A semi-regular feature in which I answer student questions.
I normally open these posts with something sarcastic—first, because I’m insecure and second, SPOILER ALERT these posts aren’t always based on actual student questions.
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A semi-regular feature in which I answer student questions.
I normally open these posts with something sarcastic—first, because I’m insecure and second, SPOILER ALERT these posts aren’t always based on actual student questions.
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they have to learn about the birds and the bees. And also the mice. I’m not talking about The Sex Talk. I’m talking about The -S Talk, i.e. plurals in English.
This week I heard some people use “popular” and “famous” interchangeably. There are lots of overlaps, certainly — but they don’t mean exactly the same thing.
I used to wonder why we spelled “till” with two Ls when there’s only one L in “until.” Turns out “till” isn’t actually a quirky shortening of “until”; it beats “until” to the punch by about three centuries. Whoops.