English - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 How Twitter Can Make You a Better Writer You’ve heard it before, I’m sure, and it’s likely you’ll hear it again: “less is more.” As so-called modernists, we accept this maxim for architecture, design, and just about any art form —so why can’t it be true for writing?

Why do so many lament the “demise of the English language” and curse Twitter as a propagator of obscurity?

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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/how-twitter-can-make-you-a-better-writer_b15426#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/how-twitter-can-make-you-a-better-writer_b15426 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=15426 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:00:58 +0000 Is Twitter Dumbing Down English, Like Ralph Fiennes Thinks? Ralph Fiennes thinks that kids today have difficulty with words over two syllables, and that Twitter is to blame.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/is-twitter-dumbing-down-english-like-ralph-fiennes-thinks_b15287#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/is-twitter-dumbing-down-english-like-ralph-fiennes-thinks_b15287 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=15287 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:35:18 +0000