is This Much I Know I Is True By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:23:00 +0000 If stonks crash in the next 2 hours emergency legislation involving free money for billionaires will pass about 2 hours later. Full Article
is Rise and Shine By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:51:00 +0000 Time to make the donuts, or something. Full Article
is EP 166 - Warframe Updates, Destiny is Dying By www.fragtagradio.com Published On :: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 12:00:00 EST Pradius talks new Warframe updates and content for PC, Xbox One and PS4. As well as talks about the steep decline in Destinys player base. Episode 166 - YouTube | Frag Tag Radio Questions or comments? Contact us! Message us mail@fragtagradio.com. Text or voicemail (1-304-TALK-FTR). Full Article
is 10 Most Important Work Skills to List in a Resume By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:00:26 +0000 Putting together a strong resume that stands out from the pack and lands you an interview can feel a bit like solving a jigsaw puzzle, especially when it comes to the skills section. In this day and age, when a computer algorithm is perhaps more likely to comb through your resume before it ever lands [...]Read More... Full Article
is 3 Reasons Why Mental Health Is So Important By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:00:59 +0000 Mental health matters. Taking care of our mental health aids in our resilience and recovery from anything that happens. Anyone can have a bad day, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a bad life. How we respond to it and take care of our mental health are what’s important. Mental health is important at every [...]Read More... Full Article
is Raise Gift Cards - Save an extra 5% By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:23:48 +0000 Saw this in an email. Save 5% on Raise Gift Cards until 11:59PM Use Coupon Code: APRIL Would be a good time to buy PSN / Xbox / Nintendo cards for digital sales. Full Article
is Cooking Mama: Cookstar available direct from publisher! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:26:16 +0000 https://shop.cookingmamacookstar.com/ In stock right now (8am CST 4/15/2020) $39.99 plus $5 shipping. There’s been a bunch of scuttlebutt around this game being delisted from the eShop, supposedly mining bitcoin and a disagreement between the publisher and the IP owner. No matter the truth, grab it at retail pricing and don’t pay scalpers on eBay. Full Article
is Xbox One X (as-is condition, console only FOR REPAIR, PARTS ONLY NOT NEW IN BOX, YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIX THEM understood? NOTNEW) $139.99 (Ebay seller) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:56:12 +0000 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Xbox-One-X-1TB-Black-Console-as-is-for-repair-or-parts-only/264227168298 YMMV obviously--I ordered two of these a month ago and they have been running fine for me. All I had to do was reinstall the newest system update and they have both been fine with no issues. One system's issue noted was "freezes" and the other was "no video". It says he has only 2 in stock, but I bought two a while back and the listing has remained active for the entire time with stock available, so he probably leaves the number low to keep demand going. This is probably a bulk buyer who doesn't extensively troubleshoot the systems. I am not affiliated with the seller. Cosmetically, the systems are nice enough to trade in without taking a refurb fee when stores re-open for business. Full Article
is Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 (Xbox One, PS4, and Steam) is free until May 10th By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:42:20 +0000 Price is "on sale" for free until May 10th, so claim it while you can. PS4: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0700-CUSA04924_00-PACMANCE2BUNDLE0 Xbox One: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/pac-man-championship-edition-2/bpv04qgbn8j8#activetab=pivot:overviewtab Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/441380/PACMAN_CHAMPIONSHIP_EDITION_2/ This is apparently Bandai-Namco's way of helping keep people entertained while stuck at home amidst the COVID stuff. Full Article
is (DEAD) Alien Isolation - PC - $2.00 ($1.59 with Humble Monthly sub) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:41:45 +0000 https://www.humblebundle.com/store/alien-isolation https://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/ Thought this discount was notable enough to warrant its own thread. Thanks MysterD for the following post GameBillet has Alien: Isolation Collection [Steam key] for $9.29. Side note: On GameBillet, all the Alien Isolation's DLC's, Season Passes, etc. are on sale on GameBillet too: Alien Isolation sale on GameBillet: Alien Isolation: Collection (Base Game & All 7 DLC's) = $9.29. Alien Isolation: Season Pass (The 5 Challenge Maps DLC Pack) = $4.10 Alien Isolation: Crew Expendable DLC (Story DLC #1) = 79 cents Alien Isolarion: Last Survivor DLC (Story DLC #2) = 79 cents. Full Article
