Monthly Archives: December 2013

Who was, is Janet Whitcut?

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ingrid Tieken

(I am grateful to several people, particularly Robert Ilson and Moca Mace, for telling me about their acquaintance with Janet Whitcut.) Janet Whitcut is important for our work as the author, along with Sidney Greenbaum (1929-1996), of The Longman Guide to English … Continue reading →

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Is Fay Weldon having us on?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Ingrid Tieken

It’s an occupational hazard, I suppose, but I find it hard to read a novel without noticing particular usage features. So while reading Fay Weldon‘s The Heart of the Country (1987) last week, I stumbled over this sentence, as it has an … Continue reading →

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Wikis and usage advice

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Morana Lukač

You have surely concluded from our recent polls that we are interested in your favourite online sources on language use. After receiving a large number of different answers from you when asked about your go-to online sources, I noticed that … Continue reading →

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Attitudes to usage: a thought experiment

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Robin Straaijer

Imagine you’re sitting at a big table as part of a large group of people. It could be a cafe, it could be a restaurant, it could be a meeting at work. Some of the people at the table are … Continue reading →

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