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• Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into…
• I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps…
• Several of us linguists at that time would record our own kids, just to get some data. There was some literature on…
• The internet is an amazing medium for languages,
• Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.
• At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.
• Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining…
• Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you…
• It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of…
• As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.
• A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.
• Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

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