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Language change and slang
So, What’s The Big Deal With Starting A Sentence With ‘So’?
It’s like a lot of other grammatical fixations: Not everybody cares about it, but the ones who do care care a whole lot.
Language teaching and resources
A Beginner’s Guide to Teaching Online
Part one of a new series asks which of the many platforms is best for teaching online.
Improve your English
That’s that, and that’s final
It is an article of faith in American journalism schools that that as a conjunction should be extirpated in copy.
Books, dictionaries, words and language
Language acquisition: From sounds to the meaning
A sensitivity to speech sounds is already present in newborns. These types of sounds are in fact perceived as special starting from the first days of life.
Fun
Grammar Nazi apostrophe hoard found under Polands mountain’s
“The train doesn’t just contain apostrophe’s”, summarized grammar hunter Steve Sibilatelin. “Theirs also literally talk of a stash of ellipsises, semi-colons, and the long lost Oxford Comma.”
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