Tag Archives: Pia de Jong

“Use the active voice” – full stop

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Ingrid Tieken

Here is one example of the effect which following up on Strunk and White’s linguistic advice may have (see last week’s blog post on this): He spent a considerable portion of 1802 in Nellore collecting manuscripts, interviewing local Brahmins whom … Continue reading →

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Strunk & White in our very own NRC-Handelsblad!

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Ingrid Tieken

I don’t always read the Dutch writer Pia de Jong’s weekly column from the US in our paper, but last night, turning over the NRC, my eye was immediately drawn to the words Elements of Style: Strunk and White in NRC-Handelsblad, … Continue reading →

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The HRT a new usage problem?

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Ingrid Tieken

Is the so-called High Rise Terminal, HRT for short and also called Upspeak, developing into a new usage problem? Robert Ilson, in an article in The English Language Today (1985), mentions three criteria that define linguistic features as potential usage … Continue reading →