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Literally, too big a fuss about nothing – the latest English Today interactive feature
The sixth installment in the Bridging the Unbridgeable series of interactive features was published in the June 2015 issue of the English Today journal. In this feature, we ask readers to contribute to investigating the issue of the non-literal, intensifier use of … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes survey, English Today, language change, literally, pet peeves, usage problems
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Yagoda’s Language Madness
March Madness describes a very American phenomenon: the NCAA college basketball tournament. In this tournament college teams compete against each other and by winning move on to the next round. This process is often visualised in so-called brackets, which apparently … Continue reading
Posted in polls and surveys, usage features
Tagged Ben Yagoda, language madness, pet peeves, polls, sins against language
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