Should Scrabble have axed word ‘jandal’?
from Sunday Star-Times
Wordsmith Kiwis [including PEP director and New Zealand Scrabble champion Howard Warner] are outraged over Scrabble's banning of the word "jandal" from the game's official word list.
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Demise of the serial comma
The serial comma — we’ve taken it for granted for years. But now it is being downgraded as an essential part of sentence structure, and the world of English-language writing is heavily divided.
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What a tangled web we weave
by PATRICK BARKHAM, The Guardian
If you believe the internet is the fount of all wisdom, giving free rein to bloggers to exercise their vocal cords, think again. Ancient English clichés and expressions are being mangled by the culture of cut and paste and the spread of unchecked writing on the internet.
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