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Obama wants to ‘de-escalate’ but I will be de-happified if we can’t de-accelerate use of this word | Mind your language
It’s an ugly word for an ugly state of affairs. Surely English can do better. How about ‘descalate’? Barack Obama, when asked about the situation in Ukraine this week, said: “We may be able to de-escalate it.” A number of news organisations reporting the president’s statement, among them USA Today and the Washington Examiner, chose […]
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Protected: Language in Communicative Contexts 2
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Johnson: A few favourite things
WHEN Johnson needs to research something, a long list of bookmarks, plus a stack of physical books, plus a phone jammed with apps, have made the work faster and more fun. This column is dedicated to a few of the things that make working with language easier and more enjoyable. Indeed, there has never been […]
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Bright Passages
In a brief respite from danglers and who/whom problems, here’s another small sampling of sparkling prose from the last few weeks. After Deadline http://ift.tt/1i9Km0N