"Proper" language use
Are you concerned with using language "properly"? Excellent! We also believe in the proper use of language.
In fact, ajabanzabAn
plans to write some useful books on the subject of grammar. We've also designed our magnet
kits with a special eye for grammar. Each kit features a carefully chosen, well-rounded selection of all the parts and particles
of speech necessary to make perfectly proper sentences. When used in conjunction
with classroom instruction, the magnet kits can be a very proper educational tool.
Language Anarchy!
And yet, anarchy rockets through this website and our magnet kits like a winged turtle drunk on butane.
Language is a wondrous and flexible code. When you unfold odd word combinations,
they can spark your imagination and feed your creativity. They can lead to
new possibilities, new insights, new visions, new meanings. Even when it
doesn’t make “proper” sense words can trigger wondrous thoughts!
Some tips from Shakespeare
Therefore, we encourage you to play fast and loose with these words. Consider
the legendary Shakespeare (who, coincidentally, coined the phrase “fast and
loose”). He loved language and never let fears of conventional use inhibit
him. In order to express his ideas, he invented over 1700 words that are
commonly used today (such as “amazement”). He changed nouns into verbs, verbs
into adjectives, connected words never before used together, added prefixes
and suffixes, and when all else failed, simply made up a whole new word.
He was a verbal bot-shekan (idol smasher). And yet they did not tell him
he wasn’t doing it “right”. Instead they were struck with awe and declared
his deviations to be the standard of “proper” English use which is inflicted
on the rest of us to this day.
Persian is well-suited to making up words
More details to come as we fix up the grammar section. In general, Persian is
an affixal language. Here, read this article about Persian Morphology.
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