Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:40:57 EDT
This is what happens when you employ cracker jacks in government:
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:41:13 EDT
Dunning-Kruger Syndrome
The Great and Terrible Captain Cucamunga hereby declares that the Dunning-Kruger Effect be renamed the Dunning-Kruger Syndrome because it’s not an effect. It’s a syndrome.
Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:11:34 EDT
Supine
The adjective supine means to be prone with face upward. A person, animal, or object can be supine. Upturned palms (of your hands) are supine. Figuratively, to be supine is to be lethargic, passive, or indifferent.
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:09:20 EDT
“I am smarter than him.”
The form of the second pronoun in a comparison is determined by the role the pronoun plays with the elided verb in the subordinate clause.
Subject: I am smarter than he (is). If this feels clumsy or formal, don’t elide the verb.
Object: He hates her more than (he hates) me.