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Day 10 - Plain English Day Creative Commons Image By mag3737 via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 December 2010

As we approach the season where families and friends get together to talk, talk, talk, we delve into the world of gobbledygook to commemorate Plain...  Read more : Day 10 - Plain English Day

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The language of private capitalCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

09 November 2009

The rise of the private equity firms may not necessarily be a bad thing, but on the other hand, the idea of using one language...  Read more : The language of private capital

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Debate: Pacific v specificCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

29 July 2009

Forum member Dianeuk raised a pet hate  Read more : Debate: Pacific v specific

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Hinglish, Pinglish, Binglish, MinglishCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Madhavi Kapur (Guest)

06 June 2007

The head of the Rewchand Bhojwani Academy finds the multilingualism of Indian society has positive advantages, even though it makes it harder to maintain standards.  Read more : Hinglish, Pinglish, Binglish, Minglish

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Under pressureCreative Commons Image katethepirate under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Billy Khokhar (The Open University)

05 June 2007

Indian children are under pressure to be able to use English fluently in a political setting.  Read more : Under pressure

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Debate: ApostrophesCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 September 2006

Forum guest Marilyn locked horns with her local newspaper over punctuation  Read more : Debate: Apostrophes

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Debate: BBC EnglishCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

16 February 2006

Forum guest Kev asked about the accents we hear on television and radio.  Read more : Debate: BBC English

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Debate: Plural and singularCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 October 2005

Community guest Jens wondered if we're getting our verbs muddled  Read more : Debate: Plural and singular

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Debate: When we use dialectsCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

06 September 2005

Diana Honeybone of The Open University suggested that sometimes the heat of debate can reveal secrets about our upbringing  Read more : Debate: When we use dialects

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Debate: Lounge languageCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

15 August 2005

Forum guest John Cowley wondered what people call the room they do their living - or lounging - in  Read more : Debate: Lounge language

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