Example of "nouny" language:

The prediction of the existence of antiparticles was made by Dirac in 1927 and its confirmation was an important reason for the construction of the Beavatron at Berkeley in 1954.

Mr. Follett's correction:

Dirac predicted in 1927 that antiparticles exist.  Once this statement was confirmed, the Bevatron was built in 1954.

-Taken from Oops, whose grammar book is this anyway?  p. 212.


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If you haven't noticed already, I love Malcolm Gladwell.  Not because I agree with everything he says, but because I love his hair.  And it almost seems as if he's the biggest pothead in the world yet he sounds so intellectual.

Haha, but really, I love Gladwell due to his story telling ability.  He has the ability to spin seemingly pedestrian stories into something magical.  Who knew that we can learn so much from spaghetti sauce?




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