culture. education. literary studies.
In this post, Iโll give a few examples of an unusual feature where a particular Latin verb form (typically that of the 3rd person singular) has been adopted into English as a noun. Most of these nouns are very common and you might not even be aware of their origin!
Iโm happy to announce the release of the seventh title in my Grammaticus Free Library series: โThe Mesmeric Mountainโ is a curious tale of a man convinced heโs being followed by a mountain. It was written by Stephen Crane (1871-1900), a prolific American writer whose innovative style influenced generations of authors.
In this post weโre going to read a gorgeous poem by Madison Julius Cawein (1865โ1914). Entitled โA Night in Juneโ, itโs found in Kentucky Poems, an anthology of his works published in New York in 1903.
In this English vocabulary post you'll get to learn about "guilty pleasures." What's the meaning of this phrase? Are all guilty pleasures bad? What's one of my favourite guilty pleasures? Click to find out!
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