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Prepositions

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 23, 2026June 18, 2026

Swedish uses the prepositions on and at far more than any others, meaning that they…

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Contronyms

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 6, 2026March 1, 2026

and some more buckle: to fasten (a belt), or to collapse under pressure. clip: to…

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Exclamation and question commas

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 28, 2025December 27, 2025

The exclamation comma and the question comma were designed and patented by Leonard Storch, Haagen…

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Depluralise a film

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 11, 2025December 7, 2025

My favourites: Lion and Prejudice Crow on the Orient Express Jurassic Backyard The Brady Banana…

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Maybe I should care less about this phrase…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 28, 2025September 17, 2025

Why do people say I could care less when they mean they don’t care at…

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These are my pet peeves too

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 12, 2025June 11, 2025

…with the addition of could/should/would OF instead of could/should/would HAVE. Interestingly, these are not mistakes…

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The Daily Fail is at it again…can you spot them?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 23, 2024August 18, 2024

The scariest thing is that all of these appeared within a couple of days. I…

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Smile

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 15, 2024June 4, 2024
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The order of adjectives in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 10, 2024June 4, 2024

In my own experience teaching non-native English speakers, I have never had a student misplace…

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Grammar magnificence

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 1, 2024April 27, 2024

• An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the…

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