Pronouns were problem for her. And idioms! Until she understood that it was perfectly acceptable to ask, “Is that just an expression?” or “What does that mean?” we stopped using idioms, because ‘Daughter’ takes everything literally. One milestone was not late – it was actually quite...
“Stand up and shake the hand of/ Someone you can’t stand/ You can tolerate him if you try,” sang Lehrer. Today, he would probably be lambasted for using terminology that is not gender neutral and not bowing to preferred self-pronouns. At the beginning of the month, House Speaker Nan...
As a non-native speaker, I am very confused about the use of pronouns sometimes. For the blank in the following text, should I fill in me or myself? please help me! My first memeories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. From then on I always help out at...