Grammar

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Education

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Go Figure

Why are Australians linguistically lost?

In the 1960s, the structured teaching of English grammar was taken off the Australian curriculum, so many of us left school without knowledge of it. But it’s being phased back in, and that’s going to help a lot of students as the world gets

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Arts & Culture

‘Like’ has totally evolved to become, like, a legit word

The word ‘like’ is often frowned upon but, mainly because of young women, it’s here to stay and is far more sophisticated than we might think

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