Archive for March, 2009
Swedish Writers – Selma Lagerlöf Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 10, 2009
I was driving from Umeå to Stockholm this past Monday. Everything was going just fine and we were happily cruising along when somewhere between Umeå and Örnsköldsvik (also known as Ö-vik) the weather got all funky. It began to snow, or rather, from the looks of the road, it had been snowing for quite some…
Word Order in Subordinate Clauses Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 3, 2009
Remember when we talked about adverbial clauses? Yes, boring grammar stuff today, sorry! But we haven’t quite finished with the subject, and actually, the bit we will discuss today is interesting. What, you didn’t know that grammar can be interesting? Don’t believe me? Just wait and see for yourself! (And it’s easy, too – I…