What I'm interested in is how people are reading and writing English. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes english interest people
Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that's ever been used in print. Erin McKean diegoalideally Change image and share on social
Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition. Erin McKean daydefinitiondictionary Change image and share on social
Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word like 'friend' is declared not a verb, the problem isn't that it's confusing; it's that the protester finds it deeply annoying. Erin McKean annoyclarityconfuse share on social
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting. Barbara Mertz appearancebeautifulbig share on social
They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York. Roddy McDowall boyenglishknow Change image and share on social
