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VirtualPaper, editorial business run by @krishvenkatesh. Academic books editor & for ESL authors needing help with editing. @ACESEditors & @The_CIEP member

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@sumanthraman I heard CM made the decision based on intelligence reports. Spin doctors of the media, you know how they work to give credit and take credit!

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@sumanthraman Sometimes history writes itself. And not knowing where you stand pushes you into despair.

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@aspireswami Wait and watch…

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@Maziitunde 127

[PttvOnlinenews @PttvNewsX]

“திருக்குறள் எந்த அரசனையும் உயர்த்தி பிடிக்கவில்லை.. இறைவனையும் உயர்த்தி பிடிக்கவில்லை.. எந்த சமய சாயத்தையும் பூசிக் கொள்ளாமல் அகில உலக மாந்தர் குலத்திற்காக பாடப்பட்ட பொதுமறை நூல் திருக்குறள்” - நீதிபதி என். ஆனந்த் வெங்கடேஷ்

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[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

IN CONSTRUCTION
Human beings are only healthy when they are still in construction (intellectually). Aging starts when they become a self-museum.

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

Telling someone who has experienced accent discrimination that everyone has an accent is not the kind of comforting they need.

They need acknowledgment that accents are hierarchized in terms of race, class, nationality, and so on.

[Daniel Mendelsohn @DAMendelsohnNYC]

Indeed.

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@ayesha_chari @lynneguist The British call it biscuits and the Americans prefer to call it cookies. Lynne Murphy said biscuits harden on kept in the refrigerator, while the cake remains soft. So they won't accept a cake as a biscuit.

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Jaffa Cake is UK's favourite biscuit. People didn't like a cake being called a biscuit. @lynneguist
#ciep2024

[Gael Spivak, MA @Piglita]

The ISO Plain Language Standard will increase your profits and reduce expenses. It does this by increasing your customers’ understanding, and decreasing complaints, correspondence and call centre costs.
Buy your copy today. https://t.co/sO5QMCfHCu

[Sean Kelly @seanpk]

Peter Theil says the reason the Paypal mafia exists today isn't because of his hiring techniques but how he managed those people.

Things like extreme bias for action, cult-like company culture, and "one thing" management philosophy. Founders must understand how it works:

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@lynneguist Thank you for the wonderful talk. This one is for the record.

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#Ciep2024 draws to a close after a raffle... Congratulations to the winners! Terrific two days!! Thank you, @The_CIEP

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There she ends saying she is not a pedant but an expert.... @lynneguist #ciep2024

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What do we do with all this? We embarce uncertainty. Is you context clear? Does the reader know? Is the word choice carrying excessive baggage?
@lynneguist
#ciep2024

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What is an error? It's not something people say, it's spelling or grammatical error, it's not in this particular style guid, it's a split infinitive, it's passive, you should avoid this... We think of it as errors only after somebody gave it a name. @lynneguist
#ciep2024

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What is a noun? Semantic criteria: a word for person, place or thing. Grammatical criteria: can be definite or indefinite noun phrase, can be singular or plural, can be made possessive. @lynneguist
#ciep2024

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What is a word? 'Throuples dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5 m'. Nine words?

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Bilingual is hard to define... @lynneguist
#ciep2024

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Who is bilingual? Is Scots different language from English? Is Flemish different from English? Is there any such thing as British English ... or American English? @lynneguist
#ciep2024