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  1. I've generally been suspicious of free speech for a while, so I wrote an essay articulating why. We’ve all likely heard that the freedom to swing one’s fist ends at the tip of another’s nose. I can accept this without argument for this assertion. Your freedom TO violates my freedom FROM. These freedoms should cancel out.

    philosophics.blog/2026/05/05/f

    #philosophy #freespeech #freedom #violence #language #silence #commons #grammar #essay #video #rights #liberalism #blog #YouTube #spotify #podcast

  2. 7 Things Writers Should Know About Verbs

    Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Sarah L. Kaufman shares seven things that all writers should know about verbs.
    The post 7 Things Writers Should Know About Verbs appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/7-things-wri

    #Grammar #WriteBetterFiction #WriteBetterNonfiction #grammar #GrammarRules

  3. Lean vs. Lien (Grammar Rules)

    Learn when to use lean vs. lien in your writing with Grammar Rules from the Writer’s Digest editors, including a few examples.
    The post Lean vs. Lien (Grammar Rules) appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/lean-vs-lien

    #Grammar #WriteBetterFiction #WriteBetterNonfiction #grammar #GrammarRules

  4. New bike rules have rolled out across Japan, but confusion on the road is also creating an opening for scammers. This week's Bilingual looks at what's changed, what to look out for and how Japanese expresses "have to." japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/04/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn4 #jlptn3 #cycling

  5. New bike rules have rolled out across Japan, but confusion on the road is also creating an opening for scammers. This week's Bilingual looks at what's changed, what to look out for and how Japanese expresses "have to." japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/04/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn4 #jlptn3 #cycling

  6. New bike rules have rolled out across Japan, but confusion on the road is also creating an opening for scammers. This week's Bilingual looks at what's changed, what to look out for and how Japanese expresses "have to." japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/04/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn4 #jlptn3 #cycling

  7. New bike rules have rolled out across Japan, but confusion on the road is also creating an opening for scammers. This week's Bilingual looks at what's changed, what to look out for and how Japanese expresses "have to." japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/04/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn4 #jlptn3 #cycling

  8. Grammar dilemmas: ‘in the beginning’ or ‘at the beginning’?

    A mistake I often hear in conversation classes has to do with the choice of preposition before the nouns ‘beginning’ and ‘end’. Did something happen ‘in the beginning’ or ‘at the beginning’? And what happened ‘in the end’? Or is it ‘at the end’?

    Likely due to influence of Serbian / Croatian – most of my students’ mother tongue – I also often hear ‘on the beginning’ and ‘on the end’ (na početku, na kraju). 

    So, which one is it?

    To eliminate one for starters, ‘on’ the beginning / end is NOT an option, as it’s grammatically incorrect. It’s also a good lesson: never translate prepositions literally!

    The good news is that you can use both ‘in’ and ‘at’ with these nouns; the bad news is that they don’t mean exactly the same thing. Let’s check out the difference.

    IN THE BEGINNING

    This has a more general meaning, implying the beginning of a longer process, historical event or development. One usually has in mind a whole period of time, not any single moment. A great example of this is the opening verse of the Bible, which starts like this:

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1:1)

    Later verses describe these events in greater detail; all of which were “in the beginning.”

    You can also use it to introduce contrast:

    In the beginning, I didn’t like my neighbourhood, but now I’m very happy there. 

    In this sense, it means the same as AT FIRST

    AT THE BEGINNING

    This refers to a specific time or place; a single point that was the start of something:

    I introduced myself at the beginning of the meeting.

    There was a horrifying scene at the beginning of the film.

    IN THE END

    Similar to ‘in the beginning’, IN here refers to the end of a longer process, development, situation etc. The phrase means the same as EVENTUALLY, FINALLY:

    I was trying to learn Japanese; in the end, I gave up.

    The war was very long and difficult, but we won in the end.

    AT THE END

    Same as with ‘at the beginning’, this too refers to a specific location or a point in time:

    You’ll find my house at the end of the road.

    The film was so sad, everyone cried at the end.

    I hope this was not too difficult. You can practise this a bit by doing my short grammar quiz on this topic!

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    #English #EnglishGrammar #EnglishLanguage #EnglishLesson #EnglishVocabulary #grammar #grammarPractice #grammarQuiz
  9. How Different People Correct Grammar

    AIs: "Tada! Here's the corrected phrase!" <a phrase>

    AI skeptics: "I am not a walking dictionary. Please refer to a dictionary in a library and recall what the teacher taught you at school. Don't make excuses. Don't use AIs; they're not good.

    #ai #grammar #technology #humour #memes #internet #writing #language #education #tech #relatable #digital #jokes #culture #online

  10. Headline: Discourse Surrounding 'Man' and 'Men' Intensifies Amidst Unspecified Football Clashes

    People are asking about the difference between 'man' and 'men' in English, especially after Sky Sports ads for Man City vs Arsenal games.

    #Grammar #English #ManVsMen #SkySports #Football

    newsletter.tf/man-vs-men-gramm

  11. Online talk about 'man' and 'men' has increased, with many people confused about the basic grammar difference. This is happening more after Sky Sports showed ads for football games.

    #Grammar #English #ManVsMen #SkySports #Football
    newsletter.tf/man-vs-men-gramm

  12. Tools I Use for Gemini Capsule-ing

    • Text-to-GemText: AI chatbots, of course
    • Grammar corrector and formaliser: Goblin Tools
    • Ideas and brainstorms: me and my sophisticated AI chatbot, of course

    The kind of people who didn't contribute

    • AI sceptics and critics
    • Person who judges them all: AI slop

    #gemini #capsule #tools #ai #chatbot #writing #grammar #tech #creativity #productivity #digital #workflow #ideas #software #innovation #web #internet #content #design #simple

  13. #Poetry in honor of #Brazil 💙 & #Hungary 💙 who have both shown US the way. now we must follow their examples

    but the #WordlePoetry & #ReverseWordle in honor of the #grammar nazi 😅

    #Wordle1761 4/6 #StrongerTogether

    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛peoples of nations around the globe
    ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛are uniting to defeat fascism
    🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩the war already started
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩sorry, “has” already started😉

    #wordle #poem

  14. I read the opening chapter of Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day through the lens of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis and the notion of ontological grammar.

    philosophics.blog/2026/04/14/t

    In a manner of speaking, this chapter is about the construction of the self and personal identity through grammar

    #philosophy #literature #language #grammar #aesthetics #beauty #butler #ishiguro #reading #writing #critique #ontology #blog #podcast #wittgenstein #institutions #analysis

  15. Plus a 10-question quiz at the bottom that puts all four particles head to head. learn.japanology.nl/article/ba Which "only" do you reach for without thinking, and which one still trips you? We start with the easy stuff on learn.japanology.nl. 32,500+ words, nearly 2,000 kanji, real game dialogue, four particles for one English word. #Japanese #LearnJapanese #JLPT #Grammar #JapaneseGrammar #Japanology #ばかり #のみ #GameLocalization #日本語