mstoneman_esl
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@ The existence of class and the use of the word say nothing about social mobility. Maybe you're conflating class and caste?
10:22 AM Nov 13th
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@ Most countries, I'd say, though I've found Europeans to be more up front with the language of class than Americans are.
9:54 AM Nov 13th
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@ Schwierig, weil es immer noch so viele Vorurteile darüber gibt, auch unter mutmasslichen aufgekärten, akademischen Kreisen.
8:15 AM Nov 13th
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RT @: English prof writes of the imaginary golden age when all students wrote beautifully and loved doing it.
7:32 AM Nov 12th
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Interesting article about language and US-China relations. (Washington Post)
6:47 AM Nov 12th
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@ Ich meinte stellvertretend dienen. (Bin es nicht gewöhnt, auf deutsch zu tweeten. Außerdem sind die Wörter manchmal sehr lang.)
7:19 PM Nov 10th
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@ Teilweise, ja. Ausserdem müssen die Nazis öfters ahistorisch für jedes vermeintliche Unrecht in den Augen von Nichtdenkenden dienen.
5:33 PM Nov 10th
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@ Sie fürchten jegliche vergrösserung des Staates, es sei denn es gehe um die Polizei oder den Militär.
1:03 PM Nov 10th
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@ Oops! "neue Mauer" hätte ich wohl sagen müssen.
12:52 PM Nov 10th
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@ Neueste Absurdität gestern: Laut Protestierenden an der Uni errichte Obama neuen Berliner Mauer mit seinen erwünschten Reformen. :(
12:46 PM Nov 10th
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@ The same search, but for RealClearPolitics, which aggregates different perspectives in the US.
8:17 AM Nov 10th
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@ (Different pieces in Politico on the subject. Politico is a DC paper and website specializing in US politics.)
8:16 AM Nov 10th
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@ If the tea partiers get their way, the GOP will get more ideologically "pure" (read: extreme), but see the NY 23rd district race.
8:13 AM Nov 10th
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@ . . . Many tea partiers call themselves "conservatives," though they are more right-wing extremists in my book. . . .
8:12 AM Nov 10th
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@ There is overlap between the tea bag types and GOP (Republicans), but they aren't synonymous. . .
8:11 AM Nov 10th
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Last two errors make overuse of semi-colons seem less problematic, though that one annoys me too. But knowing how to use them is something.
4:57 PM Nov 8th
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Am also seeing frequent trouble with commas, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments.
4:57 PM Nov 8th
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Short post about "however" and punctuation on the fly as I grade 150+ short history papers.
4:55 PM Nov 8th
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TOO FUNNY! Make your own academic sentence. Sound like a professor in a few cllicks. (via @)
5:47 PM Nov 6th
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2:27 PM Nov 5th
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- Name Mark Stoneman
- Location Washington, DC
- Web http://language4y...
- Bio I wear two hats, a historian's and an ESL teacher's. I tweet history @clioandme and random stuff @mstoneman.
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