It’s OK to use incomplete sentences. Really
Forget what you learned in school. When it comes to writing sentence fragments, even Shakespeare broke the rules
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 46Life The Week, Language, Grammar
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Life The Week, Language, Grammar
From baseball to beisuboru: Foreign languages steal from English too
When adopted by different cultures, English words can take on totally different sounds and meanings
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 3:01 PM UTCLife The Week, Language
Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms
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Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 22Life The Week, words, Language
Jay Leno: Call them “undocumented Democrats”
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Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 4:35 PM UTC 11Politics Video, Jay Leno, Immigration
Google tells Sweden that “ungoogleable” is not a word
Sweden defines the term as anything that cannot be found on a search engine
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:20 PM UTCTechnology Google, Sweden, ungoogleable, words
Stop pretending cyberspace exists
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A fresh view of George Orwell
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Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 10Entertainment The New Inquiry, literature
Mapping the emotions we don’t have language for
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Monday, Jan 7, 2013 8:54 PM UTCLife Language, Emotion
Welcome to generation “fidgital”
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Monday, Jan 7, 2013 2:03 PM UTCTechnology tech, smartphones, addiction
Study: Language learning may begin in utero
Researchers found that infants can respond to their native language only hours after being born
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 10:37 PM UTC 12Life Science, Babies, Language, learning
What’s the secret to learning a second language?
Studies reveal it's more than just a matter of memory. A look at what the science of recall can teach us
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 12:30 PM UTC 31Life Science, Education, Brain
Where does language come from?
How do we understand what words really mean? New science suggests we make meaning by creating mental simulations
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 18Life Books, Science, Neuroscience
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