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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Aug 2014

    Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes). 1st extract from The Sense of Style. http://gu.com/p/4vmze/tw  via @guardian

    7:41 AM - 16 Aug 2014
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      1.  ❌ William Strunk, Jr.  ❌‏ @cdrusnret 16 Aug 2014
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        .@sapinker A man needs to draw a line in the sand somewhere, across which the forces of barbarianism shall not pass! @rdbrewer4 @guardian

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      2. Alison Hill‏ @DrAlisonHill 16 Aug 2014
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        Are you a descriptivist? @sapinker's 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes). The Sense of Style. http://gu.com/p/4vmze/tw  @guardian

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      3. Alison Hill‏ @DrAlisonHill 17 Aug 2014
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        Criticised if you use split infinitives, which not that, less not fewer. See @sapinker's The Sense of Style http://gu.com/p/4vmze/tw  @guardian

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      1. Brendan M. Kenny‏ @KennyBrendan 18 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian - @BryanAGarner disagrees with you about "that and which"pic.twitter.com/wHJhWIw5OL

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      1. apokrif‏ @apokrif1 24 Aug 2014
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        Re "very unique": comments on "'Das einzigste" gab's nicht'" (@BastianSick)? : http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/zwiebelfisch/zwiebelfisch-brutalstmoeglichst-gesteigerter-superlativissimus-a-262334.html … @sapinker #superlative #German

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      1. Jens K.-Christiansen‏ @JensKC 19 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Can't wait to read the book!

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      1. Darwin's Deeply Unhelpful Terror‏ @Darwinsterrier 17 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker "...a quantity is being compared to a standard..." Surely 'compared *with*'?! Hope that one is in your book!

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 17 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Wow, that was a tough read, Steven - but worth it, I guess . . .

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      1. Irene Haslinger‏ @IHaslinger 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker VERY refreshing. And mandatory reading for all know-it-alls.

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      1. Malimar‏ @Malimar 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker One of my favorite jokes: Knock knock. Who's there? To. To who? You mean "to whom".

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      1. Malimar‏ @Malimar 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Isn't "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's" from the KJV Bible, not Shakespeare?

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      1. Jim Newman‏ @jimnnewman 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian gmother taught business English. Said subjunctive dead. Me: Should that happen some would be limited in expression. Lol

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      1. Jeremy Bowman‏ @bowmanthebard 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker Is there anything to be said for a rule that says the 'is' of logical identity doesn't take an object, but all other 'is's do?

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      1. JD‏ @JDofCT 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Me + Tom saw the game. V. Tom and I saw the game.Though tech. incorrect, the former suggests physical proximity, No?

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      1. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 16 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Can't wait to read it! :)

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