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English language

In praise of imitation

by Nicholas Delbanco,

On the sincerest form of flattery

Untitled

by George W. (George Walker) Bush,

English 99

by Frank Gannon,

Literacy among the ruins

Revised text

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Tense present

by David Foster Wallace,

Democracy, English, and the wars over usage

Dubya as a second language

by Sam Smith,

Neologisms

by Harper’s Staff,

The nutty promoters

by Harper’s Staff,

Quit avramizing, you squirtus

by Harper’s Staff,

The future of English

by H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken,

Let them eat nutri-cake

by Sheldon Rampton,

Merriam-Webster thinks our "biosolids" don't stink

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