tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post1794895555065893146..comments2024-03-12T01:33:30.737-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Grammar Niggle of the WeekJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-12478097341032358612014-07-03T17:01:42.397-07:002014-07-03T17:01:42.397-07:00And apparently being a university professor doesn&...And apparently being a university professor doesn't make me immune to typos.<br /><br />Oossess?<br /><br />Sorry about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-91295498920740257572014-07-03T17:00:32.363-07:002014-07-03T17:00:32.363-07:00Sigh.
Curious people possess curiosity.
Monstrou...Sigh.<br /><br />Curious people possess curiosity.<br /><br />Monstrous people possess monstrousness. A monstrosity is something different.<br /><br />Generous people oossess generosity.<br /><br />Mysterious people possess mystery. Mysteriousness is something different.<br /><br />Furious people possess fury.<br /><br />Wondrous events possess wonder.<br /><br />Word evolution has many factors, and one of them is whether the adjective form came first or the noun form.<br /><br />I know you were doing this as a lark, but I teach university English, and in this day and age I STILL have students who honestly want to know why they have to start the word "psychology" with a P instead of with an S -- and complain long and loud about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-84378412717120230412010-03-25T13:34:19.850-07:002010-03-25T13:34:19.850-07:00Sorry for posting O/T, John, but I couldn't fi...Sorry for posting O/T, John, but I couldn't find your Dr. Who bit of fiction from several months ago, where this belongs: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/ff_masterthief_blanchard/all/1<br /><br />As I read it, I kept flashing back to your multiple-part story...Bruce Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722881106470782817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-61047384940725642322010-03-12T13:40:59.490-08:002010-03-12T13:40:59.490-08:00But furiosity *is* a word. Even if Firefox has tha...But furiosity *is* a word. Even if Firefox has that squiggly line under it, it's a word, dammit.Bill Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811238618910477219noreply@blogger.com