Startword – I thought that I had made it up, but the word exists. It means a sequence of letters that begin a word that could exist in a particular language. ‘STR’ could begin any number of words in English -how many can you think of? But if you saw the letters ‘DZI’ you wouldn’t expect an … Continue reading Startwords
Pat Hutchin’s wonderful book, Rosie’s Walk, contains one sentence. The sentence has two clauses joined by ‘and’, and thirty-two words. One of the joys of the book is the way the pictures tell a part of the story never mentioned in the words. Rosie the hen walks insouciantly around the farmyard followed by a fox, whose … Continue reading A well-crafted sentence
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