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Pedants should reach for their red pens now.
The word 'like' has a grammar, and by looking at it, we can learn a lot about what 'like' means and what it contributes to someone’s speech.
When reporting violence, grammar matters: the use of voice is key to apportioning blame and, importantly, an accurate depiction of what has taken place.
Organisational twaddle is everywhere. It's time to climb the 'strategic staircase' and incentivise our corporate leaders to abandon it.
Spoken language evolves differently and faster than written language, and there are good reasons why this is the case.
Software tools for South Africa’s Nguni languages may assist with redress and effective communication.
Research suggests that speakers of "present-tensed" languages such as German and Finnish - in which the future can be describe in the present tense - are more likely to support stronger climate policies.
Do you wince at a mispronounced 'Moet'? Do you cringe at unintentional portmanteau words, like 'misunderestimated' or 'insinuendo'? You are not alone.
Evolutionary biologists ask very similar questions about species to those asked by linguists about languages.
New research gives weight to Noam Chomsky's idea of a universal language ability.
In a language as idiosyncratic as English, linguistic pedantry is futile and misguided.
Grammar pedantry recently contributed to the downfall of World Bank chief economist Paul Romer. But 'grammonds' are people to be celebrated not vilified.
The 'rules of grammar' aren't set in stone, so correcting other people is pointless and demeaning.
A badly written law cost a US company US$10 million, when a judge ruled that a comma missing from a statute meant 75 truck drivers were owed four years of unpaid overtime wages.
Were your teachers right about when to use commas, and about not starting sentences with 'and'?
A new database that shows the use of gendered words in major Australian newspapers tells us much about whose voices are being heard.
Writers, over the last decade, have been waxing lyrical about the rise of the present tense in English fiction. But this morning I read something entirely new – for me, at least. I read a manuscript written…
The use of adjectives in English has caused an internet storm – here are the 'rules' explained.
For centuries, written communication was tinged with formality and finality. But since the emergence of casual forms like texting, using proper grammar can be fraught with misinterpretation.
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Annabelle Lukin is a Friend of The Conversation.Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
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