Tome And Plume: Grammar-Samar, AI VS Human Intelligence

The AI grammar checker is based on probabilities and not on exact grammar rules. Let’s check the following sentence from ...

‘Is English your first language?’: Indian-origin woman fired from UK job after failing to communicate with patients

An Indian-origin woman was sacked from her job as a speech and language therapist in UK after admitting she couldn't ...

Speech therapist who claimed English was her native tongue yet couldn't understand workmates sacked

Sai Keerthana Sriperambuduru joined the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in October 2023.

30 facts you were taught at school that aren't actually true anymore

Facts you learned in school that are no longer true. School curriculums contain plenty of useful subjects: algebra, grammar, ...
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The verb

FOR my dissertation for a PhD in applied linguistics, I wrote a 300-page manuscript all about verbs in Philippine English. One might imagine I have an unusual obsession with verbs — and, yes, I had.
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Telugu speech therapist in UK fails to understand patients' English, gets fired

An Indian-origin speech and language therapist was fired from her job in the UK after failing to communicate and understand ...

Don’t stop at Duolingo, set realistic goals, balance skills: how to start learning a new language

Language experts say you should learn in the right order and shift to a growth mindset ...
The Navhind Times

On the craft of translation

With ‘Leslie’s Broken Guitar Strings’, Augusto Pinto carries Hema Naik’s world across languages without losing its edges ...
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In an Istanbul market, I found an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants

Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake, says Carolin Würfel, a writer who lives in Berlin ...