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My colleague (@Write_Vision) and I are working on a global study of plagiarism. Could you help us by completing our survey or sharing it? You can read more about us and background information via the link: https://t.co/ymtOj78oSF

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Is 2019 the Year of the Audiobook? The Year of the Podcast? @Forbes seems to think so. What do you think the world would look like if academic publishing and the audio format combined? https://t.co/r9uOBdkkta

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Academics, @chronicle Lingua Franca is no more. Check out its last post as we leave this great blog in 2018. Where else can we look for discourse on academic language and writing? Feel free to share. https://t.co/KZ96Lz6pUi

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The only proper way to follow yesterday’s post and ringing in the new year is with another list of books. Here are the books we can look forward to in 2019, courtesy of @guardian. Which of these books are you excited about? https://t.co/cSxUhOwQFV

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On this #NYE2018, there’s nothing better than a review of the year’s best books. @TheAtlantic gives us their top 19. Happy New Year friends. https://t.co/sW1y1eIpXM

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It’s almost the end of the year. That means for the next few weeks we’ll be inundated with Best Books of 2018 lists. @nytimes staff picked their favorites of 2018. Which of these books have you read? https://t.co/6nEs7nq37m

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Have you heard of the book Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by @biblioracle? Check out this @insidehigheredreview. Is great writing just a matter of making good choices? https://t.co/JvFvMfCSZJ

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In the @chronicle series Scholars Talk Writing, @MaryNorrisTNY discusses copy editing @NewYorker, becoming a published author, and common mistakes even good writers make. In your opinion, what’s the most striking thing she says in her interview? https://t.co/1Dow4oZOqK

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Another grammar post for ya over @chronicle! Have you noticed the use of “multiple” instead of “many” is on the rise? Is it because the former may sound slightly higher brow than the latter? Consult your OED and let me know what you think https://t.co/QN927fs4lH

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@NewYorker and @MaryNorrisTNY tackle “who" vs “whom." Before you read, what kinds of tricks have you set up for yourself when figuring out which relative pronoun to use? https://t.co/DsE9lW9XaE

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Get ready for peer review conducted using artificial intelligence. While this article @NatureNews claims humans will still be in control, at what point do you think AI will completely take over? What makes this tech practical or impractical for our needs? https://t.co/1N5jjj7v7q

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Happy Thanksgiving Twitter! Eat lots of good food and ponder what you're thankful for today. I'm thankful for this @ElectricLit article from last year, the best combo of hand print turkey drawings and literature. Enjoy! https://t.co/I85H9WrsKV

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Following yesterday’s tweet, @TheAtlantic covers what may make academics anxious about public scholarship: do you have to “dumb down” your work for the public to get it? Or is it really about challenging you to cast your work in a diff light? Thoughts? https://t.co/SQnvVoiZ10

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Academics, ever consider taking your work public? @insidehighered shared some advice on public scholarship and how to put your work out there for the masses. Which of the six tips resonated with you the most? https://t.co/Sws2ENVUnc

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Ever wonder how the grammar app Grammarly knows to close up certain words and highlight missing punctuation? This article for @Forbes reviews the artificial intelligence behind this technology. How do you feel about this grammar tool? https://t.co/VedApnDcSk

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This @nytimes article interviews one academic who traded in scholarly writing for Hallmark card writing. Academics, if you weren’t scholars by profession, what career would you have? https://t.co/V6JZpyWZot

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@chronicle asks, “What’s the most influential” strictly academic “book of the last 20 years?” Have you read any of the 21 books suggested in this article? What book would you nominate instead? https://t.co/ECXuIkWdPz

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Hey scientists, did you know that at least 45,000 of you use Twitter? @sciencemagazine offers this social media “guide” for scientists, including the good & the bad with 6 tweeting tips to go by. What Twitter advice would you give a young scientist? https://t.co/3Wn2ApVY1w

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The second post in the @chronicle advice series, “Are You Writing?” is here! Author Rebecca Schuman shares the worst writing advice possibly ever given: the “early bird gets the worm” routine. What are your thoughts on Schuman’s alternative advice? https://t.co/L7SCunzDrB

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Attention writers! November is almost here, which means #AcWriMo! Get ready with a review of @JSTOR_Daily and their 6 tips for making the most of the month. What will you write this month? https://t.co/IlJ0LSBHha