Dan Rosenberg

@lexlanham “Yesterday was supposed to be here today”

what is your favorite moment in this comment in response to a facebook ad for low-carb protein gnocchi

@MerriamWebster Iconic If something has been around for more than a month or so and at least three people have vaguely heard of it, it’s iconic

What is the most overused word in your line of work? Let it out.

@ThatEricAlper Don’t Walk Away Renee—The Left Banke

What's a great song with “Do” or “Don't” in the title?

@Eric_Erins Hypothesis: Attorneys tend to live in the northern suburbs and therefore proximity to Ogilvie trumps proximity to anything in the Loop.

Though honestly if I were a Sidley Austin employee I think I’d rather work in the loop! Unless you’re off the green line any other commute goes from a one train commute to a two train commute.

I like it. Huge win for west loop, not that it needs another one. Downtown continues to change and expand.

@MrAndyNgo @breeadail @UCSF @bourne_beth2345 Transhausen by Proxy

NEW NGO REPORT: Madeline Mann, a @UCSF administrator caught on video threatening to kill @bourne_beth2345 for being critical of trans surgeries on children, is married to woke podcaster Merlin Mann — and together they transitioned their daughter at age 15. thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-repor…

@BradPowers7 Cig tried to check in at 2:55 when the correct check-in time is 3:00

Is there a legit rift between Nick Saban and Curt Cignetti?

@GrammarTable I could say either. To my ear, slight differences between the two deictically: "coming" suggests we're already together and going for the sushi soon; "going" works better when we're apart at the moment of speaking and when we might be getting the sushi in a few hours, or tomorrow

I'm _____ (going, coming) with you to pick up the sushi.

@GrammarTable I’m good with zero

How many commas would you add to the sentence below? Rob took the bottle from him and in politeness did not wipe the neck with his sleeve before he drank. I welcome comments on where you'd put them.

@GrammarTable I think it’s grammatical, noble, and poetic

Is there a grammatical problem in the sentence "We have done that which was our duty to do"?

@antialienationp The very idea of co-parenting is offensive to narcissistic parents, because it means they have to share credit for raising the child. Narcissists categorically do not share credit for anything. And I suppose vlogging and "influencing" attract a decent number of narcissists.

Let's discuss a disturbing trend I've been noticing online — influencers and mommy vloggers using their co-parenting struggles and personal family drama as clickbait for profit. youtu.be/yZ3rVg66BKA?si…

@ManOnTheGreen @cdonosowriter @MerriamWebster @jmb @GrammarTable @bossproofreader I plead ignorance. pok-er for the metal rod makes sense because it helps a rapid reader recognize the verb root poke; similarly, M-W has mak-er, wip-er, and so on. But I have no idea how the decision is made for po-ker over pok-er for the card game.

@cdonosowriter @MerriamWebster In which case, my question would be, “What in particular determines the apparently differing morphologies of ‘po·ker’ and ‘pok·er’ (and would copywriters really distinguish between the two when setting permissible line breaks)?” @jmb @GrammarTable @DVRinChicago @bossproofreader

Within a dictionary entry, the dots that break up a word are known as ‘end-of-line’ division dots. These dots indicate where the word can be broken if it doesn't fit on a line of text. Syllable breaks are shown with hyphens in the pronunciation. 🧵⬇️

@lexlanham obv

@DVRinChicago translates to the cliquey widow, right? 😜

fall 2025 supplement to my trademark casebook has added the fireball case AND a case that discusses veuve cliquot in depth, & that's in the first chapter alone smh it's like the fed circuit wants our students learning tm law w/ a drink in hand

@Rondowriter @GrammarTable What do you say here? 'She brought me a bunch of grapes and I thanked her profusely for [it/them]'

@GrammarTable It seems that three quarters of people simply can't parse a sentence correctly any more. "A bunch" is the subject and it is a singular noun. Full stop. The answer is "passes".

What would you do? A bunch of dogs _____ (passes, pass) my house every day at 3:30 p.m. and I don't know why.

@marcpuck @GrammarTable Similar here. Usually 'grocery store.' Sometimes 'supermarket.' Never 'Tim.'

@GrammarTable I'd say 'supermarket', depending, because I alternate 'grocery store' and 'supermarket'. Don't ask. 😀

This one is for American English speakers. (Please click the last option if you would like to see the answers.) Let's say you're heading to a store that qualifies as a grocery store. What term would you most likely use in the following sentence? "Tim, I'm going to the ________."

@GrammarTable Strong team either. In AmEng at least, a bunch of often means a lot of, a large number of (“A bunch of bills were passed in the Senate last week”) and gets a plural verb. If the dogs are in a ragtag procession, I lean “pass”; if they are in a packlike clump, I lean “passes”

@JonathanShedler 4/different from the folk-wisdom truism that it's often easier to tear others down than to build oneself up. Third, and last, I want to emphasize, again from my limited perspective, how pernicious and dangerous the malignant narcissist's desire to vanquish someone can be. It ...

@JonathanShedler 3/vanquish (your word from your post # 2/ above) is the cause of all evil. Second, I think many malignant narcissists devote more energy, even obsessive energy, to demeaning and vanquishing their chosen enemies than to dramatizing their own grandiose self. This is not much ...

1/ Malignant narcissism “Malignant narcissism is a variant of narcissistic personality that has gained public attention in recent years. It is, in fact, the intersection of narcissistic personality and antisocial-psychopathic personality, blending the characteristics of both.