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Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila?
Some people avoid Krispy Kreme because of the calories. Angela Nickerson won’t go there because of the Ks.
The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that separate man from beast, can be taught to a common songbird, new research suggests.
Can you tell already? Like, it isn't hard to guess anymore. We already know what it is. It's "like". The word that used to express an emotion is being trashed and thrown around by the, like, entire population.
Memo to Grammar Cops: Back Off!"Passions run hot when the discussion turns to language," writes Rutgers English professor Jack Lynch in his sprightly new history of the notion of "proper" English, "The Lexicographer's Dilemma."
Punctuation "vandal" runs afoul of apostrophe police - "Language is worth standing up for," says British accountantOr as the Telegraph refers to him "The Apostrophist" - with a nice photo too What I want to know is, do they pronounce the St John part to rhyme with "Sinjin"?
The word I'm thinking of is L - O- S- E . I have seen this word misspelled on the internet more times than I could count. . What is the problem?
We Don't Need No More Education Dear "tbt" editor of which it may concern I'm a student of pasco county a junior to be precise and pleas do not mistake this for a Dear Abby segment I am not a 40 year old women concerned about her felines.
Eight Spelling Errors Everyone MakesNewsvine bloggers seldom make these 8 common mistakes, even smart people make. But, then of course we have the old reliable "Spell checker" Personally I rarely mispell a word, however my keyboard will sometimes screw up. What are your most common spelling nemesis?
In my experience, a good percentage of the acrimony on Newsvine results from situations where a poster's intentions are either misunderstood, or mischaracterized.
Grammar Nazi Turns To A Life Of Paintbrush-Wielding Crime To Correct City's Signage After enduring sloppy punctuation on the street sign outside his home for more than a year, Stefan Gatward could stand it no longer.
Mixed Response to Curriculum PlansThe latest stage in the development of a national Australian curriculum has history teachers concerned about a lack of detail for the senior years, but English teachers confident a balance will be achieved in how students learn literature and grammar.
Logic and language are not the same thingIt's difficult for us to imagine what our mental lives would be like without language. Some theorists have even gone so far as to argue that language and logical thought are one and the same thing.
I had been toying with publishing a reworked version of this article for some time. I know it got virtually no notice as it was written when I was first coming out of the greenhouse, months back.
6 New Personality Disorders Caused by the Internet | Cracked.comJust a hilarious piece from cracked.com of new possible personality disorders caused by the internet and their reasons. I'm sure many newsvine readers would relate (I think I have problems 4 or 5! Who knows I could have problem number 2 as well!)...;)!
Twitter breaks the verb barrierIt may be reducing us all to a bunch of semi-literate, hashtag-spewing teenagers, but Twitter's influence on the English language can't be ignored, in the view of the Associated Press.
Save the Apostrophe, Say Possessive PuristsThe problem child of English is a tiny, tadpole-shaped bundle of trouble that makes no sound, but spells chaos.
I have more than once debated the correct pronunciation of my home state. It's Missour-ee, darn it!
To Teach Grammar, Get to the PointGrammar is back in fashion. Everyone wants grammar back in our schools but that's as far as the consensus goes.
English teacher attacks vandalism with grammar A Milwaukee English teacher is fighting graffiti with a grammar lesson. After someone spray painted a police call box in her neighborhood, Beth Biskobing posted fliers correcting the vandal's grammar. The tagger had painted, "Where da @!$%#es at?"
My interests include cooking dogs - how grammatical errors see CVs binned A job applicant listed their interests as "cooking dogs" while another boasted of having "excellent poof-reading skills", a new survey of CV blunders has discovered.
Grammar Syllabus to be Spelt OutThe national English curriculum will include a grammar guide setting out a systematic course of study to be taught in schools and the concepts students should learn.
Abstract: The present article addresses the issue of grammatical case and how it relates to English, tracing the historic loss of complete nominal case during the Norman conquest to modern variability in conjoined expressions with pronouns, e.g., "Me and Bill" or "Bill and me" ve …
Secede or succeed? | PostcardsListen closely here. Is Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, when asked about secession, saying there is "no serious thought about succeeding"? And did Gov. Rick Perry, also asked about secession, say "can we break ourselves into five states, can we succeed"?
Strunk and White Turns 50: Who Needs A Manual To Write Real Good? (Satire)All Things Considered, April 16, 2009 · Today marks the 50th anniversary of William Strunk and E.B. White's Elements of Style, the grammar manual used by millions of students, including commentator Marc Acito.
Are You a "Grammar Nazi"? How Picky Are You When it Comes to Grammar?The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar hates to be left out of a trend. This is why we've developed the following checklist for grammar enthusiasts. It's our completely nonscientific way of measuring if your fussbudget quotient is low, in the normal range or off the charts.
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