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Stan Carey<p>New eggcorn spotted in the wild: "sure up" instead of "shore up"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/eggcorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggcorn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Thanks to 3 Quarks Daily and The Browser for sharing my latest grammar nerdout with their readers: <br><a href="https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/05/the-trouble-with-dangling-modifiers.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/</span><span class="invisible">2025/05/the-trouble-with-dangling-modifiers.html</span></a><br><a href="https://thebrowser.com/free/tattoos-trouble/?ref=the-browser-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebrowser.com/free/tattoos-tr</span><span class="invisible">ouble/?ref=the-browser-newsletter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syntax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>The trouble with dangling modifiers. New blog post:<br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/the-trouble-with-dangling-modifiers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/06/the-trouble-with-dangling-modifiers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syntax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/copyediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyediting</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>On the blog, a review of the linguistics book 'New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research' <a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/book-review-new-horizons-in-prescriptivism-research-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/24/book-review-new-horizons-in-prescriptivism-research-2024/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociolinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Dangling modifier in the Irish Times Weekend Quiz. As a usage dictionary notes, "It's the funny ones that cause trouble." <a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/a-hovering-dangling-modifier/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/0</span><span class="invisible">6/06/a-hovering-dangling-modifier/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>A brief history (and critique) of English spelling reform that I once wrote for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@HistoryToday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HistoryToday</span></a></span>: <br><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historytoday.com/brief-history</span><span class="invisible">-english-spelling-reform</span></a> </p><p>Supplementary notes on the history of English spelling reform: <br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/0</span><span class="invisible">2/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>A thing about language that a lot of people don't know is that you can dislike a usage intensely – a pronunciation, a piece of grammar, etc. – without presuming to reject it on behalf of all people, in all places, for all time</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>I like to sometimes for no other reason than just because I can and because it bothers pedants split an infinitive extravagantly</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>John Waters on Ivy Compton-Burnett, from his marvellous book "Role Models"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JohnWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnWaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IvyComptonBurnett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IvyComptonBurnett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>The Strunk cost fallacy:<br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/the-strunk-cost-fallacy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">1/22/the-strunk-cost-fallacy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/neologisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neologisms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>People will be wondering how to use hyphens till the coworkers come home</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hyphens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyphens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Fun facts about the word "ourself":<br>—It's older than "ourselves"<br>—It can be singular or plural<br>—It has multiple grammatical roles<br>—All good dictionaries still list it<br>—Shakespeare used it *dozens* of times<br>—You can use it too, if you want<br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2022/03/25/we-ourself-can-use-this-pronoun/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2022/0</span><span class="invisible">3/25/we-ourself-can-use-this-pronoun/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialect</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>When something is described as 'robust' - a favourite word of politicians and others in positions of authority, I generally interpret what has the adjective applied to it as being just about adequate.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nation.cymru/news/robust-assisted-dying-bill-unveiled-as-pm-says-mps-wont-be-pressured-on-vote/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nation.cymru/news/robust-assis</span><span class="invisible">ted-dying-bill-unveiled-as-pm-says-mps-wont-be-pressured-on-vote/</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"The homes at Upper Achintore in Fort William were delivered by Glasgow-based construction firm The JR Group, on behalf of Link Group."</p><p>From which housing warehouse were they 'delivered'?</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24716759.housebuilder-completes-landmark-highland-homes-development/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heraldscotland.com/news/247167</span><span class="invisible">59.housebuilder-completes-landmark-highland-homes-development/</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>The language of Shakespeare and Chaucer has become the language of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation barriers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/terrorism-advice-means-keynsham-remembrance-9670784" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol</span><span class="invisible">-news/terrorism-advice-means-keynsham-remembrance-9670784</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>It's an overbridge, i.e. an arched span carrying the railway over a path, track or road, not a tunnel.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BadJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/proposal-develop-former-railway-tunnel-9674325" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol</span><span class="invisible">-news/proposal-develop-former-railway-tunnel-9674325</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Writing tip: Ignore dogmatic usage advice based on the superstitions and pet preferences of 19th-century grammarians</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Sometimes I wish the past tense of "read" was spelt differently so that a subjectless report like "Read such-and-such a book" wouldn't look like a command</p><p>Can't think of a viable alternative, though, and even if I could, it wouldn't catch on</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ambiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambiguity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Since "irregardless" is non-standard and widely disliked, consider using an alternative, such as "unrespectant" or "nonregardful".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vocabulary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/irregardless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irregardless</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>A useful reminder – since it's so easily forgotten – that words are always changing in various ways and on multiple levels. From "Better English" (1953) by G.H. Vallins.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GHVallins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHVallins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a></p>
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