CONNOTE/DENOTE
Explain the differences in meaning of the words "connote" and "denote".
What is the noun form of each word?
Use "connote" and "denote" in sentences that clearly show their meanings.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "anecdotal".
What part of speech is "anecdotal"?
Define "anecdotal" and use it in a sentence.
CORRECTIONS & EXPLANATIONS
Corrections and explanations for this week's entries will be posted Sunday.
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Let it be known that you advocate and support the use of correct English.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
POSSESSIVES
HIS AND HER’S/HIS AND HERS
Which is not correct: "his and her's" or "his and hers"?
Explain your choice. Be specific.
Create a sentence using the correct version.
BOY'S BALL/BOYS' BALL
Explain the difference between the terms "boy's ball" and "boys' ball".
Create a sentence to illustrate each term.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "untenable".
What part of speech is "untenable"?
Define "untenable" and use it in a sentence.
Which is not correct: "his and her's" or "his and hers"?
Explain your choice. Be specific.
Create a sentence using the correct version.
BOY'S BALL/BOYS' BALL
Explain the difference between the terms "boy's ball" and "boys' ball".
Create a sentence to illustrate each term.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "untenable".
What part of speech is "untenable"?
Define "untenable" and use it in a sentence.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
MID-WEEK OFFERINGS
EMULATE/IMITATE
Explain the difference in meaning of the words "emulate" and "imitate".
What part of speech is each word?
Create sentences for "emulate" and "imitate" that show the meaning of each word.
A GOOD THOUGHT
Identify the speaker of the following truism.
“Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.”
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "duplicitous".
What part of speech is "duplicitous"?
Define "duplicitous" and use it in a sentence.
TREATS
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Let it be known that you advocate and support the use of correct English.
Explain the difference in meaning of the words "emulate" and "imitate".
What part of speech is each word?
Create sentences for "emulate" and "imitate" that show the meaning of each word.
A GOOD THOUGHT
Identify the speaker of the following truism.
“Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.”
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "duplicitous".
What part of speech is "duplicitous"?
Define "duplicitous" and use it in a sentence.
TREATS
Check the websites of "MY FRIENDS".
You will be pleasantly surprised.
Join my "ENGLISH PURISTS CLUB".
Let it be known that you advocate and support the use of correct English.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
MULTI-SYLLABIC WORDS
EMINENT/IMMINENT/IMMANENT
Explain the differences in meanings of the words "eminent", "imminent" and "immanent".
What is the root, or derivation,of each word?
Use each word in a sentence that clearly displays its meaning.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "repugnant".
What part of speech is "repugnant"?
Define "repugnant" and use it in a sentence.
Explain the differences in meanings of the words "eminent", "imminent" and "immanent".
What is the root, or derivation,of each word?
Use each word in a sentence that clearly displays its meaning.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "repugnant".
What part of speech is "repugnant"?
Define "repugnant" and use it in a sentence.
Monday, June 15, 2009
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING
INTERMURAL/INTRAMURAL/EXTRAMURAL
The three terms "intermural", "intramural" and "extramural" are often seen on sports pages. What does each specifically mean? Which word is the least used or confused?
Create a sentence for each word that clearly shows its meaning.
TODAY'S WORD
Today's word is "emeritus".
Define "emeritus" and use it in a sentence.
What part of speech is "emeritus"?
The three terms "intermural", "intramural" and "extramural" are often seen on sports pages. What does each specifically mean? Which word is the least used or confused?
Create a sentence for each word that clearly shows its meaning.
TODAY'S WORD
Today's word is "emeritus".
Define "emeritus" and use it in a sentence.
What part of speech is "emeritus"?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
CORRECTIONS & EXPLANATIONS - June 14, 2009
Here are the corrections for last week’s entries.
Monday
Find and correct the errors in the following examples.
“Later in the same game, Johann Franzen's flip shot from behind the goal line banked into the net off of Fleury's pad.”
“Off” and “of” are prepositions. It is grammatically incorrect to use them together.
“Later in the same game, Johann Franzen's flip shot from behind the goal line banked into the net off Fleury's pad.”
“In games like this, all the pressure falls on one guy.
The fellow between the pipes.”
(Note the two paragraphs in the example.)
There must be only one paragraph because of the direct connection between the ideas.
The second group of words is an incomplete thought because there is no verb. It should be combined with the first.
“In games like this, all the pressure falls on one guy, the fellow between the pipes.”
Tuesday
A.D./B.C.
“A.D.” means “anno domini” and is Latin for “in the year of the Lord”, meaning the birth of Jesus Christ from which our calendar is derived.