is everyone love 'em^^ oricon style fav artist! By fybabe.blog96.fc2.com Published On :: 2010-09-09T21:40:17+09:00 congrats!!2010年09月09日18時00分音楽ファン2万人が選んだ好きなアーティスト 毎年恒例となった好きなアーティストランキングの結果が、ついに発表となった。2万人にアンケートを実施し、栄えある第1位に輝いたのは、男女ほぼ全世代から支持されたモンスターグループ、嵐だ。10代総合、20代総合、30代女性、40代女性ランキングで軒並み1位に上り詰め、さらに女性総合ランキングでも1位になるなど、その人気はとどまることを知ら Full Article
is Visualizing Emotions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:21:22 +0000 Sociologists studying emotion have opened up the inner, private feelings of anger, fear, shame, and love to reveal the far-reaching effects of social forces on our most personal experiences. This subfield has given us new words to make sense of shared experiences: emotional labor in our professional lives, collective effervescence at sporting events and concerts, […] Full Article Uncategorized culture emotion gender: work methods/use of data work
is Partisanship and the Pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:43:17 +0000 Can political leaders put partisanship aside to govern in a crisis? The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a crucial test of politicians’ willingness to put state before party. Acting swiftly to slow the spread of a novel virus and cooperating with cross-partisans could mean the difference between life and death for many state residents. […] Full Article Uncategorized dataviz health/medicine politics
is Access Journalism Is Killing Us By crooksandliars.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:00:01 +0000 Published with permission of PRESS RUN, Eric Boehlert’s new must-read media newsletter. Subscribe here. Finally emerging from his pandemic-era Fox News bunker, Trump sat for an interview with ABC News this week. For weeks as the U.S. death toll skyrocketed and tens of millions of people lost their jobs, Trump had agreed only to answer pleasing, one-on-one questions from Fox News. He did his best to create an alternate universe, where the deadly cornonavirus would soon "wash away." Agreeing to be interviewed by ABC, Trump appeared to be taking a risk by exposing himself to tougher questions about his historically incompetent response to the public health crisis, and a mountain of evidence that he personally chose to do nothing to protect the country from a virus invasion. In the end, the soft-as-a-pillow interview on ABC proved to be no risk. And Trump probably knew that going in, because TV journalists, perhaps more concerned about access than answers, simply refuse to hold him accountable in-person.read more Full Article Access journalism David Muir Donald Trump
is Rhode Island: Latest updates on Coronavirus By feeds.livescience.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:22:03 +0000 Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Rhode Island and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak. Full Article
is COVID-19 spread is fueled by 'stealth transmission' By feeds.livescience.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:07:15 +0000 Cases of COVID-19 that fly under the radar — without being diagnosed — appear to fuel the rapid spread of the disease. Full Article
is Louisiana: Latest updates on Coronavirus By feeds.livescience.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:06:45 +0000 Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Louisiana and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak. Full Article
is Mississippi: Latest updates on Coronavirus By feeds.livescience.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:05:01 +0000 Here is the COVID-19 situation in Mississippi. Full Article
is BIG NEWS: eBoy FixPix (expanded, updated, refined) is here! By hello.eboy.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:18:39 +0000 On iOS — check it out Full Article Animations City FixPix Tokyo
is Moai 3: Trade Mission By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400 Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and MyPlayCity! No third-party advertising and browser add-ons! The Hero and Bright Light return in an all-new adventure to reclaim a stolen artifact and crush the threat to their kingdom and their people! Rebuild decimated villages, defeat enemies, and survive off the land as you enjoy hours of addictive gameplay! With all of this and more, Moai 3 is poised to be your next great adventure! Full Article Time Management MyPlayCity Moai 3: Trade Mission
