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5 Words That Make Your Emails Sound Indecisive and Wishy-Washy
Eliminating these commonly used words will have a major impact on the effectiveness of every email you send. “I’m convinced,” Stephen King says, “that fear is at the root of...
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An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Groundbreaking Linguistic Theories
Most people who know Noam Chomsky know him equally as a giant in academic linguistics and a longtime leftist dissident and political commentator. Only a committed few, however, read much of his...
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The surprising history of the word ‘dude’
By Kelly Grovier 8th May 2019 Many common terms in English have unexpected roots. Kelly Grovier explores the origins of seven words coined in art history, including the political meanings...
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Is this the most powerful word in the English language?
By Hélène Schumacher26th June 2020 The most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch. ‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without...
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What Did Churchill Know About Language That We Don’t?
WARD FARNSWORTH |THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY | 6.23.2020 8:02 AM Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. —Churchill, speech in the House of Commons...
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10 slang words from the ’50s that we should bring back
Gabbi Shaw Jun 22, 2020, 8:39 PM Americans tend to be obsessed with the ’50s — just look at things like “Grease” and “Happy Days.” So, it only makes sense that...