Category Archives: grammar

Verbalizing Nouns

Posted on October 29, 2012 by forstegrupp

I love this linguistic stuff. The facility and fluidity of English grammar allows the adoption and shifting of all kinds of words. Some purists hate the idea of a verb being used as a noun or a noun being used … Continue reading →

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Haskell and the mandalas of nature

Posted on October 29, 2012 by forstegrupp

I discovered David Haskell in this New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/science/david-haskell-finds-biology-zen-in-a-patch-of-nature.html?smid=pl-share Here he describes visiting the same place “mandala” for observation and renewal. He has a word press blog “Ramble” which I follow.

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Grammar and the dash

Posted on October 29, 2012 by forstegrupp

I liked this article about the history of the dash as a grammatical sign. Ben Yagoda discusses the versatility of the dash and shows how various writers (Dickinson, Twain, and Fitzgerald) have used it to great affect. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/mad-dash/?smid=pl-share

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