Everything you almost wanted to know about the name 'grammar nazi,' when my grammar is gooder than yours.
March 18, 2012
(Updated 18 March 2012 to fix typos and broken links) NEW ENTRY ADDED to the Glossary with links to related articles, which should please some of us no end but probably the worst-possible answer to those seeking to ‘achieve’ the below. * * * native fluency See also ADJ and ADV [in the Glossary] Related: elitespeak, irrelephant, grammarfreak, peevologist [in the Glossary]. Native […]
October 21, 2011
AN ESTEEMED SUBSCRIBER wrote a superb comment yesterday on our featured article “Native fluency, or just naive fluency?” It deserves a dedicated response. N.B. The subscriber’s comment relates to Chinese learners and about learning English, but the theme of the comment is valid for all nationality of learners and the learning of any language. I […]
August 28, 2010
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Two posts from those who know what they are talking about when learning a language. And don’t forget to read the comments in the posts. Learning a language for busy people – http://blog.yago.sg/2010/08/23/learning-a-language-for-busy-people/ Language learning: how to use your new skill – http://blog.yago.sg/2010/08/27/language-learning-applicatio/
May 10, 2015
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