Synonyms. 10 Grammar Rules You Can And Should Ignore. National Punctuation Day. 20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback. Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected. DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language. New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. Living languages refuse to be static. The following words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but it’s easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation. Words are from Erin McKean’s two-volume series: Weird and Wonderful Words and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. 1.
Verb trans. – “To confuse, jumble” – First of all this word is just fun to say in its various forms. 2. 3. Verb trans. – “To scrape together; to gather together from various sources” – I’m sure this wasn’t the original meaning of the word, but when I read the definition I immediately thought of copy-pasting. 4. 5. 6. 7. How to Check Consistency of Spelling and Hyphenation for Free | Intelligent Editing. Since spelling and grammar checkers don't test consistency, documents can seem to be error-free and yet still contain lots of mistakes. Consistency mistakes are notoriously difficult for authors to spot, but they jump out at readers and cast doubt on the author's ability. What is a Consistency Mistake? Consistency mistakes come in many forms. This article looks at only spelling and hyphenation consistency. For example: The word 'colour' shouldn't usually appear in the same document as 'color' 'organization' shouldn't be with 'organisation' 'e-mail' shouldn't be with 'email' 'door-to-door' shouldn't be with 'door to door' the prefix 'anti' shouldn't appear with a hyphen in one place but without a hyphen in another numbers and fractions shouldn't be spelled with hyphens in one place but without them in others.
There are exceptions. A Shockingly Frequent Mistake Most people think they write consistently. The results show that for documents between: Easy to correct… and free!