Neatorama Posts Tagged "english language"
The End of the Pronoun Whom...

In standard English grammar, the pronoun who is used as a subject and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/31/The-End-of-the-Pronoun-Whom/
Second Grade Class Learns Grammar by Correcting the Tweets of Pro Football Players...

NFL players are doing a service to students at the Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo, New York simply by tweeting. They're providing great examples of bad grammar which second grade students are correcting.Perhaps we co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/02/Second-Grade-Class-Learns-Grammar-by-Correcting-the-Tweets-of-Pro-Football-Players/
Should We Stop Using the Singular "They"?...

In formal English grammar, the pronoun "they" is always plural. The...  ...here is no gender-nonspecific singular pronoun in English . This is a problem, for there is often a need to...  .... In graduate school, the use of gender-inclusive language was pounded into me, so I now...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/19/Should-We-Stop-Using-the-Singular-They/
Scholars: English Is a Scandinavian Language

Two linguists argue that modern English isn't really a West Germanic language , most similar to modern German, Dutch and Frisian...  ...n German, Dutch and Frisian, but a North Germanic language , such as Norwegian, Swedish and Danish:Their rese...  ...hose of earlier lingui...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/08/Scholars-English-Is-a-Scandinavian-Language/
Is the Most Beautiful Phrase in English "Cellar Door"?

It flows off the tongue and inspires curiosity abo...  ..."cellar door" as the most beautiful phrase in the English language :The claim that cellar door is beautiful to the ea...  ...What do you think is the most beautiful phrase in English

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/12/Is-the-Most-Beautiful-Phrase-in-English-Cellar-Door/
Japanese Company Switches Entirely to the English Language

Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder of Rakuten Inc., has...  ...s--meetings, emails, verbal conversations--in the English language : At the time of the 2010 announcement, only ab...  ...squo;s 6,000 Japanese employees could function in English , according to a case study by the Harvard Busines...  ...oyees, forced...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/08/Japanese-Company-Switches-Entirely-to-the-English-Language/
When Did English Lose the Long Letter S?

Above is a selection from a 1711 printing of Milton's Paradise Lost. Notice that what appears to be the modern letter f appears in the place of the modern letter s. This is the "long s"--a typographical practice of past...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/23/when-did-english-lose-the-long-letter-s/
English v3.31 Released

If you've been using heavily patched, older versio...  ...been using heavily patched, older versions of the English language , you'll be pleased to know that a completely upda...  ...t's great: Just downloaded the beta version of English V3.31, and I have to say I am very excited about...  ...differentiate be...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/23/english-v3-31-released/
Buying a Cow in Old English

(Video Link) The Frisian language is spoken by about half a million people in the N...  ...rmany. It is the closet surviving relative of Old English , the tongue of Anglo-Saxon England. How mutually...  ...on England. How mutually intelligible are the two languages ? In thi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/12/buying-a-cow-in-old-english/
New Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary

What new words have been officially* added to...  ...What new words have been officially* added to the English language ? Oxford University Press now lists them on its we...  ...rds and spelling them correctly. Insist that your English professor change the grade on your term paper....  ...l can be attributed to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/03/new-words-added-to-the-oxford-english-dictionary/
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