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Throw Grammar from the Train: "Near miss" as Orwellian euphemism

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Throw Grammar from the Train. Notes from a recovering nitpicker. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Near miss" as Orwellian euphemism. The Word column first published in The Boston Globe, February 8, 1998). Tom Devaney of Lynnfield, speaking for many others, writes to beg, "Please tell me: What is a near miss? It's one of the most nitpicked idioms of recent decades, poor old near miss. To expose their logical flaws. But for the most part, usage commentators give their blessing to near miss. Was the industry's way of...

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Throw Grammar from the Train: April 2014

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Throw Grammar from the Train. Notes from a recovering nitpicker. Wednesday, April 2, 2014. On (not) getting "pussy" into print. Jesse Sheidlower’s Monday op-ed. In the Times, calling for an end to prissy taboo avoidance in print, was a beautiful demonstration of the problem: Even in writing about words like fuck. He wasn’t allowed to mention the words. It reminded me of the time I thought pussy. Though some readers were surprised to learn the terms’ underlying senses). This time the main topic was nooky.

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Drew Ward « CALLE

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Centre for Applied Linguistics and Language Education. Sounds Of English: Future of this Project? Now though, I need to take this project to the next level and put it into a truly interactive format that will be more useful to everyone. Here is what is planned (again from what input I have received from you):. 1 Expand to other Languages. 2 Introduce and Discuss the Basics. 3 A New Format. 8212;——————————. Now, here’s the thing, I need your help! Thank you for reading,. April 24, 2011. Posted by Drew Ward.

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Throw Grammar from the Train: August 2014

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Throw Grammar from the Train. Notes from a recovering nitpicker. Monday, August 4, 2014. From a column published Oct. 4, 1998, in the Boston Globe's Focus section. Not re-researched since, so caveat lector! In the heyday of the casual greeting. Hey," a colleague said as we met in the hallway last week, "how come everyone says 'Hey' now instead of 'Hi'? He may have been overstating the case - hi, hello. And how are ya. Are by no means dying out - but clearly, hey. Was related to the other hey. Used affect...

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Grammar Ramblings: 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007

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Discussion of English grammar, writing, and vocabulary. Sunday, December 31, 2006. On the blog, English Jack. Which offers thoughtful and sometimes thought provoking discussion of grammar points, is a list of tools. He links to one tool that I think could prove useful. The site Just the Word. Provides a way to look up words with their common collocations in different patterns. Use the link, Getting Started. To see how it works or, better yet, type in a word in the box and explore. Links to this post.

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Task Based Learning Forum: This year in Hiroshima

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Task Based Learning Forum. This is a blog for discussions on TBL and how I have started to revise TBL to fit a more Vygotskian style learning and teaching approach. Here I hope to invoke discussions on the downfalls of PPP and the current model of TBL, and be able to share with other teachers the benefits of a revised TBL method, which I have labeled V-task. Friday, August 17, 2007. This year in Hiroshima. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dictogloss in the works. Culture day at school. List of my books.

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Task Based Learning Forum: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce

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Task Based Learning Forum. This is a blog for discussions on TBL and how I have started to revise TBL to fit a more Vygotskian style learning and teaching approach. Here I hope to invoke discussions on the downfalls of PPP and the current model of TBL, and be able to share with other teachers the benefits of a revised TBL method, which I have labeled V-task. Saturday, July 21, 2007. What we can learn from spaghetti sauce. We need to look for the perfect methodS. Glad you are back to blogging! Open SLAED ...

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Task Based Learning Forum: List of My Books - Mind in Society - the first entry

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Task Based Learning Forum. This is a blog for discussions on TBL and how I have started to revise TBL to fit a more Vygotskian style learning and teaching approach. Here I hope to invoke discussions on the downfalls of PPP and the current model of TBL, and be able to share with other teachers the benefits of a revised TBL method, which I have labeled V-task. Sunday, July 22, 2007. List of My Books - Mind in Society - the first entry. This is my first entry. This book called Mind in Society. Url=http:/ se...

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Task Based Learning Forum: April 2007

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Task Based Learning Forum. This is a blog for discussions on TBL and how I have started to revise TBL to fit a more Vygotskian style learning and teaching approach. Here I hope to invoke discussions on the downfalls of PPP and the current model of TBL, and be able to share with other teachers the benefits of a revised TBL method, which I have labeled V-task. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. This is a picture of Lev Vygotsky, because of whom the evolution of this blog came to be. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). James...