grammar blog

The president’s use of language, whether in a speech or a tweet, inundates our politics with polarizing personal drama.

As is the case with many second-generation students, 12 years of English-centric education has made me fluent in one language at the expense of the other.

Never have I ever quoted “the more you know” meme so consistently.

Doggo memes have literally created their own language, and for the most part, people between the ages of 12 and 30 understand and sometimes use this new language.

The hardest part of learning another language isn’t memorizing new words for different concepts, but learning the often strange and confusing syntax of a new language

A combination of sleep deprivation and my first shifts at the Daily Cal have led me to a theory more intriguing than the Illuminati: copy editors make excellent coders.

Even now as I write this, the word processor suggests that I change “alumna” to “alumni.” If you’re not a copy editor, you might be saying, “Who cares?”

“OK but hear me out: I get that we’re copy editors and all, but why do we have to be like that when we see anything spelled incorrectly?”

Like many Taiwanese schoolchildren, my earliest forays into the vast world of Chinese literature began with the recitation of the San Zi Jing (Three-Character Classic) — perhaps best described as catechisms for the budding Confucianist.

There is a curious satisfaction in putting pen to paper (especially when that pen is a Muji 0.38mm — try it, it’ll change your life).