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Tag Archives: wikipedia
Halting language change: Wikipedia Grammar Vigilante
Grammar vigilantes are not a novelty. Perhaps one of the best-publicized grammar crusades was the Great Typo Hunt, a nationwide mission by two young Americans who corrected hundreds of public typos during a three-month road trip and were imprisoned as … Continue reading
Posted in technology, usage features
Tagged Bryan Henderson, COCA, comprised of, grammar wars, HUGE database, linguistic change, wikipedia
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Wikis and usage advice
You have surely concluded from our recent polls that we are interested in your favourite online sources on language use. After receiving a large number of different answers from you when asked about your go-to online sources, I noticed that … Continue reading
Posted in technology, usage guide
Tagged usage items, WikiAnswers, wikiHow, wikipedia
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List of disputed usages
One of the readers of this blog drew our attention to the fact that there is a list of disputed usages in Wikipedia. The list includes ain’t, less for fewer, like for as, which were all dealt with elsewhere in this … Continue reading
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