Tag Archives: Grammar
A Diacritic Revolution

A Diacritic Revolution

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How did those diacritic squiggles, dots, and dashes get there in the first place if people seem to read and speak correctly without them?

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Grammar, Laura Bridges-Pereira, Linguistics
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Glamour in grammar? Read on

Glamour in grammar? Read on

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“The bridge between the words ‘glamour’ and ‘grammar’ is magic. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘glamour’ evolved from ‘grammar’ through an ancient association between learning and enchantment.”

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Grammar
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Gender-neutral pronouns: Ne doesn’t like tem zeeself

Gender-neutral pronouns: Ne doesn’t like tem zeeself

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“We want a new pronoun. The need of a personal pronoun of the singular number and common gender is so desperate, urgent, imperative, that …

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Grammar
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UTexas at Austin – Foreign Language Teaching Methods

UTexas at Austin – Foreign Language Teaching Methods

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Professional development modules for foreign language instruction at the high-school and college levels.

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Language Acquisition, Language Education
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Many English Speakers Cannot Understand Basic Grammar

Many English Speakers Cannot Understand Basic Grammar

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Research into grammar by academics at Northumbria University suggests that a significant proportion of native English speakers are unable to understand some basic sentences.

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English, Grammar, Linguistics, Society
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El ruido de los acentos

El ruido de los acentos

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“Acentos Perdidos de España”: inventario de los acentos y letras mal colocados ..

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Society