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Posts Tagged ‘grammar’

Time, space, and prepositions

By • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

Came across an interesting post over at Language Log about the prepositions in/on/at. The basic principles are simple: in relates to a 3-dimensional container on relates to a 2-dimensional surface at relates to a 1-dimensional location Time and space as portrayed by Flickr user: Charles Van L. The experiential key here is that a day [...]



Quickie: Companies are “it,” not “they”

By • Oct 31st, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Quick note over at DailyWritingTips about how to refer to business entities, etc., in writing. The comments got fairly spirited as well–I’m impressed!