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# Grammarphobia

> Grammar, etymology, usage, and more, brought to you by               Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://grammarphobia.com/blog)
- [The lights of our lives](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/01/light.html): How did the word “light” come to mean something that shines as well as something that's not very heavy?
- [Trying times](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/09/trying-times.html): “Not trying to” means lacking the intention or desire to do something, while “trying not to” means actively making an effort to avoid doing something.
- [Miss Pym Discomposes](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/09/hibernian.html): The words "Irish" and “Hibernian” have had the colloquial sense of illogical or paradoxical for several centuries.
- [Getting the hang of hung](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/01/getting-the-hang-of-hung.html)
- [Suspended animation](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/03/suspended-animation.html)
- [Prelude and feud](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/08/prelude-and-feud.html): The verb "prelude" can now mean to introduce or precede, but it once had the more ominous sense of “foreshadow," as did the Latin source of the verb.
- [How ‘works’ works](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/08/wworks.html): The noun “work” has been used in singular and plural forms to mean a factory since the 16th century, but the plural "works" is more common now.
- [The iffiness of the subjunctive](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/07/subjunctive-5.html): The English subjunctive has been gradually disappearing since Anglo-Saxon days, with ups and downs along the way, but it hasn’t disappeared yet.
- [The acronym, initially speaking](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/06/acronym.html): Language authorities are divided today on whether an “acronym” is an abbreviation pronounced as one word or as individual letters.
- [Performative gratitude](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/06/performative-gratitude.html): “Performative gratitude” first appeared about a dozen years ago on social media as a term for a formulaic or stock expression of thanks.
- [On ‘seeing’  and ‘hearing’](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/06/see-hear.html): The verbs “see” and “hear” can express many states or actions. One can "see" a rainbow (perceive it with the eyes) or "see" Hamlet (be a spectator at the play).
- [The sense of ‘ill-being’](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2026/06/ill-being.html): The term "ill-being" is relatively rare, but you can find it in several standard dictionaries, where it's defined as lack of prosperity, happiness, or health.
- [The importance of being open](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/04/the-importance-of-being-open.html)
- [Frankly, my dear, we like “hopefully”](https://gram
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