The slippery grammar of spoken vs written English
- Written by Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
We use different grammar when speaking or writing, but the difference is so subtle that linguists were blind to it for centuries.
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My grammar checker and I are on a break. Due to irreconcilable differences, we are no longer on speaking terms.
It all started when it became dead set on putting commas before every...
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