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Tag Archives: database
Practicing with the HUGE database
Last week we ran a workshop with a group of language professionals in which they explored the HUGE database with some practice searches. Those practice search questions are now also available on the database page so you can do the same. … Continue reading
Posted in usage features
Tagged ain't, between you and I, dangling participle, database, HUGE, literally, split infinitive, that/which, who vs. whom
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update About page
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
Wanted: Usage Guide Writers (f)
Our current strategy for deciding which usage guides to enter into our database of English usage guides and usage problems has been to identify different categories of usage guides and focus our efforts on acquiring the guides that fit into these categories. … Continue reading
Posted in technology, usage guide
Tagged crowdsourcing, database, HUGE, usage guide drive, women
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Author Spotting
I would like to share my excitement about my most recent book purchase. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s related to the HUGE database of usage guides and usage problems – albeit tangentially. The book is Het Handboek Stijl, which is the current … Continue reading
Posted in usage guide
Tagged author spotting, database, Het Handboek Stijl, influence, University of Leiden
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HUGE database
The creation of a database of English usage guides and usage problems: the Hyper Usage Guide of English, or HUGE-database, is one of the sub-projects within Bridging the Unbridgeable. It is the first database to combine more than two hundred years of usage advice … Continue reading
Posted in news, technology
Tagged Bryan Garner, database, Elements of Style, fowler, HUGE, Lynne Truss, reference, Strictly English, Strunk and White, usage guides, usage problems
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Lexicon Valley: A Most Delightful Dale
For many months now, I’ve been intending to write an epic review of one of my favorite podcasts: Lexicon Valley presented by Slate. Well, this weekend I invoked the muses – otherwise known as Lexicon Valley hosts Mike Vuolo and … Continue reading
Posted in cartoons
Tagged attitudes to usage, database, grammar, humour, language podcasts, Lexicon Valley
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Fun with Codification
During the last months, I’ve been assisting in compiling the Bridging the Unbridgeable project’s database of usage guides and usage problems – which will be launched at a lunch lecture this Friday. This has been a wonderful and interesting experience … Continue reading
Posted in events
Tagged database, English usage, fowler, HUGE, humour, Pirate usage, usage, usage guides
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