Word Nerd Writing

Tag: English

  • Welcome to the Adventure

    Success– we all want it, but what does it take to succeed, and what does success even mean? I think that success is finishing an adventure after you start one. It means having a goal in mind and meeting it, like the check mark on a to-do list. So, success depends on who we want…

  • The Weirdness of the English language 1: Possessive Apostrophes

    The Weirdness of the English language 1: Possessive Apostrophes

    Let’s be honest: the English language doesn’t make a lot of sense most of the time. Every rule has exceptions and we have irregular verbs coming out of our ears. We could spend hours talking about pronunciation alone. In fact, Gerard Nolst Trenite wrote a rather long poem about the subject. My favorite class in…