Neha's Notebook

    #1 A WORD IS A FORM OF ENERGY! The ancient Indian sages say that a word is not just a word, but a form of energy which carries within it the potential of transformation.   It is only through the words that people like writers, poets and storytellers are able to weave magic through their writings, poems and stories!   #2 GRAMMAR IMPLIES ‘THE LOGIC OF LANGUAGE’! In Indian texts, grammar is referred to, by the terms such as “Vyakaran”.   The Sanskrit word Vyakaran implies separation, distinction, discrimination, analysis, explanation, logic" of something .   And so, Grammar can be understood as the science of studying the logic or the structure of language !   #3 THE SCIENCE OF GRAMMAR IS APPROX. 3000 YEARS OLD! Grammar is one of the most ancient sciences dating back to the Vedic period. This field of grammar also makes up one of the six Vedangas in the scriptures of Vedas or Vedic Studies.   Grammar or Vyakaran i...

  Syllable manipulation is an exciting approach to add the element of wittiness, clubbability and fun to the style of your writing.   In linguistics, Syllable manipulation comes under the combined umbrella of phonetics, phonotactics and morphology.   WHAT IS SYLLABLE MANIPULATION? The technique of writing in which the set of syllables forming a word, are manipulated, in order to form new words or to add style to the writing. THE TACTICS OF SYLLABLE MANIPULATION? The process of syllable manipulation mainly includes the tactics of syllable segmentation, syllable isolation, syllable addition, syllable deletion, syllable substituition, syllable scramble and syllable blend. WHERE IS SYLLABLE MANIPULATION BEST USED IN WRITING? The tactics of syllable manipulation are best utilized for writing shortform but powerful communication/marketing content such as names of product lines/categories, headlines, sub-part(s) of a headline, captions, promo taglines, and likewi...

  7 CONFLICTS THAT WILL BOGGLE YOUR MIND! #1  “laugh” and  “laaf” Why do we spell & write the word “ laugh ” as “laugh” and not “laaf” ? (despite the fact that both the words sound exactly the same)   #2  “cat” and  “pasta” How do we instinctively (and so easily!) discriminate between the two different sounds as pronounced by the alphabet “t” in these two words? What causes our mind to grasp this difference?   #3  “books these read us let.” “Let us read these books.” Why does the first sentence make no sense to our mind whereas with just a simple regrouping of words, the second sentence immediately makes sense?   #4  “Let’s cook Bunty!” “Let’s cook, Bunty!” Why and how come a single comma makes the difference of heaven and hell in these two sentences?   #5 “The bear eats a leaf.” “The leaf eats a bear.” How does the meaning of the sentence alters drastically just by shifting the places of th...