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Monday, 31 October 2011

On snowtober

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A correspondent writes from the USA about the news media’s collective decision to settle on Snowtober as their name on Twitter and in headl...
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Thursday, 22 September 2011

On being fairly much aware

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A correspondent writes to ask if he can say fairly much and still be grammatically correct? If we can have pretty much and very much , he ...
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

On LARSP latest

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Long before I began this blog, correspondents were already writing asking how they could get hold of the three texts on clinical language pr...
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Monday, 12 September 2011

On OP latest

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Several correspondents have written recently asking about the latest developments in 'original pronunciation' (OP) - a recurrent the...
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Sunday, 4 September 2011

On linguistic apps

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A correspondent writes to ask if there are any linguistics apps. They are certainly beginning to appear, and coincidentally I received news ...
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Friday, 26 August 2011

On being persuaded about convince

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A correspondent sends in the following passage from the Times (30 July): 'In Adam Sage’s article about Dominique Strauss-Kahn (July 23)...
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Monday, 1 August 2011

On 'Marley and me/I'

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A correspondent writes with a query about the title of the book and film Marley And Me . He notes that some people think it should be Marley...
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