I read MAK Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar a few years back and it was fascinating, particularly how the scientific community ENTIRELY eliminates the SUBJECT from communication and nominalizes verbs,, rather like the absurd question “what is love?” when love is an action, not a noun. We use it wrong, hence: confusion.

I read MAK Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar a few years back and it was fascinating, particularly how the scientific community ENTIRELY eliminates the SUBJECT from communication and nominalizes verbs,, rather like the absurd question “what is love?” when love is an action, not a noun. We use it wrong, hence: confusion.

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There you go, taking away my freedom by telling me to continue, even employing psychological methods such as “hope” and “inspiration”. Next you’ll have me join a parade or something and wear a patch. I see what’s happening here.

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Was there a subject? “You can’t tell me what to do!” was the cue that a standard internet joke was forthcoming and the following would be banter.

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