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You should of known better! Actually, you should HAVE known better about these common grammar pet peeves that drive people crazy. Grammar errors are easy to miss, and they’re often habitual. However, ...

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Linguists are always taken aback by the overwhelmingly negative and sometimes virulently expressed reaction they get when stating something that every linguist believes (and linguists do not agree on ...

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A reassessment of Telugu grammatical history challenges the claim that spoken Telugu lacks formal grammar, highlighting Dr. Vadlamudi Gopala Krishnayya’s seminal Vyāvahārika Bhāṣā Vyākaraṇam and ...