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The Latest Style
On Monday we introduced a number of revisions and updates to the stylebook. After Deadline will highlight some of those changes over the next few weeks. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/the-latest-style/
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New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin via Tumblr http://jesusromerotrillo.tumblr.com/post/65047020625
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New publication: Research Trends in Intercultural Pragmatics. Ed. by Kecskes, Istvan & Romero-Trillo, Jesús
Mouton de Gruyter 2013. Click this link for Table of Contents and other details
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‘Gif’, with a hard G, is perfectly correct, and it doesn’t matter what people said in 1987
Stupid because-I-say-so prescriptivism in The Atlantic and The New York Times over the word “Gif”. “The war is won, even if the battle ensues. GIF is pronounced with a soft G, and if you think otherwise, you are wrong,” sniffs The Atlantic, its nose hoisted well into the air. The NYT agrees: “A GIF, pronounced […]
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Universities should ditch the talk of investing in the future | Simon Jenkins
Instead of research academics need to focus on giving students what they want for their money: that is, a well-rounded education Money talks. After two years of tuition fees at £7,000-£9,000 universities are apparently rolling in cash, and their students are demanding value for it. Universities are expected to deliver not just education but jobs. […]
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Red Pencils Ready?
For this week’s roundup of grammar, style and other editing missteps, I turn once again to the popular After Deadline Quiz. Try to identify at least one problem in each of the passages. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/red-pencils-ready-9/