Monthly Archives: September 2009

Incremental Filenames

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Mark

I was tinkering with a little program in C# this morning that needed to create incremental filenames instead of just overwriting the existing file.  As in: myfilename.htm -> myfilename_1.htm etc. So here is the rough and ready version of what … Continue reading →

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What’s happening to comparative adjectives?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Mark

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but the English seem to be losing the capacity to use comparative adjectives (hot, hotter, hottest) and are using “more hot” and “most hot”.  I was at a friend’s house last night, … Continue reading →

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What is a…. ? Part 2

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Mark

Continuing on from the last post on “What is a…?” here is the rest of the list. What is a metaphor? As succinctly as I can put it, a metaphor is a type of comparison that is only true for … Continue reading →

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