Hello, everyone! Happy Malaysia Day to all of you who are from Malaysia! On another and related note, those of you who know me probably know that I am a big fan of Lee Kuan Yew.  Well, that’s a bit of a small understatement. I mean, it would have to […]

Friends, English is not the point.  Yes, that’s right, you just read that, you heard it sub-vocalized in your head, and now it is there repeatedly being affirmed to you: I am telling you that language is not the point.  People often think it’s the point; they think that somehow […]

Hello everyone, how’s everything going? Today’s piece is a little different, because I’m asking you to actually just pause and wake up for a bit.  Ready?  Please learn how to write.  I am saying this right now not because you don’t know how to put words down on paper. In […]

Hello everyone! Those of you out there on premium memberships, here’s a small update just for you! Your descriptive and narrative composition banks have been updated to October-November 2024. Enjoy, and I hope that you’ll enjoy the examples. If you don’t already have a premium membership, you can go right […]

We all know the person—and maybe you are him, her, or any permutation of individuals—who is guilty of this unfortunate yet understandable sin: Jargon.  Here is an example of that sin. “After the mellifluous exultance of the 24-hour cycle, their soporific condition led them to a state of imperturbable somnolence.” […]