Any #grammar folk here?
Bearing in mind I am British English, -- and this is my frame of reference for my question -- what's with the following construct?
"How Does This Even Work?"
It's the word "even" here which I find superfluous and odd. Had it been me, I would have said:
"How Does This Work?"
"Even" is unnecessary, adds nothing, and seems superfluous.
Can anyone explain even why to me, how or why, even, etc, why or even how we even have this? ;)
In libreoffice, I replaced an auto correct entry to always replace a regular dash with the M Dash –. But now I’m being told that one should be used for very rare situations when it comes to dialogue. Any grammar experts know which one I should keep and which one I should get rid of? #Grammar
Still haven’t made summer plans? This week’s Bilingual piece rounds up the major festivals happening across Japan — and teaches you a handy grammar point to practice when you go. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/18/language/japanese-summer-festival-listing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn2
In which I have Opinions about parsing and grammars - by Simon Tatham
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July 17 is World Emoji Day! But is it only going to be Gen Xers and Millennials that celebrate it? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/11/language/emoji-japanese-gen-z-texts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #emoji #vocabulary #jlptn3 #jlptn1 #grammar
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I'd really like to meet Nelson Mandela the 800-year-old demi-god and dildo collector, he seems fun 😜😂
@writers @writingcommunity @writing @humour @indieauthors @authorindiespeak
#WritingMemes#Memes
#Punctuation#Grammar#Oxford#Comma
#Author#Authors#IndieAuthor#IndieBooks#AmWriting#Writerdons#Writers#Writer#Writing#WritingCommunity#Writinglife#WritersOfMastodon
#BoostingIsSharing
In which I have Opinions about parsing and grammars - by Simon Tatham
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/parsing/
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