The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare · first published 1734
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…is legendary for a reason. I haven't read one of his plays yet that that I didn't deeply enjoy. They never hit right in high school, but as an adult I find them profound. I giggled my way through A Comedy of Errors recently and it still makes me smile. A Christian recommendation - I've very much enjoyed Jeremy Taylor's 1650 Holy Living and Dying. Probably the best book on Christian life I've read, and I've read…
on “Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?” ↗Essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer John A. MacDonald: The young politician by Donald Creighton Comedy of errors by Wm. Shakespeare Paradise Lost by John Milton
on “Ask HN: What books are you reading right now?” ↗I know this is Heathen Heresy but I never enjoyed Shakespeare. As part of my English studies I have read the following ones - Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth…
on “Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and poems” ↗…as 15 years ago, using "they" to refer to a single individual was derided by many as grammatically incorrect. > The recent acceptance comes down to two factors Here is a couplet from Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" (1623): > There's not a man I meet but doth salute me > As if I were their well-acquainted friend And the King James Version (1611) of the Bible has this for Deuteronomy 17:5: > Then shalt thou bring…
on “No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This” ↗…it an exonym? It is not the preferred term for the vast majority of Hispanic people even in the US.[1] > Today, young English speakers are trying to popularize "they" as an English neuter pronoun A Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare, c.1594), Act 4, Scene 3: > There's not a man I meet but doth salute me. As if I were their well-acquainted friend Singular 'they' even when the gender is known has been popular…
on “How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?” ↗"There’s not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend" - Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors If it's good enough for Shakespeare it's good enough for me. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neu... for some examples of times avoiding singular they makes the sentence…