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Tag Archives: politeness
Can you correct someone without being a language bully?
Over the past two weeks, the linguistic blogosphere has exploded over ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s latest musical parody Word Crimes. Linguists, editors and others were blogging at break-neck speed to discuss the judgements expressed in the song. On this blog, Viktorija … Continue reading
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Tagged correcting, errors, Grammar Monkeys, grammar nazis, identity, language bullies, politeness, Word Crimes
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Attitudes to usage: a thought experiment
Imagine you’re sitting at a big table as part of a large group of people. It could be a cafe, it could be a restaurant, it could be a meeting at work. Some of the people at the table are … Continue reading
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