is Elven Mists By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400 Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and MyPlayCity! No third-party advertising and browser add-ons! Thick magical fog has its grip on the Elvenland. The amicable inhabitants lie in deep slumber, entrapped by enchanted flower buds. It is your task to lift the fog and wake the elves. Be warned, the fog is not easily driven away. You will need patience and a clear head. Four bonuses will help you through the levels until the entire realm is freed from the mist. Use them wisely to master the difficult challenges ahead. Can you save the elves? Full Article puzzle MyPlayCity Brain Teaser Elven Mists
is BQM – BlockQuest Maker + SAMURAI ERA Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:15:00 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Wonderland Kazakiri inc Publisher: Wonderland Kazakiri inc Website: BQM – BlockQuest Maker + SAMURAI ERA Twitter: @BlockQuest_wk Full Article
is Plague Universe: Strategy RPG Bundle Is Now Available For Xbox By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:19:53 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Arcade Distillery Publisher: Arcade Distillery Website: Plague Universe Twitter: @LucBernard / @ArcadeDistiller / @PlagueUniverse Full Article
is SuperMash Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:24:00 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Digital Continue Publisher: Digital Continue Website: SuperMash Twitter: @digitalcontinue Full Article
is Mecho Wars: Desert Ashes Is Now Available For Xbox One And Windows 10 (Xbox Play Anywhere) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:35:34 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Arcade Distillery Publisher: Arcade Distillery Website: Mecho Wars: Desert Ashes Twitter: @ArcadeDistiller Full Article
is Duke Of Defense Is Now Available For Xbox One And Windows 10 (Xbox Play Anywhere) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:45:07 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Sebastian Nigro, Christ Anselmo Publisher: HItcents Website: Duke Of Defense Twitter: @tophtacular / @Seabass_N / @Hitcents Full Article
is Ghost Files: Memory Of A Crime Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:54:55 +0000 Ghost Files: Memory Of A Crime is also included in the Detective Novels Bundle, which includes Noir Chronicles: City of Crime, and Path of Sin: Greed. Product Info: Developer: Artifex Mundi Publisher: Artifex Mundi Website: Games from Artifex Mundi Twitter: @ArtifexMundi Full Article
is Ultimate Ski Jumping 2020 Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:28:39 +0000 Enjoy the two arcade experiences from Blue Sunset Games now available in one bundle: Product Info: Developer: Blue Sunset Games Publisher: Blue Sunset Games Website: Ultimate Ski Jumping 2020 Twitter: @BlueSunsetGames Full Article
is SokoBunny Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:37:01 +0000 NOTE: You may pre-download this game, but it will not be playable until the release date/time: 05/22/2020 – 3:00 AM (check the product page for release date/time in your region). Product Info: Developer: DillyFrameGames Publisher: DillyFrameGames Website: SokoBunny Twitter: @DillyFrameGames Full Article
is NASCAR Heat 5 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:50:13 +0000 NOTE: You may pre-download this game, but it will not be playable until the release date/time: 07/10/2019 (check the product page for release date/time in your region). Get three days early access when you purchase the Gold Edition. Product Info: Developer: Motorsport Games Publisher: 704 Games Company Website: NASCAR Heat 5 Twitter: @704Games / @MSportgames / @NASCARHeat Full Article
is Fury Unleashed Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:07:49 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Awesome Games Studio Publisher: Awesome Games Studio Website: Fury Unleashed Twitter: @AwesomeGamesStd Full Article
is Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition Is Now Available For Xbox One By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 18:18:03 +0000 Product Info: Developer: Goonswarm Publisher: Black Tower Website: Sin Slayers Twitter: @sinslayersgame Full Article
is This Week On Xbox: May 08, 2020 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:08:00 +0000 Here we go…the latest episode of This Week On Xbox. Remember, you can watch This Week On Xbox from the Community section of the Xbox One dashboard in Canada, the UK and the US or watch it on the Xbox YouTube channel (This Week on Xbox Playlist). Leave a comment below or hit me up on Twitter and let me know […] Full Article
is The Paramount Leader is Ready for Sacrifice: Your Sacrifice By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:45:53 +0000 This week President Trump had a new message: he’s bored with the COVID19 epidemic. Or perhaps putting it a bit... Full Article Editors' Blog
is Why The Flynn Dismissal Is Way Worse Than A Pardon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:43:57 +0000 No, this is not like a pardon by other means. The Barr Justice Department’s corrupt abandonment of the prosecution of... Full Article Editors' Blog
