Grammatical and Other Peregrinations
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Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Comprises or Comprised of
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This is not going down well on the left of the Democratic Party, which is clustered in cities and increasingly comprised of the well-educate...
Friday, 15 October 2021
The Missing Apostrophe
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All hail to thee, apostrophe. Prithee, Why dost thou stray from where thou dost belong Within a word considered rather long, Where once, it ...
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
The Endangered Adverb
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“Breathe easily,” I said to the sign erected by an institution that cared not for the adverb. But the battle was lost 48 years ago in the Pa...
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
That Ugly Word Again
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And the Vancouver School Board said in a statement that the new curriculum mandates “an inclusive model of education,” so “all students wi...
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Jagmeet
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The wonderful thing about Jagmeet Is Jagmeet’s a wonderful thing! His top is made out of rubber His bottom’s made out of a spring! He goes b...
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Knitting
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A fine cartoon appeared in the Globe and Mail a night or two after the English debate of the Canadian party leaders. Obviously, the viewer...
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Alt-Right and Crtl-Left
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The current culture war between the woke members of the crtl-left and the conspiratorial nihilists of the alt-right is to a large extent ...
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