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13/12/2013

Weekend grammar debate...."three friends is enough"......... :-) http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112109/plural-or-singular-when-stating-that-an-amount-is-enough

A colleague of mine corrected the following sentence in a text I had written: A handful of iterations was generally enough for convergence. According to her it should be: A handful of iterations

13/12/2013

Because this...? :-P

The Internet has forced two changes onto the English language recently, including turning "because" into a preposition

13/12/2013

The Samsung hub is an ever increasing set of educational content and services that is set to rival Apple’s iTunesU. :-)))

Matt Steele, a specialist digital publishing consultant, looks at the use of Android tablets in the classroom and gives his tips on what to look for when purchasing devices. There are now Android a...

10/12/2013

What happens to English Language when you send 109.5 messages a day? :-))) http://genyu.net/2013/12/03/texting-not-quite-the-murderer-of-the-english-language/

Admit it. It’s everywhere. During a church service, on a drive to school, in a movie theater, and even out on a date. Texting has invaded nearly every

10/12/2013

Grammar Mistakes made in GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT Papers :-(((
http://osu.uloop.com/news/view.php/106253/grammar-mistakes-college

This article is brought to you by Kaplan, the leader in test preparation for over 90 standardized tests including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT

10/12/2013

The proofreading software service Grammarly looks at 3 of the world's biggest brand battles and see how the grammar on the competitors' LinkedIn pages stacked up: :-)))))

Coca-Cola had 0.9 writing mistakes/100 words vs. Pepsi's 3.6 writing mistakes/100 words

Google had 1.1 errors/100 words vs. Facebook's 4.3 errors/100 words

Ford had 0.5 errors/100 words vs. GM's 1.3 errors/100 words

http://www.seattlepi.com/technology/businessinsider/article/How-Pepsi-s-Grammar-Errors-In-Social-Media-Hurt-5041631.php

According to a recent study, customers value proper grammar more than anything else in their social media interactions with brands. London agency Disruptive Communications took a poll of 1,003 British consumers this past July and asked them what factor would most likely damage their opinion of a bra...

04/12/2013

English for Employability http://newindianexpress.com/education/student/Teaching-English-for-Employability/2013/11/29/article1917056.ece

I am typing this column on the eve of a UGC-sponsored international conference on Teaching English for Employability, organised by Annammal College of Education for Women, Thoothukudi, in which I am the moderator for a panel discussion on The ESL Classroom: Empowering Learners for the Workplace. The...

04/12/2013

Word, word, word, word, word, punctuation mark. This is how we read. Sometimes there are more words, or fewer. Occasionally additional marks—commas, em-dashes—enter the mix. But that’s pretty much how it works. We read the words in order and then, boom, punctuation mark. We move on to the next sente...

04/12/2013

That's Cool! http://www.doorcountyadvocate.com/article/20131130/ADV01/311300197/English-Language-Arts-classes-receive-Chromebooks

Sturgeon Bay English Language Arts (ELA) middle and high school students will have new Chromebooks to use during class starting Monday.

04/12/2013

http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/it-strategy/stop-butchering-the-english-language/d/d-id/1112777

Solutioning, diarizing, and zerotasking have lurched into the business lexicon -- but must go, says a former CIO. Weigh in with your own linguistic peeves.

04/12/2013

English on Mobile was relaunched recently as part of British Council’s digital learning initiative for India

04/12/2013

Students urged to practice foreign tongue