is Where Things Stand: This Is Going To Backfire By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:15:24 +0000 Another member of the inner circle has tested positive for COVID-19. MSNBC and CNN are both reporting that a member... Full Article Editors' Blog COVID-19 Donald Trump Mike Pence
is EK Releases the Long-Awaited Reflection Distro Plate for Lian LI O11D XL By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:20:50 +0000 The EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11D XL D5 PWM D-RGB is a custom water cooling reservoir, routing, and pump solution that seamlessly fits into the front of the case. This waterway is also equipped with a physical flow indicator that gives a nice visual representation of the pump's speed. The post EK Releases the Long-Awaited Reflection Distro Plate for Lian LI O11D XL appeared first on ThinkComputers.org. Full Article All News Hardware News Press Releases Distro Plate EK EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11D XL D5 PWM D-RGB EKWB LIAN LI O11D XL Watercooling
is Solving for wildfire disasters: a lecture to MIT students By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T22:25:20Z How do you solve a wicked problem? That was the question I posed to a classroom of MIT undergrads during an early-April virtual class taught by my friend Cherie Miot Abbanat, a lecturer at the university’s Department of Urban Studies & Full Article students college students wildfire disasters fire & life safety policy institute wildfire land use planning mit massachusetts institute of technology undergraduate cherie abbanat urban planning wildfire policy
is 'Star Wars': Summary of the franchise and its effect on space technology By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 04:44:02 +0000 A long time ago — roughly four decades — the world was introduced to Jedi knights, lightsabers, droids and the Force. Before long, elements of the space fantasy had an effect on real-life space technology. Full Article
is The UAE is going to Mars. Here's the plan for its Hope orbiter. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:41:19 +0000 The United Arab Emirates had its sights set on Mars the day before it launched its second satellite ever. Full Article
is The moon isn't 'dead': Ridges on lunar surface show signs of recent tectonic activity By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:53:13 +0000 The moon isn't "dead" after all: Newly discovered ridges on the moon's surface are leading scientists to think that the moon might have an active tectonic system. Full Article
is On This Day in Space! May 4, 2011: 1st official 'Star Wars' Day celebration By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 12:03:06 +0000 On May 4, 2011, the first organized "Star Wars" Day celebration happened in Toronto. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series! Full Article
is Scientists keep debunking 'monster black hole' discovery. So, what's the deal with binary system LB1? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:00:15 +0000 As scientists continue to weigh in, one thing is clear: the "monster black hole" discovered in 2019 doesn't exist. Full Article
is Disney Plus drops epic 'Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga' trailer for May the Fourth By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:21:03 +0000 "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" arrives on Disney Plus for Star Wars Day today (May 4), putting all nine films from the Skywalker saga in one place for fans and yes, there is a trailer. Full Article
is Dirty Business: Lack of Menstrual Equity in Colombian Prisons By www.ourbodiesourselves.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:07:11 +0000 By Charlie Ruth Castro Lee este post en español Let’s talk about menstruation – a natural and necessary process among women, but one that we have been culturally taught to hate, hide or even make fun of. Also, let me talk about a dirty business perpetrated by certain officers from INPEC, the Colombian national institution in charge of penitentiary policy. In many prisons, INPEC has routinely failed to supply adequate menstrual products for the female prison population. Being deprived of ways to deal with bleeding is outrageous, ... More The post Dirty Business: Lack of Menstrual Equity in Colombian Prisons appeared first on Our Bodies Ourselves. Full Article Activism & Resources menstruation Sex Education
