Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2026

AMERICAN RETIRED ACTRESS

FOUND ONLINE: Katharine Juliet Ross is an American retired actress.

I've talked about this before. I'd change it this way:

Katharine Juliet Ross is a retired American actress.

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Friday, March 6, 2026

WORD MAN: PREDICATE and MORE

WORD MAN: I remember my high-school English teacher (Miss Landis) talking about the PREDICATE of a sentence (the part containing a verb), but I often hear people using predicate in a different way.

So I looked it up.

NOUN: the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home); or something which (that) is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.

VERB: state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition; or declare or affirm (something) as true or existing; postulate or assert; or found or base something on.

The last meaning (found or base something on) is the way I wasn't as familiar with. But I think they're pronouncing it wrong.

I just found JOCOSELY, and it makes me think of jocularity. Jocosely is a formal way to say "jokingly." Use this adverb any time you want to describe an action that's done in a facetious or satirical way. I was right.

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(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)