#sentences — Public Fediverse posts

Some language learning apps gamify word recognition, but it isn't enough.

That's why Lexolotl flashcard drills include Usage Examples — Apple Intelligence and Text to Speech let you see and hear the word you're learning, reinforcing the language.

Learn more: https://mathaesthetics.com/wp/see-the-word-at-work-usage-examples-in-lexolotl/

#languagelearning #macOS #iPhone #iPad #flashcard #langauge #app #learning #education #sentences #texttospeech #AppleIntelligence #swift #swiftui #spacedrepetition #langaugestudy #student #langaugepractice

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that famous books start with words. 📚👏 Let's all pause to marvel at this stunning insight and pretend we didn't just waste time reading a list that could be summarized with "Authors write #sentences." 🙄✨
https://www.verbaprima.com/ #famousbooks #literaryinsights #groundbreakingrevelation #authorswrite #HackerNews #ngated

New-to-me from Boing Boing: Verba Prima collects thousands of literary opening lines. “Verba Prima is a website dedicated to the opening lines of books. Its archive contains thousands of first sentences from notable literary works. It’s a simple way to explore how famous authors chose to begin their stories.”

Not just key to a healthy lifestye, but also the key to good #writing - Action or the #verb!

https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/21/verbs/

#writing #amwriting #editing #proofreading #syntax #sentences #grammar

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/12/palestine-action-activists-sentenced-terrorists-damage-elbit-systems-uk-israel. This is completely & absolutely unacceptable, but par-for-the-course in the #UK now, as our supine #courts & our equally supine #Labour #Government do the bidding of #Israel, & never mind its #genocide in #Gaza & wholesale #slaughter of the #Palestinians, or in #Lebanon & #Iran. These #prison #sentences, at a time of absurd prison #overcrowding, are all wholly disproportionate, & should NOT have been linked to #terrorism. These #defendants are NOT #terrorists.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/29/teenage-boys-rape-sentencing-youth-courts. A £26 #fine for #rape? That is absurd & insulting to all #women, @HarriettMB. It is totally & utterly unacceptable. The judge, or judges, in these cases need to be sacked, & the #sentences greatly increased.

🚨🚨 ALERT: Internet discovers that #LLMs generate #recycled sentences! Our brave blogger thought he'd stumbled upon linguistic gold, only to realize he was just mining #AI #clichés. 🔄🧠 Next up: the shocking revelation that the sky is blue. 🌤️
https://shvbsle.in/various-llm-smells/ #Sentences #Blogging #Humor #Linguistics #HackerNews #ngated

#DOJ news releases that detailed #guilty pleas, #jury #verdicts & #prison #sentences abruptly disappeared from “government” websites last week.

The “Justice” Dept defended the move, saying, "We are proud to reverse the DOJ's weaponization under the Biden administration. We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes. This includes stripping DOJ's website of partisan propaganda."

#BizarroWorld #Whitewashing #gaslighting #Trumpaganda #law #Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/23/anti-protest-sentences-rise-england-wales-political-prisoners; https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/criminalisation-of-climate-protesters-in-uk-is-counterproductive-research-finds. "The #research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) & the #protest group Defend Our Juries says that #custodial #sentences for acts of #directaction or #civil #disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing #length & #frequency."

#Singaporean man who fled to Thailand while on #bail for alleged vice-related offences to be charged
⚠️"“ #Vice #syndicates hv leveraged #tech to facilitate their operations & extended their reach across national borders,” said Senior Assistant #Commissioner Yeo Yee Chuan, covering director of #CID.. adding tt the #Singapore #police will take tough #enforcement actions against such syndicates"✅️
👆 The #courts need to step up & mete out tougher #deterrent #sentences too!🧐
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-man-who-fled-to-thailand-while-on-bail-for-vice-related-offences-to-be-charged

19th-century semi-colons have a lot to answer for?! worksinprogress.co/issue/the-lo... #writing #punctuation #sentences #English #novels #fiction #Literature

People reveal the one sentence someone said that's stuck with them for life for the better

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/single-sentences-that-changed-lives

"i had a writing teacher show us how he uses #chatgpt to get #feedback on his #writing…… like pls sir…… the #robot isn’t reading your stuff it’s simply #generating the most #plausible #sentences a #critique would sound like…… i repeat the robot is not #reading nor #relating to your writing in any way no matter how much your #ego gets stroked by #autogenerated #praise and tips this is the #author’s equivalent of reading a #horoscope"

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/792891370064986112

I'm slightly surprised the offender didn't get a whole life order in this case (3 #murders using an illegally obtained #firearm) even though he was young, but he will remain in #prison for longer than I am likely to be alive!

I still think there's an anomaly with #sentencing for #murder in #England / #Wales - those who target people known to them seem to get get shorter #sentences than those who attack strangers

#Crime #Luton

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-19/triple-killer-who-planned-school-shooting-jailed-for-49-years

@kopper did we... have the same idea?

so the other day i was talking with a friend about how we could #Fix the #Hashtags in the #Middle #Of #Sentences problem if we just removed all of the #'s at the body of the post and moved them all to the very bottom

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace - Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the in... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/technology/trump-ross-ulbricht-silk-road.html #amnestiescommutationsandpardons #drugabuseandtraffic #sentences(criminal) #ulbrichtrosswilliam #bitcoin(currency) #silkroad(website) #virtualcurrency #blackmarkets #trumpdonaldj

#Development #Debates
The beautiful sentence that is the web · HTML is the noun, CSS the adjective, and JS the verb https://ilo.im/161m9i

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#Concepts #Metaphors #Sentences #Words #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS #JavaScript

@deilann @puppygirlhornypost2 @Andy

Next stop: Explaining to mastodevs that people don't put their #hashtags into normal #sentences. :blobcatgiggle:

Swiss court jails #1MDB #fraudsters over US$1.8 billion theft from #Malaysian fund
" #multiyear #prison #sentences were justified, the court said in a stmt, given “the very high amounts involved, the intensity of e criminal activity,” & the defendants’ “selfish motive”.. the decision is a win for #Swiss #prosecutors, who secured a criminal #conviction against Credit Suisse in 2022 & want to demonstrate that #Switzerland is not a #softtouch on #whitecollar #crime"
#justice
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3276797/swiss-court-jails-1mdb-fraudsters-over-us18-billion-theft-malaysia-state-fund