Hugger Translation

16/07/2019

After the First World War, traumatized soldiers were often prescribed a course of reading.

06/05/2015

  Af Per Durst-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School 1. Indledning Traditionelt går man ud fra, at alle sprogbrugere anvender den samme kommunikationsmodel (jf. Cobley & Schulz 2013). Hvad ...

01/05/2015

Dette er et blogindlæg om korrekturlæsning. Ja, jeg ved det godt. Hænderne over hovedet og det helt brede smil på, ik'? Men hæng lige på. For korrekturlæsning er en central del af enhver kommunikationsindsats. Slipper fejl gennem filteret, er det så godt som uundgåeligt, at de vil forstyrre dit buds…

10/04/2015

Nice little poem.

This poem was presented by Inge Otto from the Leiden University Centre of Linguistics at the Bridging the Unbridgeable usage guide conference in...

27/03/2015

I love dirty tricks

Almost every week someone asks me to help them remember the difference in spelling between "then" and "than." Get the memory trick today.

22/03/2015

20/03/2015

Very useful checklist.

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20/03/2015

Comma splices are one of the most common comma errors, but they can be hard to see, especially when you don't know the difference between a phrase...

17/03/2015

Commas: Oxford, Appositive, Nonrestrictive Commas are like people on the subway: You think you know them, but they're complex. This week, we'll dig deeper and get to know some of their jobs: separating items in a series (the Oxford comma), delineating appositives, and surrounding nonrestrictive phra…

08/02/2015

More fantastic idioms.
http://blog.ted.com/2015/01/20/40-idioms-that-cant-be-translated-literally/

07/02/2015

Despite some errors, this is a good and quite funny list.

Thank you to all those who shared their favourite idiom on Facebook the other day - we laughed so hard we cried at some of these. We also realised we frequently use some of the expressions ...

22/01/2015

A reader named Dennis K.

18/01/2015

Hvad mener du?

Interview Sprogforsker: Kommaer er ret ligegyldige Det er lige meget, hvordan vi sætter komma. Folk forstår alligevel teksten. Derfor er der ingen grund til at stramme kommareglerne, siger sprogforsker Ruben Schachtenhaufen. Del Email Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn Gem til liste Marie Hjortdal m…

04/01/2015

How to "glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world."

09/10/2014

[Originally published April 10, 2012.] - - - WRITE EVERY DAY Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, ...

13/09/2014

What is your signature Word?

Not too long ago, I was forced to come to grips with something terrible about myself. I use the word iteration a lot. More than any human being should. If I had to ballpark it, I’d set the over/under on daily utterances at five. I’m not proud of this. I’d...

05/09/2014

Murakami on writing.

#168138547 / gettyimages.com We’ve brought you a wealth of Haruki Murakami lately, and for good reason.