Grammar Faux Pas: CK-12 Middle School Math Grade 8: To Vs. Two
Rules Of Grammar: Commonly Misspelled Words
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: Ghost Words
QUESTION: What are ghost words?
ANSWER: According to Grammarly, ghost words are non-existent words that have no meanings. These words only exist because of printing errors committed in the process of manufacturing dictionaries.
According to Grammarly, an example of a ghost word is “dord”; a word that erroneously “appeared in the dictionary for eight years in the mid-20th century.”
Rules Of Grammar: Step vs. Steppe
Rules Of Grammar: How To Identify A Verbal Phrase
The test to identify whether a phrase is a verbal phrase is as follows: If you don’t need to change the tense of the verb from past to present or present to past in order to change the tense of the entire sentence from past to present or present to past, the phrase is a verbal phrase.
Example: Cooking after doing laundry is exhausting.
Cooking after doing laundry was exhausting.
[Note: You did not have to change the verb “cooking” to “cooked” in order to change the tense of the sentence.]
Rules Of Grammar: Commonly Misspelled Words
Rules Of Grammar: Pangram Sentence
I Love Steno Tuesday Trivia: How Often Are New Words Added To The Dictionary?
QUESTION: How Often Are New Words Added To The Dictionary?
ANSWER: According to Grammarly, a new word is added into the dictionary every two hours. The grammar source states that, “During the course of the year, almost 4,000 new words are added.”
WOW! How’s that for dictionary building? Who can keep up with that?