Posts tagged words
Read This, Write That
Books you should read. Grammar you should know.
divagate
verb • /dīˈvə-gātˌ, dĭvˈə-/ • to wander about; stray; ramble; digress.
Write This: Click vs. Clique
This is a quick one. Ready?
“Click” is a sound.
“Clique” is a group.
Write that down.
perichareia
noun • excessive and violent rejoicing.
Gerrymander:
v. deliberately modifying electoral districts or constituency boundaries for electoral purposes, thereby producing a contorted or unusual shape.The resulting district is known as a gerrymander due to its resemblance to a salamander.
This term was coined by the Boston Gazette in 1812 to describe the practices of Governor Elbrige Gerry
Plosive
adj. Of, relating to, or being a speech sound produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release accompanied by a burst of air, as in the sound (p) in pit or (d) in dog.n. A plosive speech sound.
loath, loathe, lathe - She is loath to stay with him. He loathes her. She used the lathe to cut up his corpse.
capernoited
adjective • slightly intoxicated or tipsy.
Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little….
apodyopsis
noun • the act of mentally undressing someone.
Write This: Passed vs. Past
Passed and Past can be awfully tricky, particularly because, unlike most other commonly confused words, they are forms of the same root. So, how do we tell them apart? Excellent question.
Step 1. Define both forms of “pass”
Passed:
- (v.) moved through, ahead, by or past. To be communicated. To cease to exist. Happened. Weathered or achieved. Surpassed or went beyond. Went by without noticing or stopping. Transferred or handed off.
Past:
- (adj.) bygone, no longer current, just elapsed, having served in a official capacity
- (n.) the time before the present, a history or previous background
- (adv.) on or onwards, by, ago, along
Step 2. Show both versions in action
Examples: Her past was in the past, she thought as the train passed through the station. It was a quarter past four. A man who had just missed a different train hustled past. The stranger resembled a past president, though she couldn’t place which one. The man turned to ask her the time. She glanced at her watch, then passed him the information.
Step 3. Profit
