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The publication of Txtng: the Gr8 Db8 last Saturday, extracted in the Guardian , has brought a flurry of correspondence. Of greatest intere...

One of the correspondents to this blog has sent in a poem, as a comment on the post 'On complaining about the tide coming in' (last ...

A correspondent writes to ask about superior , having heard someone say Federer is so superior to the rest of the field and then He is very...

A correspondent writes to ask about the difference between 'complete' and 'incomplete' predication, which she and her collea...

A correspondent writes to ask what is the 'official' name for the @ sign, if there is one. Well, I guess it all depends on what one ...

A correspondent - presumably from the UK - writes to say she is 'fascinated by the American habit (inability?) to say mirror, terror , e...

A correspondent learning English as a foreign language writes to say he is uncertain about whether he can say for four times (vs four times...