David Crystal

Type: Person

Name: David Crystal

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

The people who hate other people's bad grammar

Children are again to be subject to a rigorous examination in grammar. But why does it make adults so cross when other adults break the rules?A new grammar and spelling test arrives in primary schools in England this week. It is the first time in a while ... [Published BBC - May 13 2013]

Entities: David Crystal, Harry Mount, Henry Hitchings, Simon Kuper

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Oxford Shorter English Dict

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Contains more than 600,000 words, phrases, and definitions, with coverage of language from the entire English-speaking world, from North America and the UK to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and the Caribbean ... [Published ZDNet - May 11 2013]

Entities: DICT, David Crystal, Illustrator, South Africa

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Being Multilingual: The natives and the speakers

Linguist Madalena Cruz-Ferreira discusses what it means to be a native speaker of a second language. Let me start with the good news. We are, all of us without exception, native speakers. This may come as a surprise to those of us who have had close encounters ... [Published Expatica Netherlands - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Competent, David Crystal, Pratham

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

What We’re Reading | April 15, 2013

It’s National Library Week, and here’s what some of the Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading. A lot of books come across our desks, of course, but we also find time to visit libraries and bookstores, too.Mike Kelley, Editor ... [Published Library Journal - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: David Foster Wallace, Peter Lovesey, Rick Yancey, Kathleen Quinlan, Victor LaValle

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 1 reports

In prison, education is a route to self-respect

After 14 years teaching philosophy in prison, Alan Smith explains why he has called it a dayYou OK?" said Casey."Yeah fine. I'm all right," I said, but I wasn't."It was an upsetting morning," he said. "I feel upset myself.""Tell you what, Case, if I never ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: prison, Education, David Crystal, Teaching, Parole

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"if so, it means the whole output of oxford university press is wrong" Crystal says

The people who hate other people's bad grammar [Published BBC - May 13 2013]

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The people who hate other people's bad grammar [Published BBC - May 13 2013]
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Being Multilingual: The natives and the speakers [Published Expatica Netherlands - Apr 23 2013]
The genius of Shakespeare [Published Saudi Gazette - Apr 22 2013]
What We’re Reading \| April 15, 2013 [Published Library Journal - Apr 16 2013]
In prison, education is a route to self-respect [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 08 2013]
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