Across
- 5. The mishearing of words.
- 6. Those who believe that unruly language is in its purest and loveliest form.
- 8. The predicate describes this.
- 10. When we turn adjectives or verbs into nouns.
Down
- 1. A verb used as a noun or a noun used as a verb.
- 2. Those who believe in strength, structure, and sanity offered by standard English rules.
- 3. An archaic-sounding mix of the Latin crux for cross, verbum for word, and the French suffix -iste.
- 4. An inversion of word order.
- 7. A Greek word that means "a cutting".
- 9. When speakers omit consonants, vowels, or whole syllables.