CHANGE IS COMING

EXCITING EVENT

MICHAEL'S ENGLISH USAGE

NEW DESIGN & NEW SERVER

 

  We are still working on the new chapter for Michael's English Usage. We are transferring to a new server and will present a completely redesigned and expanded format.

Michael's English Usage has recently celebrated the completion of three years of posts and this entry is number 894. We will have created 900 posts within the next two weeks and are very proud of that accomplishment.

The new format will provide direct Twitter and Facebook contact and use, and I encourage you to make use of these new tools and to make suggestions for topics to be discussed.

An exciting new feature will be the ability to advertise on Michael's English Usage, and I hope people and companies will take advantage of this opportunity.

A great new feature will be an internal search engine which will allow specific access to past post content. As a result, the speed of finding previous topics will be fantastically streamlined. 

As always, readers will have the opportunity to subscribe to Michael's English Usage and I hope many will take advantage of this.

The newly formatted Michael's English Usage will be up and running over the weekend. Please enjoy the new format. Visit us often. The address will be the same. The content will have the same mandate. And remember: proper English usage is not a dead concept.

Thank you for your support. I hope you continue to visit.

Michael Lyons

INCISIVE/DECISIVE

Explain the difference in meaning between the words "incisive" and "decisive".

Create sentences that depict the correct meaning of each word.

 

PET PEEVE

Chances are good that you can guess what the pet peeve is. 
The question is, "What makes it so peevish, and incidentally, so wrong?"

"At the time Bain went missing, Bernardo had committed a series of sexual assaults in her area."
Dalson Chen, City law firm files $13M lawsuit in wrongful conviction", Friday, April 23, 2010.


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "ephemeral"
Define "ephemeral" and use it in a sentence.
What part of speech is "ephemeral"?


CORRECTIONS & EXPLANATIONS


Corrections and explanations for this week's entries will be posted Sunday.