Language Log: Versing
Reader C.A. writes: I oversee a chess club at my local library. The kids (mostly 8-10 years old) will often use "versus" as a verb, saying "I already versed him" or "do you want to verse me?" I was...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Petition to free Muhammad Ali Salmani-Nodoushan
According to a petition posted 6/14/2012 at GoPetition, Dr. Muhammad Ali Salmani-Nodoushan faces the death penalty in Iran on three charges: 1. Conversion to Christianism; 2. Persistence on New Faith;...
View ArticleLanguage Log: "Strategic Dynamism" at UVa
"Rector Dragas' Remarks to VPs and Deans", 6/10/2012 "Teresa Sullivan's statement to the U.Va. Board of Visitors", 6/18/2012 Scott Jaschik, "Early Exit at U. of Virginia", Inside Higher Ed 6/11/2012...
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