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Showing posts with label pronouns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pronouns. Show all posts
Monday, May 20, 2013

More Fun with Anaphora

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This humorous image reminded me of the recent post,  6 Cartons of Anaphora . In this instance, the pronoun it is meant to refer to t...
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Pronouns Playing with Plurals

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I couldn't resist throwing a bit of alliteration into the title for the added wordplay effect. Thank you, Steve, for bringing thi...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Vowel Be Darned

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I stopped at the bank today and noticed round stickers all over the branch that asked the following question: Of course there is some...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Language Peeves - "These" vs "These ones"

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From a reader - Something I hear around here from two different people, both college grads, is the use of "these ones" rather than...
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