is Our Doctors, Ourselves: Barbara Seaman and Popular Health Feminism in the 1970s By www.ourbodiesourselves.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:51:46 +0000 “If the plastic speculum was the tool of choice for self-help advocates, leading women to a better understanding of their own bodies, then the popular media was Barbara Seaman’s preferred weapon in the cultural battle against medical sexism.” — Kelly O’Donnell, in her article “Our Doctors, Ourselves: Barbara Seaman and Popular Health Feminism in the 1970s” Barbara Seaman, a popular journalist in the 1960s and 70s who wrote for magazines including Brides, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, and Family Circle, was one of the first journalists to ... More The post Our Doctors, Ourselves: Barbara Seaman and Popular Health Feminism in the 1970s appeared first on Our Bodies Ourselves. Full Article Activism & Resources American Culture Birth Control & Family Planning Drugs & Pharmaceutical Companies Healthcare System Public Policy
is Please Support Civil Liberties and Public Policy During the Covid-19 Crisis: An Appeal from Judy Norsigian By www.ourbodiesourselves.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 18:08:16 +0000 These challenging times require fierce, broad, and intersectional activism – which is just what Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) has been doing for the past four decades. This now-independent nonprofit, which used to be affiliated with Hampshire College, continues its unique movement-building work preparing younger activists to work on the front lines of today’s struggle for reproductive justice. Please consider supporting CLPP today with a generous donation. As we know, the Covid-19 pandemic is disproportionately harming those in our communities who were already facing ... More The post Please Support Civil Liberties and Public Policy During the Covid-19 Crisis: An Appeal from Judy Norsigian appeared first on Our Bodies Ourselves. Full Article Abortion & Reproductive Rights Activism & Resources
is Review: Linguistics: why it matters by Geoffrey Pullum By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:43:00 +0000 It's National Writing Day (for another 48 minutes) and I've reali{s/z}ed that I haven't written anything but emails and tweets today. So a blog post is needed. But a short one. Luckily, I have a very short book to review. The book is the linguistic installation of Polity Press's 'why it matters' series, and it's by the exceptionally clear Geoff Pullum. Here come the full disclosures: I know Geoff and I got this book for free. But I wouldn't say nice things about the book if I didn't mean them. (I'd just save myself the trouble of writing a blog post about it.)So, since it's by the exceptionally clear Geoff Pullum, this is an exceptionally clear book. It's just 120-something pages, divided into five themed chapters on why linguistics matters: for what it tells us about what makes us human, about how sentences work, how meaning, thought and language intertwine, how it uncovers social relations, and how it might help machines understand humans. I particularly admire Geoff's ability to write short sentences about complex topics. (That's lesson 1 in making things exceptionally clear—complex topics aren't helped by grammatically complex sentences!) The real value of the book is in the examples that show how linguistics does matter—for expanding human understanding, for uncovering and undoing prejudices, and in applications that can help people. Here's the bit that I most enthusiastically underlined:[T]o a large extent the importance of linguistics has turned out to lie not so much in the results it has achieved (those evolve over time and are often overturned or contradicted) but in the change in the general view of what's important enough to study. It lies in our moral evolution of our perception of what we should be looking at and what we should value. That leads into a discussion of the shift from thinking of signed languages as gesticulations to their recognition as complex languages that are as languagey as any other human languages. But I think it could have introduced many of the sections. I do believe that linguistics has done a lot of good in the world in the past 50 or so years, and a lot of that is about valuing people and their languages. Though the book is only long enough for a few examples of that, they're great examples. The ideal audience for this book? I think it would make an excellent present from any students studying (or planning to study) linguistics to their parents. When your parents' friends ask them "What's your kid up to?" and they say "Studying Linguistics", the conversation usually DIES. Give them the gift of knowing how to talk up your fascinating studies! It'd also be great for anyone considering studying linguistics, or who just thinks: "That sounds like an interesting subject, but I don't quite know what it's for." (It's mostly not about translation or language teaching, by the way.) Geoff blogged about writing the book, which you can read here.Here's a link to the publisher's site. It's only giving me the UK buying links, but I hope that if you approach it from another country you'll get the appropriate page! Full Article books
