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May 3, 2013 · Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper wrote recently that he'd stopped using commas in text messages, external. Moral panic over grammar has been around since at least AD63, according to...
Mar 8, 2018 · Studies have shown that people realize that they have a tough time interpreting sarcasm in writing. Studying the use of email, researchers found writers who think they’re being obviously ...
Oct 14, 2014 · Some things that people have been taught are rules of English grammar are really not rules at all—and some of them are flat-out wrong. There’s actually a word for this phenomenon:...
Aug 17, 2015 · Here are the plain facts: many of these pop grammar rules, that are still seriously taught in schools and universities and even promoted (and inevitably violated) in style guides, were magically pulled out of thin air by a handful of 18th and 19th century prescriptive grammarians.
Jun 25, 2014 · There are very few things more annoying than a glaring grammar error in an otherwise acceptable piece of writing. As lovers of language, you and I have a natural instinct to fix these errors.
Mar 2, 2015 · Definitely, the punctuation in a text message if it matters, because the person receiving the message has a chance to understand more clearly what you are trying to say and of course the...
Sep 5, 2020 · Some linguists find that younger people tend to see text messages that end with a period as passive-aggressive, or otherwise negative.
