It’s pretty annoying when someone writes “apart of” instead of “a part of”.

“Apart of” reads like “apart from”, which is almost the opposite of “a part of”.

July 17 is World Emoji Day! But is it only going to be Gen Xers and Millennials that celebrate it? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/11/language/emoji-japanese-gen-z-texts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #emoji #vocabulary #jlptn3 #jlptn1 #grammar

Samsung.
A $500 Billion company.

#TIL a new-to-me word:

VILIPEND.

Isn't it delightful?!

It means "to express scornfully one's low opinion of" someone or something.

Example sentence:

I experience a likely unhealthy amount of Schadenfreude anytime I read an article or hear a report vilipending the fascist regime of vile misogynist and racist Donald Trump and his sycophantic ilk.

And there's your #WordOfTheDay, y'all. Happy learning!

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I'd really like to meet Nelson Mandela the 800-year-old demi-god and dildo collector, he seems fun

@writers @writingcommunity @writing @humour @indieauthors @authorindiespeak

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Even pre-ChatGPT, we saw an ever-increasing improvement in grammar and spell-checking tools. Think Grammarly or even the LibreOffice built-in tools. Thus, I'm not sure whether we should decry AI for everyone simply trying to make their writing more readable. Perhaps we should focus more on the author's expertise, content, and background, rather than relying too heavily on stochastic methods, especially since many authors may not be native speakers.
#AI #grammar
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-massive-ai-fingerprints-millions-scientific.html

At this years #LFG conference, I will talk about #TAG and what it shows us for the old phrasal vs. lexical discussion:

https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009130

I think valence information has to be encoded lexically and lexical rules or empty heads or transformations should be used to derive resultative constructions or caused motion constructions. They can not be related to other constructions in inheritance networks.

Comments welcome!

I like to put U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE between numbers and units, such as:

2,345 mi
3.95 kg
25.7 °C

These diminutive slivers add just enough space between numbers and letters to make them easier to read, but still keep them together.

I also like to use the script ℓ for liters to keep it legible.

1.0 gal ≈ 3.79 ℓ

Spaces around en-dashes, or no?

We start a new month with a post, this time does have some code, and it's for my D&D campaign, maybe you want to learn about formal grammar and how name generation works. Enjoy the post!

https://jeferson.me/blog/2025/07/01/context-free-grammar/

The book "Grammar in Action" is out and I've received my physical one!!! #linguistics #grammar #emca

Why the month of May feels tough and how language can help

There’s an English proverb that goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” In Japan, however, the month of 5月 (gogatsu, May) also brings on something a little less positive: 五月病 (gogatsu-byo, May sickness). Another translati…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #depression #grammar #Japanese #Japanesenews #jlptn1 #Jlptn5 #mentalhealth #news #nihongo #vocabulary
https://www.alojapan.com/1308687/why-the-month-of-may-feels-tough-and-how-language-can-help/

https://www.alojapan.com/1308687/why-the-month-of-may-feels-tough-and-how-language-can-help/ Why the month of May feels tough and how language can help #depression #grammar #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JlptN1 #JlptN5 #MentalHealth #news #nihongo #vocabulary There’s an English proverb that goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” In Japan, however, the month of 5月 (gogatsu, May) also brings on something a little less positive: 五月病 (gogatsu-byo, May sickness). Another translation for 五月病 might be the “May blues,” as this…

Interesting Bits of Postgres Grammar

https://steve.dignam.xyz/2025/06/20/interesting-bits-of-postgres-grammar/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/18/death-of-capital-letters-why-gen-z-loves-lowercase

I feel as though I'm being trolled with this article.

Sorry,. I should have said: "I feel as though I'm being trolled with this article".

I know I'm getting older, but since when did #grammar have a "feeling", such as:

"Capital letters can feel stern or abrupt", as referenced from the Guardian article above.

Seriously?

Grammar isn't a feeling -- it's syntactically important and conveys the same rules and understanding for both the parties of a conversation.

I SuppoSE I JUsT DoN'T GeT iT.

I also see this trend a lot in tech writing -- but presumably as well, I can place a likely age on the author as well?

Hmm...

https://www.alojapan.com/1303242/master-this-double-negative-to-better-express-your-black-friday-urges/ Master this double negative to better express your Black Friday urges #grammar #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #nihongo #vocabulary Attention shoppers, it’s ブラックフライデー (burakku furaidē, Black Friday) today. And with サイバーマンデー (saibā mandē, Cyber Monday) and クリスマス (kurisumasu, Christmas) just around the corner, this weekend and the weekends that follow are bound to be busy for 買い物 (kaimono, shopping). During the shopping spree, y…

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