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Music and the English Language: I Don't Mean to Sound Slutty, but Please use Me Whenever You Want. Sincerely, Grammar

Matthew Phillips | Posted 25.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Matthew Phillips

What vexes me most is not that these artists are indolently committing crimes against the English language, but that they are wasting a hallowed opportunity. Words add depth, colour and personality to a song. In fact, they become even more powerful when projected onto a musical backdrop, which is why I shudder when lyricists make a conscious decision to rhyme nonsensical syllables.

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Is Being On Time A Dying Tradition?

Ronnie Joice | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Pubs, Dates, Time, Football, Time Keeping, Mates, Apologising, Pint, Punctuation, Drinking, Tube Station, Iphone, Water, Punctuality, Being Stood Up, Stood Up, Girlfriend, UK Comedy News
Ronnie Joice

This week I went on a dreadful training course, one I'll forget quicker than what I was supposed to learn. On the first day, I was slightly late. It was a combination of not being able to use the maps on my iPhone properly thanks to Apple's recent updates, and my inability to navigate round buildings that are circular.

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"Hooray for Hashtags!"

Jackie Barrie | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Copywriting, Twitter, Hashtags, Punctuation, Writing, Tweets, UK Tech, UK Tech News
Jackie Barrie

I heard an ad for Money Supermarket on the radio the other day, whether the voiceover included the expression: "Hashtag epic". Yes, he actually spoke the word "hashtag".

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PICTURES: Lost In Translation - Signs From Around The World

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK
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People pedantic about punctuation have long been on the warpath for signs bearing grammatical-errors but these posters take mistakes to a whole new le...

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It's Time to Replace the Full Stop. Period.

Ben Wakeling | Posted 25.10.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Spelling, Literacy, Grammar, Full Stop, Punctuation, UK Lifestyle News
Ben Wakeling

It's hard to believe the humble SMS is not yet 20 years old. Conceived in 1992, a single message which read 'Merry Christmas' began a form of communic...

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