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Why It Can be Hard to Get Pronouns Right, According to Linguistics
Why It Can be Hard to Get Pronouns Right, According to Linguistics
A pronoun slip can be embarrassing, especially if you pride yourself on being generally good at using the language people have asked you to use. Why do pronoun slips happen, and why do we seem to mess up pronouns more than names or other gendered words?
2023-06-21 01:29
5 Linguistic Illusions That Will Make You Go “Wait, What?”
5 Linguistic Illusions That Will Make You Go “Wait, What?”
Linguistic illusions—a phenomenon in which your judgment or understanding of a sentence or phrase conflicts with its actual meaning or structure—reveal how we process the world, and remind us that things aren’t always as they seem.
2023-06-05 20:28
Have You Been Misled by ‘Misles’? The Linguistics Behind These Commonly Mispronounced Words
Have You Been Misled by ‘Misles’? The Linguistics Behind These Commonly Mispronounced Words
Learning how to pronounce ‘biopic’ is one thing. Understanding why it’s such a commonly mispronounced word is another.
2023-05-30 20:28
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