Just put a long text through Word 2016. I'd forgotten how much of a pain in the bum prescriptivist it was, insisting that I use only "that" with a defining relative clause and advising me to avoid a split infinitive. (And what a ridiculous example sentence it uses...)

Lunch outside today. Love community teaching.

Minimal pair of the day...

She's not wrong. Academic writing can be (and often is) the pits to read. And I don't care how important or insightful your research is, if you write about it in an unreadable way, you might as well lock it in a box at the bottom of the ocean.

Stopped off in Ely on my way home from the LSRN conference and found a hill.

Listening to this. Kind of.

It's spring. So obviously time for the last member of our family to emerge from the winter gloom. (For anyone concerned by the size: it's temporary housing, and she'll be out and about around the house soon, as well as getting a nice new big house next week.)

This afternoon's accompaniment to the amendments #phdlife

I've been digging through the vinyls today too. Slightly less classy, however with this slice of cheese from 1990. (Some good cheese, some musical equivalent of Tesco Value Cheddar.)

I come to ESOL for the students and the satisfaction, I stay for the grammar.

Viva preparation assistance?

Crisp!