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Writing tools I learned from The Economist
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6 min read · 2021-04-05 · I learned writing from The Economist. Back home, it wasn’t easy to learn English. No one in my social circle was fluent in the language and I couldn’t afford a private tutor. The best I could do was…
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The Guardian
Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet
The Guardian
~20 min read · From 2018 · The long read: No language in history has dominated the world quite like English does today. Is there any point in resisting?
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Literary Hub
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
Literary Hub
10 min read · 2020-08-13 · Last year, I put together this list of the most iconic poems in the English language; it’s high time to do the same for short stories. But before we go any further, you may be asking: What do…
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Literary Hub
The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language
Literary Hub
From 2019 · Today is the anniversary of the publication of Robert Frost’s iconic poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” a fact that spurred the Literary Hub office into a long conversat…
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Scientific American
A Random Walk through the English Language
Scientific American
4 min read · 2021-06-11 · How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough
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Aeon+Psyche
Why is the English spelling system so weird and inconsistent?
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · 2021-07-26 · Why is English spelling so weird and unpredictable? Don’t blame the mix of languages; look to quirks of timing and technology
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Open Culture
Umberto Eco’s 36 Rules for Writing Well (in English or Italian)
Open Culture
3 min read · 2021-06-18 · Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland Umberto Eco knew a great many things. Indeed too many things, at least according to his critics:
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Smithsonian Magazine
English Is the Language of Science. That Isn't Always a Good Thing
Smithsonian Magazine
6 min read · From 2017 · When a new strain of flu jumps from birds to pigs, the next stop may be humans. Fortunately, when this happened in 2004 with the deadly strain of avian flu H5N1, Chinese scientists caught the change early. Unfortunately, no one took notice of their research, despite its vital importance. Why? Because the research was written in Chinese and published in a Chinese journal. The text wasn’t translated until 8 months later – a fatal delay for a deadly flu. This article from the Smithsonian will interest anyone concerned with the dissemination of our most vital resource: information.
Visual Capitalist
The Most Commonly Spoken Language in Every U.S. State (Besides English and Spanish)
Visual Capitalist
10 min read · 2021-12-11 · We typically operate under the assumption that most Americans speak either English or Spanish. Though this is true in the broadest sense, the U.S. is a culturally diverse country, home to a plethora…
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