dimensions of the German genocide to be wrong.”–Amira Hass
To Hyphenate or Not To Hyphenate
October 26, 2015
Rules for using hyphens are complicated, and anybody who has to do a lot of writing should have a good reference manual handy. Here are some useful guidelines: Compound adjectives are generally hyphenated when they come before a noun: a gas-guzzler car, a four-story building, a five-year-old child. Compound adjectives are generally not hyphenated when … More To Hyphenate or Not To Hyphenate
Quote of the Day
October 26, 2015
“And the increasingly intolerant, boiling, racist tone of the Israeli conversation is — there is no other way to put this — a result of 48 years of occupying another people: of Israelis receiving a message (or at least understanding it as such) that we are superior to others, that we control the fate of … More Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day
October 25, 2015
“Anytime I hear someone say that only humans have a thoughtful mind, a loving heart, or a compassionate soul, I have to think that person has never owned a dog or known an elephant.” – Aron Ra
Cartoon of the Day
October 24, 2015
Quote of the Day
October 24, 2015
“I haven’t been thrilled by the atheist movement. First, who is the audience? Is it religious extremists? Say right-wing evangelical Christians like George Bush? Or is it very prominent Rabbis in Israel who call for visiting the judgment of Amalek on all Palestinians (total destruction, down to their animals)? Or is it the radical Islamic … More Quote of the Day
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