is grammar is relationships By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:22:00 +0000 This is not a post about American versus British English. I hope you’ll indulge me. It's come out of some Twitter conversations this afternoon. It started when I read this sentence in James Pennebaker’s book The Secret Life of Pronouns:Function words require social skills to use properly.And I wondered how it had got(ten) past a copyeditor. So I did a Twitter poll to see if other people were happy with the sentence. The poll looked like this: "Function words require social skills to use properly"Is this sentence:— Lynne Murphy (@lynneguist) August 9, 2019 So, 25% of more than 300 people thought it sounded fine. 75% felt there was something weird about it. Given how I phrased the question, it's possible that the 75% had 100 different reasons for thinking it weird. But considering some of the tweet-replies I had, I know that at least some people had the same reaction that I did. The problem with the sentence for me is that there is no reasonable subject for the verb to use. Compare it to this sentence with the same kinds of parts in the same order: The law requires every driver to drive safely.In that case, the subject of the infinitive to drive is every driver—every driver is to drive safely. So, what you've got is:Main verb: requiresSubject of main verb: the lawObject of main verb = infinitive clause: every driver to drive safelyBut that doesn't work for Pennebaker's sentence. Social skills to use properly is not a complete clause because (a) there's no object of the verb to use (to use what properly?), and (b) social skills is in a position where it could be the subject of to use (as in the driving example), but it's not. The sentence could be "fixed" in a number of ways that involve making it clearer that function words are the things being used.Make the infinitive into a passive, so it's clear that function words is the object of use: Function words require social skills to be used properly. Move use closer to function words so that it's clear how they relate to each other: To use function words properly requires social skills. (Or Using function words properly requires social skills.)Move function words closer to use: It takes social skills to use function words properly.Number 1 is a little ambiguous (it sounds a bit like function words are bossing social skills around), so I'd prefer 2 or 3, where it's really clear that function words is the object of use. But there are sentences with require that do work more like Pennebaker's sentence:Crops require water to grow.Here, it's not the water that's growing, it's the crops. So it doesn't work like the driving sentence—the object of require is not water to grow. In both sentences, I've put the object of require in blue, so you can see that the sentences have different structures. Another way that you can tell they're different structures is that you can replace to with in order to in one and not the other and can rephrase one with that and no to, but not the other.The law requires every passenger in order to drive safely.Crops require water in order to grow. The law requires that every driver drive safely. [or drives if you're not a subjunctive user]Crops require that water grow.So one of the reasons I wanted to write this post is to make this big point: Grammar isn't just where words go in a sentence, it's how they relate to each other.The fact that the crops sentence is the same shape as Pennebaker's sentence doesn't mean that Pennebaker's sentence is grammatical, because it still has the problem that there is no subject for to use. Notice that it can't be rephrased in either of the ways that the other two can:Function words require social skills in order to use properlyFunction words require that social skills use properlyThe last possibility is to interpret use as being in middle voice (as opposed to active or passive voice). This is when the verb acts kind of like a passive (where what would have been the active object becomes the subject), but doesn't get the passive be +past participle form. English has some verbs that work this way.I cut the bread easily. (active voice: subject is the cutter)The bread is cut easily. (passive voice: subject is what's cut)The bread cuts easily. (middle voice: subject is what's cut)Grammar Girl has a podcast and post on middle voice in English if you're interested. English has more of a 'middlish' voice than a 'middle', as we're really limited in how we can use it and it doesn't have a special verb form, as it does in some other languages. As Grammar Girl notes:[English] middle-voice sentences usually include some adverbial meaning, negation, or a modal verb, or a combination of the three. “The spearheads didn’t cast very well” has both negation (“didn’t”) and