When I read in my ”Grammatically Correct” I get more and more fascinated about the English language. Fascinated and actually somewhat comforted.
Like the use of hyphen “-“. There are some rules, sure, but combinations like “half brother” and “half-moon” the use of hyphens is not based on logic. The writer (Anne Stilman) even says “If you’re not certain, don’t try to reason it through: Check the dictionary”.
Then there are the differences between British English and American. They are far more than I ever thought of. Honor/honour, center/centre, analyze/analyse, burned/burnt, canceled/cancelled, aging/ageing, medieval/mediaeval, check/cheque. At least the writer gave me some comfort in the fact that most people have a mix and the important thing is to keep a sort of homogenous way of writing: Don’t mix spellings of the same word and try to stick to one type of spelling in each category, like –ze or –se.
I'll try to keep that in mind.
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Since we have become somewhat well acquainted, you have probably noticed that I am just not right in the head. Therefore, you should not find it too strange that I have been wondering about why some awe (awesome) is generally considered as being good while full-on awe (awful) is generally considered as being bad. Please deliver me out of my dilemma and explain how this can be as such.
I think your head is alright, my friend.
About the awe-use I find it interesting also. It might have to do with the orgin of the word or simply started a missuse of the word. I don't know.
If I find out during my English quest I'll let you know.
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