Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? (Slate)
Finally, people are starting to agree with me that the American convention doesn’t make sense. With the rise of self-publishing, maybe we …
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Updating English (again)
Strict grammarians aside, I like to think that many people understand that English is a vibrant and adaptive language. We’ve entered into an amazing era of linguistic experimentation and adaptation. To that end, I’d like to once again throw in my 2¢ worth
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Trying To Make English Easier
Every generation finds English being tested by the young (and smart-asses, let’s be fair). It keeps the language vibrant. Plus, English does have bits that could deal with some tweaking. Though I’m no longer young (but I am the other thing), I’d be remiss in not mentioning some tweaks of my own.
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