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Jamie Raskin gives his House GOP colleagues a grammar lesson

John Fea   |  March 1, 2023

Earlier this year we shared historian Lawrence Glickman’s piece at Slate on why Republicans insist on calling their political opponents the “Democrat Party.” Read it here. I thought about this piece today after I watched Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin respond...

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Double Negative Junction

John Fea   |  July 19, 2018

Colbert strikes again: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfB5TFHyq8&w=560&h=315]...

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Why Do We Try Not to End Sentences with a Preposition?

John Fea   |  June 14, 2018

It all goes back to 17th-century English writer John Dryen. Here is a taste of Dan Nosowitz‘s piece atĀ Atlas Obscura: Dryden twice stated an opposition to preposition stranding. In an afterword for one of his own plays, he criticized Ben...

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