What’s the plural of “virus”? Virii? Viruses? Vira? (more…)
CATEGORY / grammar
09Mar
2020
The Etymology of Virus
27Sep
2018
I Have So Many Words. I Have The Best Words.
You know that feeling when you spend a day compiling a response to a consulting RFP, only to notice at the end that it’s just for “Philippine nationals”? No? Well I do. (more…)
12Jan
2018
The Lesser, the Fewer
In my ongoing series on grammar nazism, today’s post is about when to use “fewer” and when to use “more.” As I write this, I’m listening to a podcast about cryptocurrencies. The host just announced that there are now “less coins available for purchase,” and my spleen –which is weirdly connected to the grammar portion of my forebrain– immediately sprung a painful leak. (more…)
24Dec
2017
The Elliptical Sentence
As some of you know, I am a proud grammar stickler: a grammar Nazi, to some, without the whole world domination and ethnic genocide thing. I’ve therefore decided to revive my hastily aborted grammar series on this. (more…)
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