“B.C.” is an English phrase meaning “before Christ” or before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Most scholars suggest Christ was born in 6 B.C. which, technically, throws the calendar completely out of whack.
A.M./P.M.
“A.M.” is a Latin phrase meaning “ante meridiem” or “before noon”.
“P.M.” is a Latin phrase meaning “post meridiem” or “after noon”.
“Ante” means “before”. “Post” means “after”. Note the spelling of “meridiem”, meaning “mid-day”.
Wednesday
CANON/CANNON
Canon” refers to a list of approved works or a musical form such as Pachelbel”s Canon.
A “cannon” is a large piece of artillery such as a large gun.
Thursday
MORE INITIALS
e.g./i.e.
The term “e.g.” is taken from the Latin phrase meaning “exempli gratia” and means “for example”.
The term “i.e.” is taken from the Latin phrase “id est” and means “that is”.
The two terms are not interchangeable.
Friday
Define and fix the error in the following piece.
“How the Tigers might effect that decision remains to be seen.”
“Effect” is a noun as in, “The effect of brutal cold is often frostbite”.
“Affect” is a verb as in, “They will affect us greatly is they abandon us”.
There are variations when each word can be used differently, but the context of this sentence demands the use of “affect”.
“How the Tigers might affect that decision remains to be seen.”
THINK!
Who created the following line?
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”
Beverly Sills, an American opera singer said this.
LAST WEEK’S WORDS
“Largess” (n.) means a generous bestowal of gifts, openhandedness or philanthropy.
“Ulterior” (adj.) means lying beneath what is revealed, deliberately concealed or clandestine.
“Abject” (adj.) means hopelessness, utter resignation, dismal or gloomy.
“Pillory” (v.) means to expose to public scorn or ridicule.
“Pillory” (n.) is a framework with holes cut in it to secure the head and hands and which is used to expose an offender to public derision.
“Calumniate” (v.) means to charge falsely, to defame, to smear or to denigrate someone.
Monday
Find and correct the errors in the following examples.
“Later in the same game, Johann Franzen's flip shot from behind the goal line banked into the net off of Fleury's pad.”
“Off” and “of” are prepositions. It is grammatically incorrect to use them together.
“Later in the same game, Johann Franzen's flip shot from behind the goal line banked into the net off Fleury's pad.”
“In games like this, all the pressure falls on one guy.
The fellow between the pipes.”
(Note the two paragraphs in the example.)
There must be only one paragraph because of the direct connection between the ideas.
The second group of words is an incomplete thought because there is no verb. It should be combined with the first.
“In games like this, all the pressure falls on one guy, the fellow between the pipes.”
Tuesday
A.D./B.C.
“A.D.” means “anno domini” and is Latin for “in the year of the Lord”, meaning the birth of Jesus Christ from which our calendar is derived.
“B.C.” is an English phrase meaning “before Christ” or before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Most scholars suggest Christ was born in 6 B.C. which, technically, throws the calendar completely out of whack.
A.M./P.M.
“A.M.” is a Latin phrase meaning “ante meridiem” or “before noon”.
“P.M.” is a Latin phrase meaning “post meridiem” or “after noon”.
“Ante” means “before”. “Post” means “after”. Note the spelling of “meridiem”, meaning “mid-day”.
Wednesday
CANON/CANNON
Canon” refers to a list of approved works or a musical form such as Pachelbel”s Canon.
A “cannon” is a large piece of artillery such as a large gun.
Thursday
MORE INITIALS
e.g./i.e.
The term “e.g.” is taken from the Latin phrase meaning “exempli gratia” and means “for example”.
The term “i.e.” is taken from the Latin phrase “id est” and means “that is”.
The two terms are not interchangeable.
Friday
Define and fix the error in the following piece.
“How the Tigers might effect that decision remains to be seen.”
“Effect” is a noun as in, “The effect of brutal cold is often frostbite”.
“Affect” is a verb as in, “They will affect us greatly is they abandon us”.
There are variations when each word can be used differently, but the context of this sentence demands the use of “affect”.
“How the Tigers might affect that decision remains to be seen.”
THINK!
Who created the following line?
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”
Beverly Sills, an American opera singer said this.
LAST WEEK’S WORDS
“Largess” (n.) means a generous bestowal of gifts, openhandedness or philanthropy.
“Ulterior” (adj.) means lying beneath what is revealed, deliberately concealed or clandestine.
“Abject” (adj.) means hopelessness, utter resignation, dismal or gloomy.
“Pillory” (v.) means to expose to public scorn or ridicule.
“Pillory” (n.) is a framework with holes cut in it to secure the head and hands and which is used to expose an offender to public derision.
“Calumniate” (v.) means to charge falsely, to defame, to smear or to denigrate someone.
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