So-Called “Pronouns” in English

Pronouns include forms such as I, we, you, he, she, it, they, as well as their inflected forms such as me, him, her, them and reflexives, such as myself, yourself. It is traditional to think of pronouns as replacing phrases containing a noun (noun phrases). For example, consider sentence (1) I ate the red apple.…… Continue reading So-Called “Pronouns” in English

Law repeals longest German word

End of the line for the longest word in the German language, or at least of the law that gave rise to it. And no, it’s not Donaudampfschiffartsgesellschaftskapitänswitwenrente. The death of Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz | Transblawg