Category Archives: announcement

The page for the English Usage (Guides) Symposium at the University of Cambridge (see the above menu bar) provides the programme, abstracts and information on how to register. Registration can also be done here. The fee for the Symposium is £30 only: don’t wait too long before … Continue reading →

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Robin Straaijer | Leave a comment

Editing out singular they?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Ingrid Tieken

This was a question Klazien Tilstra, a BA student from the University of Leiden, asked the members of SENSE a few months ago. If you wish to find out the answer, read the summary of her BA thesis on this … Continue reading →

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Appropriate Usage – You decide!

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Carmen Ebner

The moment of truth has come. It is time to find out what YOU think about the English language and its usage? Is it fit as a fiddle? Or is it going down the drain? What do you consider acceptable and appropriate … Continue reading →

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update About page

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Robin Straaijer

It was long overdue, but we’ve updated the About page. It now also features our new project assistent Inge Otto, whose post you will have already seen come by if you regularly visit this site. Inge joined the project in September … Continue reading →

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New project assistent

Posted on October 1, 2013 by BtU Admin

In February 2013, Inge Otto joined the project as an intern and in September she was hired as our new project assistent, replacing Cynthia Lange. Inge will primarily be working on the database of usage guides and usage problems that … Continue reading →

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Latest conference news

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Robin Straaijer

Latest conference headline: follow us on Twitter – hashtag #PrescrConf2013 new paper by Charlotte Brewer (University of Oxford) on prescriptivism and the English school curriculum. Here is the new abstract (Grammarian Gove). Registration for the Leiden conference Prescription and Tradition in Language on 12-14 June … Continue reading →

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Pre-conference workshop

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Robin Straaijer

Attitudes to Prescriptivism is the theme of a workshop that we will hold on Tuesday 11 June 2013as a ramp-up to the conference Prescription and Tradition in Language which will take place here at Leiden University. There is more information about the workshop on the … Continue reading →

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All new faces

Posted on December 21, 2012 by BtU Admin

It was long promised and took a while, but we’ve finally updated the photo of our project members on the About page.

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Features

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Robin Straaijer

We have added a new page to the blog; it’s called Features. While our blog posts are usually short and to the point, we occasionally want to post longer pieces. These features can take different formats: they can be a … Continue reading →

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NOTICES: The page “Related blogs” has been replace by a blogroll in the sidebar. The page “Language Calendar” has been nested under the page “Events”.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by BtU Admin | Leave a comment