Friday, February 18, 2011

Nice post on misused word cousins

Go here if you wonder about lay/lie, literally/figuratively, fewer/less, or such conundrums.

2 comments:

  1. If I recall correctly (it has been a little while), Steven Pinker also discussed these classes of words in his book THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT.

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  2. I've read sections of that book, Jamie, but not the one on word cousins (assuming it's there). It's an interesting book, but I don't ascribe to the view that language is innate.

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