Alae F.
Subscriber since: September 2011
Location:
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
About Me
I am from Africa I live in the U.A.E that is in ASIA it is a really hot place but it has cool stuff like the fastest roller coaster in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XD:)
I am in the American international school of Abu Dhabi!!!
I am in the American international school of Abu Dhabi!!!
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Blogs:
Ben Zimmer on How Technology is Shaping Language
October 8, 2013
- 2 Comments
On Slate, Lexicon Valley Launches a New Language Blog
September 10, 2013
Books:
Macaulay's Plain-Spoken History
May 26, 2016
A Descriptive Prescriber's Useful Usage Guide
April 26, 2016
- 6 Comments
Business writing:
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
Copywriting:
Fall-ify Your Vocabtoberfest!
October 19, 2015
- 3 Comments
Dictionaries:
Fractious Compounds: How Should Dictionaries Treat Words Like "Heart-Shaped"?
April 1, 2016
- 5 Comments
Wedding Bells are Knitting Together That Old Gang of Mine
June 1, 2015
- 5 Comments
Fiction writing:
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015
- 2 Comments
"Novel" Gazing
November 14, 2014
- 1 Comment
Grammar:
How Do Phrasal Verbs "Pencil Out"?
December 1, 2015
- 9 Comments
Language:
Language arts:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
Libraries:
Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011
- 4 Comments
Linguistics:
When the Wrong Word Just Sounds Better
November 9, 2015
- 6 Comments
Minds, Bodies, and Verbs
September 1, 2015
- 11 Comments
Linguists:
Ben Zimmer Wins LSA's Linguistics Journalism Award
October 29, 2014
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Media:
Can Captain America Really Wage a "Civil" War?
June 2, 2016
- 6 Comments
Online:
The Art of the Burlesque, 21st-Century Style
August 3, 2015
This Is Not the CRUD You're Looking For: Odd Programming Jargon
May 20, 2015
- 2 Comments
Poetry:
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014
- 1 Comment
Politics:
For Presidents' Day: Where Did "President" Come From Anyway?
February 15, 2016
- 4 Comments
Spelling:
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014
- 6 Comments
Students:
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 12 Comments
Teachers:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Teaching:
The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
- 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015
- 2 Comments
Usage:
From Being In a Pickle to Hitting a Can of Corn
June 3, 2016
- 5 Comments
Vocabulary:
The Year in Words 2015: One Pronoun to Rule Them All?
December 23, 2015
- 2 Comments
Word Origins:
For Presidents' Day: Where Did "President" Come From Anyway?
February 15, 2016
- 4 Comments
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Writing:
Young readers:
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
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