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  • Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

    Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

    Anna Jon-And, The Conversation Johan Lind, The Conversation
    · Jun 29, 2025 · 05:30 pm
  • Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t

    Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t

    Willem Hollmann, The Conversation
    · Oct 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Grammar Nazis can cede the high ground. These five grammatical ‘errors’ are not errors at all

    Grammar Nazis can cede the high ground. These five grammatical ‘errors’ are not errors at all

    Michelle Sheehan, The Conversation
    · Mar 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • A case for the apostrophe, the punctuation mark that is polarising the literary world

    A case for the apostrophe, the punctuation mark that is polarising the literary world

    Roslyn Petelin, The Conversation
    · Dec 06, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Watch: How good is your grammar? A TikTok video explains the uses of the Oxford comma

    Watch: How good is your grammar? A TikTok video explains the uses of the Oxford comma

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 24, 2019 · 04:38 pm
  • Unsolicited advice to writers: Why you should learn to love the full stop.

    Unsolicited advice to writers: Why you should learn to love the full stop.

    Joe Moran, The Conversation
    · Oct 18, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Watch: How our world would look if the grammar police existed in real life

    Watch: How our world would look if the grammar police existed in real life

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 07, 2018 · 05:00 pm
  • How the use of the present tense in fiction is making readers...tense

    How the use of the present tense in fiction is making readers...tense

    Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
    · Oct 29, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • A reminder: Panini didn't destroy lingual diversities with his Sanskrit grammar, he unified them

    A reminder: Panini didn't destroy lingual diversities with his Sanskrit grammar, he unified them

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jul 18, 2016 · 08:30 am