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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
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The New York Times: Words We Love Too Much By PHILIP B. CORBETT MAY 6, 2014, 8:00 AM
A colleague noted six uses of the description “deep-pocketed” in our copy in a single week not long ago. There were four more appearances during another recent week: “deep-pocketed investors,” “deep-pocketed donors” and “deep-pocketed tobacco companies” (twice).
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Why ‘Mr Stink’ beats ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ for children today
From The Sunday Telegraph ‘No friend is as loyal as a book,” said Ernest Hemingway. That gets to the key point about books, which is that they are basically friends. They make life better. Especially if you get into them young: only last week a study revealed that children who were read to early in […]
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin http://ift.tt/Shrv9b
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English language offenders: show us examples of bad grammar
Spotted any misuses of language by people and institutions who should know better? Share your photos via GuardianWitness Grammatical mistakes crop up everywhere and are always a subject of lively discussion among our readers. Be it the Bad Grammar awards, the shortlist for which includes offenders such as the NHS, Tesco and Tristam Hunt, or […]
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The Master’s Degree in English Applied Linguistics at UAM offers a solid theoretical and practical approach to Applied Linguistics taught by leading academics in the discipline.