Tag: evolving language
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Grammar again
I can’t seem to get off this subject — probably because any time I, or someone else, speaks or writes, grammar is the scaffolding in the background that enables us to form comprehensible thoughts. Someone else said this (and unfortunately I have lost the reference) about language being an ever-changing communication device. It reflects on…
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less or fewer
“More” is easy. You can have more sisters and more sand, more items and more money; more cookies and more cake. But just try to have less . . . er, fewer! Let’s see: fewer cookies or less cookies? Fewer sand or less sand? Does your ear tell you which is correct? I try not…
Constance L. Lieber 