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:
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Prounoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2 Comments
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
Dictionaries:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4 Comments
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4 Comments
Grammar:
"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide
March 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
Poetry:
And Forget the He and She
December 2, 2019
- 2 Comments
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
Politics:
Suffrage and Language
February 17, 2020
- 2 Comments
Unidentified Aerial Horse Apples
October 9, 2019
- 5 Comments
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
- 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
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:
Teach Your Children Well
February 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
Vocabulary:
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016
- 2 Comments
Words:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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