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Vision of united Ukraine under violent attack
DONETSK, Ukraine — Diana Berg and Ekaterina Kostrova were brought up speaking Russian, but in the past few weeks they have discovered in themselves a new sense of Ukrainian patriotism. Theirs was a vision of a united Ukraine, a country with “European values” but with close ties to Russia, a country where it does not […]
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Why ‘Mr Stink’ beats ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ for children today
From The Sunday Telegraph ‘No friend is as loyal as a book,” said Ernest Hemingway. That gets to the key point about books, which is that they are basically friends. They make life better. Especially if you get into them young: only last week a study revealed that children who were read to early in […]
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin http://ift.tt/Shrv9b
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‘Horticultural pornography’ pictures of nice gardens or offensive language? | Mind your language
Not everyone finds it amusing to read in newspapers about food, property and now gardening ‘porn’ A reader has taken the Guardian to task for using terms such as “food porn”, “property porn”, and most recently (in a preview of the BBC television series British Gardens in Time) “horticultural pornography”. Continue reading… Mind your language […]
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English language offenders: show us examples of bad grammar
Spotted any misuses of language by people and institutions who should know better? Share your photos via GuardianWitness Grammatical mistakes crop up everywhere and are always a subject of lively discussion among our readers. Be it the Bad Grammar awards, the shortlist for which includes offenders such as the NHS, Tesco and Tristam Hunt, or […]
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin http://ift.tt/1ikIfH9