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Breaking point: is the writing on the wall for the paragraph? (The Guardian 22/5/2015)

If the statistics are to be believed, by the end of this sentence, I’ll have lost most of you. Because according to some estimates, the average time spent on a webpage is 15 seconds.

May 22, 2015
What exactly are our rules comprised of? (The Economist 23 April 2015)

MIXED reactions greeted the news in February that a man had edited thousands of Wikipedia articles with a single, special passion. His mission?

April 28, 2015
Anaphora hot. Anaphora cold. Politicians’ rhetoric sounds tired and old (Mind your language, 21 April 2015)

The consequences of overestimating our own abilities can be grave.

April 24, 2015
A bullying, interfering waster: how politics gave the state a bad name (The Guardian 16/4/2015)

Personification can help us make sense of the world, but Margaret Thatcher and her successors have used it to turn the helping hand of society into an outstretched leg

April 16, 2015
Anthropomorphic language – it’s only human (The Guardian)

A little while ago, I went for a walk and spotted a frog in the middle of the pavement.

March 13, 2015
Language Anxieties: A long decline (The Economist 12-Feb-2015)

THE English language, we all know, is in decline.

February 12, 2015

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