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3 Sep 2014:
What makes some prose compelling and some soggy? And do split infinitives matter? Henry Hitchings on a new and jaunty guide
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31 Aug 2014: John Crace edits the linguist's manual of style down to a fashionable 700 words
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15 Aug 2014:
You shudder at a split infinitive, know when to use 'that' or 'which' and would never confuse 'less' with 'fewer' – but are these rules always right, elegant or sensible, asks linguist Steven Pinker
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10 Aug 2014: Editorial: An online encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world sets a challenging precedent for scholarly publications
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29 Jul 2014: Nicholas Lezard's paperback of the week: A thoughtful, useful and utterly absorbing study of how cats perceive the world
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18 Jul 2014:
What do words such as 'freedom' or 'coup' mean in Egypt today? One artist is collecting definitions from across a divided nation
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11 Jul 2014:
The Korean People's Comprehensive Dictionary will iron out the differences between the North and South
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8 Jul 2014: Nicholas Lezard's paperback of the week: This entertaining book offers one of the best explanations for the financial crisis that I have read
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3 Jul 2014:
'Whodunit', 'factoid', 'teetotalitarian' … Who invents words? And do writers come up with the best ones? Steven Poole on some surprising coinages
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1 Jul 2014: Nicholas Lezard's paperback of the week: No ordinary work of lit crit, it's also about life, inspiring James Joyce to go to Paris and Ezra Pound to called Symons a god
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