The problem with “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” lies not in its syntax but in semantics. By any semantic analysis, this sentence is pure nonsense. It’s gobbledygook, albeit ...

Syntax, Semantics, and Naked Emperors: Lessons Students Can Learn From an Academic Hoax ...

Harold in Clifton Park, N.Y., wrote recently to ask me about the grammar of the sentences "I couldn't care less" and "I could care less." ...