an adverb phrase (“very well”). “The screw screwed in more easily than I thought it would” has the adverb phrase “more easily than I thought it would.” While Pennebaker's sentence does have an adverb, properly, it's not one that I'm super-comfortable using with a middle construction (?The bread cuts properly), but maybe some people would like it better than I do. (Proper is used more as an adjective and adverb of intensity in some colloquial BrEs than in my AmE.)So, are the 25% who like the sentence reading it as having middle voice? I'm not totally convinced, because I think that the English middle doesn't do well with fancier sentence constructions as with require:?That bread requires a good knife to cut easily.?That bread requires a steady hand to cut easily.Putting an object between requires and to makes it confusing—is it the bread or the knife/hand that is cutting easily? If it's the knife or hand, then the sentence would usually require an it to stand for the bread: The bread requires a good knife to cut it easily. So, anyhow, when I put the Pennebaker sentence up, some people wondered if it was like this dialect phenomenon, found in some parts of the US (particularly western Pennsylvania) and some parts of the UK (particularly Scotland):The car needs washed.It was natural for them to make that connection because both Pennebaker's sentence and the needs washed sentence would work in other dialects if the final verb were made passive. But note that what needs to be added to the sentences to create a passive is different in the two cases. In needs washed, the washed is in the past participle needed for a passive. But in Pennebaker's sentence the infinitive verb is not in any way in passive form. The car needs to be washed. The function words require social skills to be used properly. So, I asked the 25% who accepted the sentence to write back and tell me where they were from. And it turns out they're from anywhere.... New Jersey, California, New England, southeastern US, eastern and western Canada, up and down the UK, the Caribbean. That makes it look like it's not a dialect feature. An interesting thing about the 25%, though, was that a few got in touch to say: "I clicked that the sentence was fine for me, but once I started thinking about it, I was less sure." After the dialect idea didn't pan out, I joked that the next step was to give personality tests to people who didn't like the sentence. And while it was a joke, I think there is probably something to the idea that some people read for meaning and don't get the grammatical 'clang' that I got because getting the meaning is good enough. If they can get the meaning without a deep look at the grammar, the grammar is irrelevant. I'd wonder if people who get a 'clang' with this sentence are also more likely to also notice misplaced modifiers and dangling participles. A lot of us who notice these things notice them because we've been trained in looking at language analytically, or we're just very literal readers. Had I heard Pennebaker's sentence, I probably wouldn't have noticed that there was no workable subject for the verb use. I would have just understood it and gone merrily on my way. But in reading, CLANG. Anyhow, the main reason I wanted to blog this was to make that point that Grammar is how words relate to each other. That two sentences with the same shape can be working in very different ways. And on that note, I'll leave you with an experiment that Carol Chomsky did way back when. She gave children a doll with a blindfold over its eyes and asked them if this sentence was true—and if not, to make the sentence true. The doll is easy to see. Notice how that sentence doesn't work like this sentence:The doll is eager to see.In the first, the doll is being seen. We can paraphrase it as The doll is easy for me to see. In the second, the doll is who will do the seeing. We can't paraphrase it as The doll is eager for me to see, because it means The doll is eager for the doll to see. The words easy and eager determine how we interpret the relations of the other words in the sentence. In linguistic terms, they license different relationships in the sentence. (In these sentences it's adjectives doing that relationship-determining, but in most sentences, it's the verbs. In our requires sentences above, we can see that require licenses a range of possible sentence structures—words do that too.)Understanding that a blindfolded doll is easy to see is something that most kids don't master till they're into their school years. When asked to make the doll easy to see, the younger kids take off the doll's blindfold. This shows us that kids take a while to fully take account of the grammar, not just the words, in sentences. Hope you didn't mind my little grammatical foray... --> Full Article grammar not-SbaCL
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