Tumgik
manicsylph · 3 months
Text
GRAMMARIAN ~ Collocation
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Collocation A collocation is the combination of words formed when two or more words are often used together in a way that sounds correct. It is the expected combination of words commonly used by native speakers of that language. There are no rules for collocation that can be followed by a speaker for whom the language in question…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
2 notes · View notes
manicsylph · 3 months
Text
End-of-the-Year Magic
Yes, it’s that time again! Another year drawing to a close. Visions of snow outside, a warm crackling fire, decorated Christmas trees and notepads trying to ink the new year resolutions that can be kept. All that does seem magical if you don’t let your brain wander towards the reality of frozen fingers on a computer keyboard and feet that refuse to climb out of the warm blanket and trudge to…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 3 months
Text
Micropoetry [InkSplash~42]
InkSplash~42 Continue reading Untitled
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
2 notes · View notes
manicsylph · 6 months
Text
WORD OF THE DAY ~ Isohel
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better IsohelNouna line on a map connecting places with an equal period of sunshine If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Isohel in any of your writing, please link back to this post and share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to your post here so that others can find your work easily.We all would love to be…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
2 notes · View notes
manicsylph · 6 months
Text
Musings | Thought Meanders~3 |
Thought Meanders~3 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~3 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 6 months
Text
WORD OF THE DAY ~ Fumetto
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better FumettoNouna speech balloon in a comic or cartoon If you use WORD OF THE DAY ~ Fumetto in any of your writing, please link back to this post and share the link or the work itself in the comments. I will add the links to your post here so that others can find your work easily.We all would love to be inspired by your…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
2 notes · View notes
manicsylph · 6 months
Text
Musings | Thought Meanders~2 |
Thought Meanders~2 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~2 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
1 note · View note
manicsylph · 6 months
Text
WORD FACTS ~ Sniglet
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better What are Sniglets? A Google font? Yes, that too. But that is not what we are talking about here. A sniglet is any word coined for something that has no specific word or name. It is often thought of as a word that should be in a dictionary but isn’t. According to Jack Smith in Los Angeles Times, Richard Hall first introduced…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
3 notes · View notes
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
Poetry: HEARTBROKEN
HEARTBROKEN Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading HEARTBROKEN. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to leave your email, I…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
1 note · View note
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
WORD FACTS ~ Ghost Words
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better What are Ghost Words? No, this has nothing to do with that horror story you were reading last night! A Ghost Word is a word in a dictionary or another list of words that is not a real word and is usually there because of a mistake.The term was coined by Professor Walter William Skeat in 1886. In a yearly address to the London…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
Poetry: CRYPTS OF SILENCE
CRYPTS OF SILENCE Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading CRYPTS OF SILENCE. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to leave your…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
1 note · View note
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
GRAMMARIAN ~ Inflectional Suffix
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Inflectional suffix A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added at the end of a word in order to form a new word. Suffixes may to referred to as bound morphemes as they are not meaningful words that can exist independently. When a suffix changes only the form of a word and does not create a new word or change the meaning of…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
Poetry: BREAKING DAWN
BREAKING DAWN On a note of hope… Welcome to my Poem Of The Day, a new way to look at the world and feel your deepest emotions in my words. I hope you enjoyed reading BREAKING DAWN. I am delighted that you stopped by and took a moment to appreciate the beauty of life in all its facets with me. Please do leave a comment. Your support and criticism are equally appreciated.If you don’t want to…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
1 note · View note
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
GRAMMARIAN ~ The Three Types of Dashes and How to Use Them
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better During the editing of Volume 3 of LIT eZINE, my very capable editor brought to my notice that writers are using a hyphen for all kinds of dashes. This post is meant to address the confusing issue of dashes and I dedicate this to Khaya Ronkainen for bringing it up. The Three Types of Dashes and How to Use Them Dashes are a…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
1 note · View note
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
Musings | Thought Meanders~1 |
Thought Meanders~1 I’ve got a writer’s mind. It wanders random paths across time and space, pausing at horizons unseen, bridging darkness and light and weaving tapestries in a million hues of life. Welcome to my Musings | Thought Meanders~1 | I am thrilled that you decided to stop by! Lose yourself in the meanders of my thoughts for a few moments, let go of the tangible and transcend into a…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
GRAMMARIAN ~ Synecdoche
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better Synecdoche /sɪnˈɛkdəkɪ/ A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of a thing refers to a whole thing. For example, the word heels is used to refer to high-heeled shoes, voices refer to people, silverware is used to refer to all kinds of cutlery, and the word boots is used to refer to a soldier. Synecdoche is an…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes
manicsylph · 7 months
Text
WORD FACTS ~ Mountweazel
Welcome to Vocabulary Wednesday ~Words To Help You Write Better What is a Mountweazel? Have you ever heard of Lillian Virginia Mountweazel? The 1975 edition of the New Columbia Encyclopedia lists Lillian Virginia Mountweazel, as a fountain designer turned photographer who was celebrated for a collection of photographs of rural American mailboxes titled “Flags Up!” However, nobody has ever…
Tumblr media
View On WordPress
0 notes