Kevin Molloy

I’ve been getting a bit confused over words recently. My I before E except after C rule found itself offended this morning by ’science’ – not that I misspelt (or is that misspelled?) it, but I just sat there, and noticed its shiny defiance. Then I remembered that other bit of the chanted spelling rhyme [...]

I’ve noticed I use a lot of reported speech in my lyrics. And I start a lot of sentences with ‘and’, which I’ve always been told is terribly bad form. But I enjoy starting with a conjunction. As you are currently experiencing. I’m also a linguistic pedant – I’m working on reconciling my bad habits [...]

Well Plato said to Socrates,
“I see your point, but I disagree,
You’ve been teaching me the greatest things,
So thankyou Master for setting me free,
“Let no discredit grace your name,
I must be wrong, there is no shame,
But I wonder if I had your fame,
Would my ideas still look the same?
“Then tragedy falls, I meant no harm,
If your [...]

Perhaps against expectations, I’m quite a big fan of txt speak, and of emoticons… the little smiley faces, you know, you use them all the time, I’m sure
The question is – did I just end-punctuate that sentence, or not?
It looks more than a little odd to end on two characters that most of [...]