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Tag Archives: language rules
The world’s worst written sentence
Consider the following sentence: “Yet the nightmare cast its shroud in the guise of a contagion of a deer-in-the-headlights paralysis.” According to columnist at The Economist, the above sentence would qualify to be nominated as “the world’s worst written … Continue reading
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Tagged language rules, rules for writing, style, Style Guides, The Economist, worst written sentence, writing
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Creativity and/or Prescriptivism
In a cult sketch on language, Stephen Fry compares the inexhaustible creative potential of language to that of music. The structure of language comprises a limited set of parts, just as a piano keyboard has a limited set of keys. … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Metcalf, attitudes to usage, language rules, prescriptivism, Stephen Fry
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