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why me no grammar

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2022.09.24

We met Yagu and went to The Boy's school for an open house today. We did a VR-headset space exploration only my headset wasn't working so I was treated to a flat "welcome" screen the entire time. I closed my eyes and caught about one word in five of the narrated explanation done (quite well from what I could gather) by a high-school student.

My lack of grammar education really shows these days. The Boy sometimes tries to correct me and I don't even understand the explanation because he uses unfamiliar terms. Also, I get a sense of what e.g. volitional form of a verb is in my Japanese studies but .. I guess I'll just have to go to The Boy's discarded English books and find out.

rand()m quote

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.