Category: Linguistics
I discuss and explain my theoretical interests here. The meanings going with the theories can be dense at times; I’ll try my best to ‘unpack’ them in more everyday, ‘appliable’ terms. This category aims to answer some questions related to English language in general, and more specifically, academic writing, literacy and education.
Prepositional Phrases Expressing Time (Part 1)
One Strange “Rule” about Adjectives We Don’t Know
Passive Voice Below the Clause Level
Preposition Phrases (I) Quick Introductory Guide
113. Verbs that Cannot Be Passive
Four Main Sentence Structures for Expressing Modality
Breaking the Pattern – A Quick Thought about “De-automatisation”
Reading Fairclough
Erik the Linguist 