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		<title>Kirabug: /* Oxford Commas */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Oxford Commas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| border | 500px &lt;/ins&gt;| alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File: Oxford_comma_rhinos.png | alt=&amp;quot;With the Oxford Comma: we invited the rhinoceri, Washington, and Lincoln. Illustration of two rhinos, a comma, President Washington&amp;#039;s profile, a comma, an ampersand, and President Lincoln&amp;#039;s profile. Without the Oxford Comma: We invited two rhinoceri, Washington and Lincoln. Illustration of a rhino with President Washington&amp;#039;s head, an ampersand, and a rhino with President Lincoln&amp;#039;s head. Credited to Eric Edelman, 2011.&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File: Oxford_comma_rhinos.png &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| border | 500px &lt;/ins&gt;|alt=&amp;quot;With the Oxford Comma: we invited the rhinoceri, Washington, and Lincoln. Illustration of two rhinos, a comma, President Washington&amp;#039;s profile, a comma, an ampersand, and President Lincoln&amp;#039;s profile. Without the Oxford Comma: We invited two rhinoceri, Washington and Lincoln. Illustration of a rhino with President Washington&amp;#039;s head, an ampersand, and a rhino with President Lincoln&amp;#039;s head. Credited to Eric Edelman, 2011.&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
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		<title>Kirabug: /* Oxford Commas */</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-23T05:02:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Oxford Commas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File: Oxford_comma_rhinos.png | alt=&quot;With the Oxford Comma: we invited the rhinoceri, Washington, and Lincoln. Illustration of two rhinos, a comma, President Washington&#039;s profile, a comma, an ampersand, and President Lincoln&#039;s profile. Without the Oxford Comma: We invited two rhinoceri, Washington and Lincoln. Illustration of a rhino with President Washington&#039;s head, an ampersand, and a rhino with President Lincoln&#039;s head. Credited to Eric Edelman, 2011.&quot;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Kirabug at 04:57, 23 October 2019</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-23T04:57:28Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;thumbnail|&lt;/del&gt;A hippo, or Danger Water Cow. A good example of a kenning.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png | &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;alt=&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;A hippo, or Danger Water Cow. A good example of a kenning.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Oxford Commas==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&amp;quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&amp;quot;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
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		<title>Kirabug at 04:55, 23 October 2019</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-23T04:55:27Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Oxford_comma_oj.png | alt=&quot;Why I still use the Oxford Comma: With: I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. Illustration of eggs, a plus symbol, toast, a plus symbol, and a glass of orange juice. Without: I had eggs, toast and orange juice. Illustration of a man saying the phrase I had eggs to a piece of toast with orange juice poured on it, which replies OK. Credited to shortee.tumblr.com&quot;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
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		<title>Kirabug at 21:13, 4 August 2019</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category: &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Main&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category: &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Linguistics&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|thumbnail|A hippo, or Danger Water Cow. A good example of a kenning.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|thumbnail|A hippo, or Danger Water Cow. A good example of a kenning.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Category:Grammar&amp;diff=316&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Kirabug: /* Nouns */</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Category:Grammar&amp;diff=316&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2018-05-28T16:34:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Nouns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot;&gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|thumbnail|A hippo, or Danger Water Cow.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|thumbnail|A hippo, or Danger Water Cow&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. A good example of a kenning&lt;/ins&gt;.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Category:Grammar&amp;diff=315&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Kirabug: /* Nouns */</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Category:Grammar&amp;diff=315&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2018-05-28T16:34:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Nouns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &amp;quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&amp;quot;. There&amp;#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &amp;quot;danger noodle&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sea flap-flap&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Renaming-animals-emgn-35.png|thumbnail|A hippo, or Danger Water Cow.]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Kirabug at 16:31, 28 May 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-05-28T16:31:52Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Nouns==  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&amp;#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&amp;#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning Kennings] are &quot;circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun&quot;. There&#039;s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings list of kennings on Wikipedia] if you want to lose the rest of the day. Importantly, though, kennings are making a comeback in the form of [http://emgn.com/entertainment/30-animals-as-they-should-be-named/ goofy names for animals that have names] such as &quot;danger noodle&quot; and &quot;sea flap-flap&quot;. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Kirabug at 16:22, 28 May 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-05-28T16:22:12Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Nouns== &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* [https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble Why nouns slow us down and why linguistics might be in a bubble] by Alan Burdick at The New Yorker explains a study that looks at the amount of time that it takes for people to formulate the next word in a sentence, and finds that choosing a noun takes longer in the majority of languages studied than choosing a verb does. It concludes that&#039;s because nouns convey more information, and thus, y&#039;all want to pick the right one. (It also mentions that linguistics is studying too many thriving Western languages and not enough dying or non-Western languages, and may be mostly talking to itself.) &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Suffixes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;explains how, throughout the formation of English, these suffixes were used as plurals before &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; became the dominant plural form. But &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has also been used for diminutive forms (kitten, maiden), and for &amp;quot;this is made of that&amp;quot; indicators (leaden, wooden) so it&amp;#039;s no wonder English is so damn confusing&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Kirabug: Created page with &quot;Category: Main  ==Suffixes== * &#039;&#039;-n&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;-en&#039;&#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &quot;children,&quot; not &quot;childs&quot;?] on The Grammarphobia...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2018-05-28T14:37:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Category:Main&quot; title=&quot;Category:Main&quot;&gt;Category: Main&lt;/a&gt;  ==Suffixes== * &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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==Suffixes==&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;-en&amp;#039;&amp;#039; suffixes: [https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/03/en-plural.html Why &amp;quot;children,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;childs&amp;quot;?] on The Grammarphobia Blog.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Kirabug</name></author>
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