My suggestion to English speakers, the world over: Stop using “in” as a prefix to mean “non-” and “not”. Stop using “im” as a prefix to mean “non-” and “not”. Stop using “un” as a prefix to mean “non-” and “not”…. Read more…
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Watch Your Smart Mouth, Punk
The class of indirect objects assigned to the word “grow” by modern English speakers is overly broad. You can not grow an economy. You can only limit spending. You can not grow forces. You can only train them and hope… Read more…
Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Updated Prescriptive Definition: Arrest: (vb.) To put another at ease. To stop another’s laborious behavior. To let another rest. Updated Descriptive Definition: Arrest: (vb.) To torture, countermand, and kill posthaste, unjustly.