RE: https://mastodon.social/@timtfj/117232220253739740
TL;DR: "Re" is a Latin word that's become an English preposition. If a substitute like "about" or "regarding" doesn't need a colon, neither does "re". It's just a two-letter word.
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TL;DR: "Re" is a Latin word that's become an English preposition. If a substitute like "about" or "regarding" doesn't need a colon, neither does "re". It's just a two-letter word.
#englishusage #punctuation #spelling #words #re
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September 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@timtfj/117232220253739740
TL;DR: "Re" is a Latin word that's become an English preposition. If a substitute like "about" or "regarding" doesn't need a colon, neither does "re". It's just a two-letter word.
#englishusage #punctuation #spelling #words #re
TL;DR: "Re" is a Latin word that's become an English preposition. If a substitute like "about" or "regarding" doesn't need a colon, neither does "re". It's just a two-letter word.
#englishusage #punctuation #spelling #words #re
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"In an extraordinary development, all 55 UEFA members have resolved not to participate in future World Cups or other FIFA-run events, saying in a statement that they ‘unanimously and unequivocally reject’ the proposals"
"In an extraordinary development, all 55 UEFA members have resolved not to participate in future World Cups or other FIFA-run events, saying in a statement that they ‘unanimously and unequivocally reject’ the proposals"
July 30, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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"In an extraordinary development, all 55 UEFA members have resolved not to participate in future World Cups or other FIFA-run events, saying in a statement that they ‘unanimously and unequivocally reject’ the proposals"
"In an extraordinary development, all 55 UEFA members have resolved not to participate in future World Cups or other FIFA-run events, saying in a statement that they ‘unanimously and unequivocally reject’ the proposals"
WHAT THE WORD WON'T SAY
Learn why the common word 'there' is being avoided by people with different political views and what it means for communication.
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https://newsletter.tf/why-people-avoid-word-there-in-politics/
Learn why the common word 'there' is being avoided by people with different political views and what it means for communication.
#Language, #Politics, #Communication, #WordAvoidance, #EnglishUsage
https://newsletter.tf/why-people-avoid-word-there-in-politics/
June 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
WHAT THE WORD WON'T SAY
Learn why the common word 'there' is being avoided by people with different political views and what it means for communication.
#Language, #Politics, #Communication, #WordAvoidance, #EnglishUsage
https://newsletter.tf/why-people-avoid-word-there-in-politics/
Learn why the common word 'there' is being avoided by people with different political views and what it means for communication.
#Language, #Politics, #Communication, #WordAvoidance, #EnglishUsage
https://newsletter.tf/why-people-avoid-word-there-in-politics/
'Tons dead' is an unusual choice of units.
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a woman says it 's a lot in front of a picture of her
ALT: a woman says it 's a lot in front of a picture of her
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March 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
'Tons dead' is an unusual choice of units.
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The collective noun suggester is suggesting that the collective noun for misheard words is: a quiver of errors.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The collective noun suggester is suggesting that the collective noun for misheard words is: a quiver of errors.
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#CollectiveNoun #englishusage
Was Evolution having an off-day when the knee was designed? Check out my latest post at www.grammarianinthecity.com?p=5262
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Was Evolution having an off-day when the knee was designed? Check out my latest post at www.grammarianinthecity.com?p=5262
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August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
August 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
There are multiple questions in Geoff Lindsay’s short multiple choice questionnaire on the changing use of *multiple* in English.
It only took me a couple of minutes.
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It only took me a couple of minutes.
www.englishspeechservices.com/multiple-sur...
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Multiple survey - english speech services
Multiple survey
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March 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
There are multiple questions in Geoff Lindsay’s short multiple choice questionnaire on the changing use of *multiple* in English.
It only took me a couple of minutes.
www.englishspeechservices.com/multiple-sur...
#linguistics #EnglishUsage
It only took me a couple of minutes.
www.englishspeechservices.com/multiple-sur...
#linguistics #EnglishUsage
January 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's a doggy-dog world.
Six of one half, a dozen of the other.
Also, that sentence is a bit off. Sted: " ... WHICH idioms or colloq. do LOTS OF PEOPLE get wrong?" (Can't say that "people" --implying all--"constantly" get smthg wrong.)
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#copyediting rocks!
Six of one half, a dozen of the other.
Also, that sentence is a bit off. Sted: " ... WHICH idioms or colloq. do LOTS OF PEOPLE get wrong?" (Can't say that "people" --implying all--"constantly" get smthg wrong.)
#EnglishUsage
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#literacy
#copyediting rocks!
December 30, 2024 at 11:19 PM
It's a doggy-dog world.
Six of one half, a dozen of the other.
Also, that sentence is a bit off. Sted: " ... WHICH idioms or colloq. do LOTS OF PEOPLE get wrong?" (Can't say that "people" --implying all--"constantly" get smthg wrong.)
#EnglishUsage
#language
#idioms
#literacy
#copyediting rocks!
Six of one half, a dozen of the other.
Also, that sentence is a bit off. Sted: " ... WHICH idioms or colloq. do LOTS OF PEOPLE get wrong?" (Can't say that "people" --implying all--"constantly" get smthg wrong.)
#EnglishUsage
#language
#idioms
#literacy
#copyediting rocks!
Ex-term-in-ate!
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Prior analytics
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Ex-term-in-ate!
In terms of keyly core components of Guardianese, the dialect of those who read and write for The Guardian, Britain’s premier papyrocentric purveyor of progressive performativity, there can be litt…
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November 22, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Ex-term-in-ate!
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Prior analytics
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#FetidPhrases #InTermsOf #PriorTo #EnglishUsage
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Prior analytics
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Cults: what's good and what's bad about them?
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Cults: what's good and what's bad about them
In some circles, it seems, the word "cult" denotes something that is automatically assumed to be bad, and some people who make this assumpt...
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October 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Cults: what's good and what's bad about them?
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