English usage and grammar

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A community to discuss and ask questions about English usage and grammar.

If your post refers to a specific English variant, please indicate it within square brackets (for instance [Canadian]).

Online resources:

Cambridge English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Gilman's Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. This is a great and witty reference about usage, its history, and its controveries

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The usual ones on Lemmy and Mastodon.. In short: be kind or at least respectful, no offensive language, no harassment, no spam.

(Icon: entry "English" in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1933. Banner: page from Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale".)

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I'm tired of linking to this great book on the atrocity of the English language (www.amazon.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've linked this several times. Here it is. Just get (and read) this book.

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And Other Oddities of the English Language

Here's a podcast interview with the author if you're illiterate:

Corpse, Corps, Horse and Worse

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You have never linked that book in this community, so not clear how you can be tired. If you're so tired, then just don't link it.

Neither the reproachful tone, nor the command to get and read a book are appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have linked to it on Lemmy several times, but maybe not in this community. I was trying not to sound like a spammer and failed. Your feedback is under review. I will be filing this under "how to do better."