Words can be frustrating. Some are funny. A few are even whimsical. Here is a bit of my favorite whimsy: In general, English depends on word-order for meaning…and in general, most words will fill only a limited number of positions. If you take the following everyday-type sentence—“The carnivorous rats surrounded the blood-red barn”—and shift the [...]
Published on December 26, 2012 09:30