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Magazine articles on language and the origin and properness of words and expressions.
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Fast Company
Hunter Thurman
How A Popular Two-Letter Word Is Undermining Your Credibility Just like a speaking coach will tell you not to fill empty space with "um," you should avoid framing your answer as a rehearsed pitch by starting with "so." mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
March 24, 2014
Michael Blanding
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility Research by Christopher Marquis shows that a company's degree of social responsibility is affected by a surprising factor -- the language it uses to communicate. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield
Vocabulary.com Launches A Positively Addictive App For Aspiring Wordsmiths The app works a lot like many smartphone games: complete a task, get points. But, instead of answering trivia questions or connecting dots, players define words. mark for My Articles
Fast Company
April 2014
Tara Moore
How We Name Our Personal Bots Names should entice us into the future, but not scare us away. mark for My Articles
Information Today
March 13, 2014
EBSCO Will Bring Rosetta Stone to Libraries EBSCO Information Services agreed to distribute the Rosetta Stone, Inc. language-learning software to academic and public libraries in the U.S. and Canada. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield
Siri, Cortana, And Why Our Smartphone Assistants Have Such Weird Names Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft are making calculated bets that intelligent personal assistants are the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali
This Twitter Account Will Translate Your Tweets During The Olympics -- For Free A special promotion is being rolled out by One Hour Translation, which plans to offer near-instantaneous translation services over Twitter -- for free to during the 2014 Winter Olympics. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
January 20, 2014
Kim Girard
Language Wars Divide Global Companies An increasing number of global firms adopt a primary language for business operations -- usually English. The problem: The practice can surface dormant hostilities around culture and geography, reports Tsedal Neeley. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 13, 2013
Philip Ball
Making science personal The American Institute of Physics, American Chemical Society and American Medical Association all recommend the active voice and use of pronouns, although they accept the passive voice for methods sections. mark for My Articles similar articles
CRM
July 24, 2013
Oracle Adds Support for More Languages to Its Social Listening Product Their new Social Engagement & Monitoring solution now supports simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. mark for My Articles similar articles
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