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Clearness is the first essential.
Source: Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria according to Will Durant Caesar and Christ; in John Robson's Words Worth Noting
Posted: 2025 Nov 21
Tag Archives: Word Play
Help Wanted? I Guess So
Trepid and telligent, but ane and sipid; the case for and against in. Continue reading
Aye No Yew’ve Been Waiting
The typo-hound affliction. Continue reading
Vext (and Yet, Impresst)
The joys of irregular verbs. Continue reading
This Here Premise
Grammar, inflection, and syntax, oh my. Continue reading
The Although-Comma
Yes, “although” goes with the first part of the sentence: the part from which it is separated (Oh, the horror) by a comma. Here we have the domesticated Although-Comma, its wild origins lost in the mists of time. Continue reading
Very Inntsertieg
Conversations with kooks.com. Continue reading
Can Giraffes Be Saved?
A look at today’s media ecology. Who knew that was a thing? Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Word Play
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What It Is
A sneeze by any other name would sound . . . the same? Continue reading
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
A devilishly fine post. Continue reading