Posted on by Craig Faulkner
Thank you for your correspondence. I appreciate the amount of thought and effort that must have gone into it. Whenever I have tried to imitate 'txt speak' in the past is has taken far longer to type what I was trying to say than had I simply typed it in English. Your efforts, therefore, must have taken you ag… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
In the course of answering a question on Twitter, I've just unintentionally taken part in a brief grammatical debate. Since I haven't covered anything grammatical for a while and I still need another blog for this month, I thought I'd explain my answer on here on the off chance it helps someone. The question… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
An overuse of unnecessary words has lead to a national shortage of adverbs according to reports from the Oxford University Press, publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. The effects on conversations across the country have been devastating; creating a string of sentences that are both punchy and to the p… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
For whatever reason, I've known several people who have, when going on holiday, made the effort to learn the phrase "do you speak English?" in the native language of their destination—often in isolation. Am I the only one who views this as being entirely pointless? Surely, asking the same question in English… Read more »
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I've recently acquired an interest in another language. As my friends, colleagues and regular readers will know, I have a passion for the English language, but lately I've been considering taking up a foreign tongue. As part of an online gaming community that I am regularly involved in, I have the opportunity… Read more »