スティングのインスタグラム(theofficialsting) - 3月12日 06時34分

I’m reading Benjamin Dreyer’s “Dreyer’s English,” an informative and entertaining handbook on how to write clearer English. It’s pithy, witty and a near perfect example of the kind of writing it advocates.
My favourite passage so far, is the writer’s defence of the split infinitive, and the oft cited ‘To boldly go’ in the prologue to Star Trek. Dreyer’s defence of the old saw asks us to compare alternatives which manage to avoid the split infinitive but are nowhere near as rhetorically effective as Captain Kirk’s so called grammatical error.

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ninijura This kind of suggestions is what makes @theofficialsting a wholesome subject of fandom. To quietly sit with a cup of tea and a book in the early morning is my daily dose of delight and this book is one that's worth reading, especially considering that it's both educational and entertaining, on top of which it features, as advocated in the above post, a hilarious amount of self reference, an example of which might be the passage where the author points out that a reader should always be able to follow a sentence, no matter how long the sentence is, and the whole rave about it is written in a single sentence making up a whole paragraph.

kornelia1970 Indeed Mr.Sumner! In language learning the words learning easier,the grammar is harder.Different roots,culture,mentality. Depend to the sense of language and hearing too.Anyhow the human emotions similar everywhere.And the music is a great cohesive force.Excellent musician and teacher you are Sting.Infinite thanks and gratitude!!!

kara.wolff Now all you need, Mr. English Professor, is a cute pair of round glasses...wait, you’re all set! Your true calling awaits! Just think of all the swooning students eager to sit up front and stare. I, personally, prefer the back where I can write notes and crack jokes about the teacher!🤪😄💖💞💗💕🥰

ninijura @eveasia and now, to reinforce one of the first points the book sets out to clearly state: try without the "really". Also without any "very", "just", "rather", or "so" (but do not unjustly condemn the fair meaning of "just", merely the merely meaning).

ninijura @eveasia I know that you needed an adjective in order to split the infinitive. My point was aimed at "very" being a poor choice (I'm a huge fan of "superduper" though!). 😄

intelligence_is_a_lonely_place Psshhh...no one even corrected the mispelling of the word ‘defense’? This world is upside down, then, if i’m the one with only 23 subscribers, 😂

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