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Several correspondents have been in touch this week about the library crisis that is currently attracting a great deal of attention - not le...

Two correspondents have written to ask about the use of the verbs built and builded in the King James Bible. Is there a difference of mean...

A correspondent writes about an earlier post headed 'On Shakespeare being Irish', worrying about the grammar rather than the content...

Another day when the phone won't stop ringing from correspondents because of a newly reported project involving language. This time it...

Several correspondents, having read Michael Rosen's generous piece about me in this week's Guardian , have asked what I think about ...

A correspondent (from Radio 4's 'World At One') rings up to ask me about the origins of shellacking , which has received a new l...

A correspondent has just sent me details of a new play on endangered languages. In fact, two. It's like London buses. None come for ages...