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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Sep 2016

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Matthew Anderson

    Aargh the perplexing grand old contorted brash ancient sturdy linguistic rules that bedevil us non-native speakers.https://twitter.com/MattAndersonBBC/status/772002757222002688 …

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    Matthew AndersonVerified account @MattAndersonNYT
    Things native English speakers know, but don't know we know: pic.twitter.com/Ex0Ui9oBSL
    11:33 AM - 3 Sep 2016
    • 67 Retweets
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    • Edgar MPP Jennifer Murphy bartivious Timothy Benell Lynn Levy Iain Campbell Steve Myers Stephan Lorentz edinblack
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      1. Jared‏ @r4d1n 3 Sep 2016
        Replying to @zeynep

        it's not your fault. English makes no sense.

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      1. Mark to Markov Chain‏ @jmsl 3 Sep 2016
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        @MattAndersonBBC I believe non-native speakers can be more effective communicators because they avoid the complexity of idioms

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      1. Grassy Noel‏ @ierax42 3 Sep 2016
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        @MattAndersonBBC We don't know that we know because, thankfully, English has no academy telling us what the rules are.

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      1. Three Trees On The Low Sky‏ @letmebefell 3 Sep 2016
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        that's a little too prescriptive. You can flip green and little ;) @pwnallthethings @MattAndersonBBC

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      1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Sep 2016
        Replying to @pwnallthethings @letmebefell

        this stuff plus the definite/indefinite article (which Turkish does not have) always gets me.

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      1. Matthew Teller‏ @matthewteller 3 Sep 2016
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        Matthew Teller Retweeted Matthew Teller

        Zeynep, Zeynep:https://twitter.com/matthewteller/status/772139776573071360 …

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        Thread. Just in case you thought 30,000 likes & RTs (currently) couldn't be wrong. https://twitter.com/matthewteller/status/772137497409294336 …
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      1. Ira Goldman  🦆 🦆 🦆‏ @KDbyProxy 3 Sep 2016
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        As an _American_ grammar geek, I don't agree with some of that. Eg *age* can go myriad places in such a string.

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      2. Ira Goldman  🦆 🦆 🦆‏ @KDbyProxy 3 Sep 2016
        Replying to @pwnallthethings @letmebefell @zeynep

        "Hand me that pea-green little tea cup."

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      3. Ira Goldman  🦆 🦆 🦆‏ @KDbyProxy 3 Sep 2016
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        IOW, put almost anything 1st if it's key to what ure saying. "Hand me that ceremonial silver chalice."

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      1. Martin Fritter‏ @MartinFritter 3 Sep 2016
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        @pwnallthethings How wonderful! Never thought of it. Like something out of Empson.

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