The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

POTUS? President of the United States.
POS? Parts of speech.

Yes, I know you learned the parts of speech in school, but we are going to review and then have a “challenge.”

We are all familiar with the “bleeping” out of curse words on television and radio. In writing, symbols are generally used to take the place of curse words…

Compound modifiers are two (or more) words put together to form an adjective:

That is a very well-traveled path.
The three-year-old boy was throwing his toys.
That two-foot-high wedding cake looked delicious.
She is a self-made woman.

With all the new words being added to the Oxford English Dictionary every three months, are there “old” words being removed? Or is the OED growing and growing to an unmanageable size?

Every year thousands of new words are added to various dictionaries. Here are some of this year’s words. (And “hella” was actually added years ago: it is now 15 years old!)