Articles Tagged with English

The English major hypothesis

Published on December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Economics and poofreading

We suggest a major reason why modern writing is often poor.

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Talking like a sailor (II)

Published on April 8, 2025April 6, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The answers

A good sailor is never without a clew.

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Spoken or written

Published on March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Proper language

The two aspects sometimes sit uneasily together.

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Prepositions and infinitives

Published on June 11, 2024June 10, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A difficult translation

English is a very unusual language.

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Choosing classes (I)

Published on January 9, 2024January 7, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Supply and demand

Choosing next year’s classes can be a puzzle for High School students.

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On translation

Published on December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Moving between languages

We consider alternative teaching strategies.

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Monoglot music

Published on September 27, 2022September 26, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Not about sukiyaki

What does an old song say about its times?

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Not the way it sounds

Published on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Spelling reform

Written and spoken languages are different.  Should they be made more similar?

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Inscribed by hand (I)

Published on April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Is handwriting necessary?

Handwritten English is much less important than it was.  But handwriting is not.

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