Less grammar, more talk
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MOST Slovaks are quick and competent learners of foreign languages, but under the former teaching regime an emphasis on grammar usage meant that less attention was given to communication skills.
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Editor&#39;s note: The following column might be unsuitable for immature readers. It has been written with a five-sentence delay to prevent any embarrassing paragraph malfunctions.
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A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted teens based on predictive text.
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The complicated etiquette of saying "Get lost" online.
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There are parts that are simple. Like, say, recognizing that there's a problem. Then there are parts that are more complicated. Like, say, fixing the problem.
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David Crystal explores the development of the English language, shining a nonjudgmental light on alternative forms and newer variants.
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Talking to youngsters in the language of text could increase their access to services.
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Many young people are throwing off their generationâs reputation for slovenly language, and taking up the gauntlet for good grammar.
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Keynote Kathy Sierra gives designers the antidote for apps that can't read faces, movement, tone or anything: Give users a way to express themselves. Plus: TV panel goes rogue. In Listening Post.
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That's one small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere.
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The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary unburdens 16,000 words of their hyphens.
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HOUSTON - That's one small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere.
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Readers sound off on the latest headlines.
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A discussion of how to use frame styles in OOo Writer.
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Conversations I've had this week at TechEd with attendees have made me rethink an opinion I stated early on, about how nice it was to see Microsoft toning down the marketing message and getting down to brass, technical tacks.  Some IT managers who want their employers to get the message of Windows Server 2008, would appreciate it if that message were easier to be "got."
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Children&#39;s brains are hard-wired to learn languages and, in some cases, to improve upon them. That&#39;s the conclusion of a new study that followed several generations of
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By Kelso, Mark  Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology. Edited By Tarla Rai Peterson. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. 304 pp.  The issue of presidential rhetoric has been examined extensively by scholars in recent years.