Bindy M.
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Favorite Word:
oxymoronI remember the day I learned this word in an English lesson being taught by Al Wright. I just loved the idea of two antonyms being used together to make total sense. He quoted Milton's Paradise Lost: "Darkness visible" rather than Shakespeare. I fell in love with the concept and Milton there and then.
Least Favorite Word:
writNot because I have had a writ sereved on me but because my students seem incapable of understanding that the past tense of 'write' is 'wrote' or 'have written'. Whenever I hear it (at least twenty times a day' it causes me to wince and issue an automatic correction in my best Miss Brodie voice. Unfortunately, I am fighting a losing battle. Language is organic and changes I know...but this is a step too far for me.
Favorite Quote:
""You're walkin' wavy.""
- Arthur Miller (A View from the Bridge)
Favorite Topics:
Books:
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
Making the White Space Talk
February 20, 2017
- 1 Comment
Dictionaries:
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
Grammar:
80th Column: Verbal Oddities
October 31, 2016
- 13 Comments
Order Your Adjectives: Failed and Nuclear
October 17, 2016
- 6 Comments
Linguistics:
"Alternative" is the Ultimate Euphemism Maker
March 1, 2017
- 3 Comments
Poetry:
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014
- 1 Comment
Politics:
Fact Checking in an Evidence-Free Environment
March 8, 2017
- 5 Comments
"Alternative" is the Ultimate Euphemism Maker
March 1, 2017
- 3 Comments
Reading:
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017
- 1 Comment
"Word by Word" is a Funny, Revealing Look at the Life of a Lexicographer
March 30, 2017
- 1 Comment
Spelling:
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014
- 7 Comments
Students:
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 12 Comments
Teachers:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Teaching:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Vocabulary:
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016
- 2 Comments
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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