I share your dislike of the abuse of "pre-", but there is indeed a difference between "register" and "pre-register": you…
Fun post! The big one for me, as you know, is bucolic. It just doesn't look like it should be…
I skimmed that article and thought what have the dead leaves got to do with it before I caught on.…
Yes, it seemed to me that not only were the other characters not clearly delineated, but the delivery of their…
Peter makes an excellent point, In an essay I wrote for THE SHAVIAN, I said something similar but focused instead…
Some of the confusion may arise from the phenomenon of uptalking, when people end a sentence with a rising inflection…
Great post! One of my favorites.
Some of the best contemporary personal essays I have read were written by Anne Fadiman. They can be found in…
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Although he accepted to tutor grand children of Rama, but, took no favors for his personal ends.instead desired the welfare…