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The Archers (BBC Radio 4) is no stranger to drama. This week, Ambridge has been divided over whether this is grammatical:  I'll make a j...

As you know, I'm a big fan of just listening out for interesting linguistic usages, anything that catches the ear or eye. So recently, w...

Beavertown Brewery currently have these billboard adverts up, with the slogan Out of this world beer. Drank on Earth :  Photo: @nicholasd on...

At our students' graduations this week, a colleague told me about a (non-canonical) ballet step which, because of the particular way tha...

I’m just back from Barcelona. If you haven’t been, I recommend it, it was great! Here’s a selection of linguistic observations.  I spoke mos...

I'm sure this survey made it clear what the options meant, but to me, 'a lot' and 'a great deal' mean exactly the same t...

I'm learning Welsh on Duolingo. Most people in our department are doing a language on it, in some cases for practical purposes but for m...