Great turnout at the 2025 #EnglishGrammarDay organised by UCLβs @uclenglishusage.bsky.social, @engfac.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
07.07.2025 11:27 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@englishgrammar.bsky.social
Professor of English Linguistics, UCL Here, I post on (English) language topics. On Substack, I post on English Grammar: https://basaarts.substack.com/ #grammar #syntax #parsing
Great turnout at the 2025 #EnglishGrammarDay organised by UCLβs @uclenglishusage.bsky.social, @engfac.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
07.07.2025 11:27 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Next week!
events.bl.uk/events/engli...
#EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage
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New Substack post: On so-called adjective clauses: a label to avoid
tinyurl.com/yc32zr4a
#grammar #adjectiveclause #TeHirangaTangata #nzcurriculum
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21.06.2025 10:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another day, another daft grammar quiz:
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/g...
Come to this fabulous event, hosted by Charlotte Brewer, Jonnie Robinson and me on 7 July.
tinyurl.com/36z77b29
#EnglishGrammarDay #grammar
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The question is WHY does it irritate you? Genuine question.
31.05.2025 16:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, it doesnβt matter.
31.05.2025 16:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do our brains try to predict whatβs coming next in a sentence? It may depend on the language you speak
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
#linguistics #language #neuroscience #English #Dutch @SciAm.bsky.social
There's more:
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/s...
FWIW, the Guardian article says that the semicolon appears "typically between two main clauses". In your case it separates a noun phrase from a clause. But yes, you can't have a full stop or comma there. You could have a colon, though....
18.05.2025 15:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You could have used one here! π
18.05.2025 15:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I never use semicolons, except sometimes in lists.
Do you?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
"Could the English language die?"
Nah....
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Book now for the English Grammar Day!
Teachers: do bring your GCSE and A-level students!
www.ucl.ac.uk/english/engl...
#EnglishGrammarDay #grammar
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New Substack post: Can clauses function as Subject?
basaarts.substack.com/p/can-clause...
#grammar
New Substack post on Subjects.
basaarts.substack.com/p/subjects
#EnglishGrammar
Together with Charlotte Brewer and Jonnie Robinson I am one of the organisers of the #EnglishGrammarDay which will take place again at the British Library on 7 July. Book here: events.bl.uk/events/engli...
04.04.2025 13:20 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New verb 'anti-age' in The Times.
26.03.2025 10:27 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0New Substack post: Can prepositional phrases function as Subject in a clause?
basaarts.substack.com/p/can-prepos...
When did human language emerge? www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
19.03.2025 21:31 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0The words 'wheel', 'cycle', and 'chakra' are distantly related.
Via Germanic, Greek and Sanskrit, they can be traced back to Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed common ancestor of these languages. Sound changes made them grow apart.
Moreover, 'Ku Klux (Klan)' is related too.
Click for more:
New research chapter, just published: 'Verb Phrases as Attributive Nominal Modifiers'
tinyurl.com/49crkbv4
New Substack post: 'Can adjective phrases function as Subject in a clause?'
basaarts.substack.com/p/can-adject...
#grammar #adjective
New Substack post: More on Predicative Complements: 'for' and 'as'
basaarts.substack.com/p/more-on-pr...
#grammar #EnglishGrammar
This film should be fun to watch. It comes out on the Americans' National Grammar Day, 4 March.
www.rebelwithaclause.com
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#EnglishGrammarDay
#grammar
#EnglishGrammar
This time with the correct day of the week: Monday 7 July 2025.
03.02.2025 08:29 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, you're right! Will change this. Thanks.
03.02.2025 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0