blossomsinthemist:

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memento-mari-1402:

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windycityteacher:

burntcopper:

things english speakers know, but don’t know we know.

WOAH WHAT?

That is profound. I noticed this by accident when asked about adjectives by a Japanese student. She translated something from Japanese like “Brown big cat” and I corrected her. When she asked me why, I bluescreened.

We non-native speakers actually took tests on this on high school.

Whoa….

This is from a really interesting book about the techniques of rhetoric in English called The Elements of Eloquence, by Mark Forsyth!  In case you want to learn more Wild Things About English That Will Blow Your Mind.