Monthly Archives: March 2013

Language Note of the Week 27

Some typographical niceties today: 1) Don’t use two apostrophes (‘’…’’) instead of quotation marks (“…”). 2) Make sure your quotations marks face in the right direction – i.e. that they are looking at the quoted text. This is wrong: ”quoted … Continue reading

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Language Note of the Week 26

Short and not simple this week: instead of the half-Slovenglish “how it would be like…,” write “what it would be like to…” NOT: “I wonder how it would be like to climb Everest.” BUT: “I wonder WHAT it would be … Continue reading

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Jason Blake’s Language Tips

Jason Blake, a teacher at the English Department in Ljubljana and also a member of the Association for the Study of English, has kindly agreed to share the weekly language tips that he prepares for his students with the readers … Continue reading

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