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Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:21:17 +0000

[...] we said last time, many of the The Rules that we (supposedly) live by, grammatically speaking, were arbitrarily [...]

By: Sarah @ pussreboots

Sarah @ pussreboots — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:17 +0000

My son is almost six and has just started reading. Now that he is, he’s more interested in the whys behind the strange language rules he is learning. We do our best to explain them to him. Who knew those linguistic courses in college that I took for fun would come in handy this way?

By: --Deb

--Deb — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:33:37 +0000

I rarely ever have the time to listen to podcasts, but as to the rules and breaking them? I’m all for it as long as you know what you’re doing … which is the tricky part! (There’s actually more on that in the post I’m writing now…)

–Deb’s last blog post..Linguist vs. Grammarian–Making Language GO

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:46:05 +0000

There's a podcast I listen to every once in awhile called "A Way with Words." You can find it on iTunes. They talk a lot about etymology but in a really fun, entertaining way. As if etymology isn't fun and entertaining in its own right... sheesh. I like learning the rules and then taking creative liberty to break them when it makes sense to do so. What are your thoughts on that? Melissa Donovan's last blog post..How to Face the Blank Page When Your Muse is on Vacation