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Word: grammar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bottom line: no matter how official an e-mail looks, be wary. Check the company's website--many firms like Microsoft and Honda debunk myths on their home pages. Personally, I take note of spelling and grammar in suspect mail. Hoax authors do not appear to be the biggest fans of dictionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Be E-Hoaxed | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...things. "We holded the baby rabbits." "The alligator goed kerplunk." "Horton heared a Who!" These lapses, you might dimly recall, have something to do with irregular verbs. But please don't stop reading just yet. Children's errors are not just anecdotes for grandparents or reminders of long-forgotten grammar lessons. They're windows into the workings of language, history and the human mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horton Heared a Who! | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Using the complexity of the German language to prove his assertions, Pinker argued that both the rules of grammar and the rote memorization of words play essential roles in the development of language...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains Language | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

Essays in Expose are used as material for Expos, a required course for all freshmen. The course teaches writing style and grammar and can be completed in either one or two semesters, based on a placement test...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Preceptors Pick Expos Favorites | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...Just the other day, I picked up a Hittite grammar," Boyd says...

Author: By Robert Boyd, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reporting for Duty: Boyd Brings Honor to Journalism | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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