May 2011

Blog posts in May 2011.

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How much space do we have?

When it comes to learning languages, many difficulties get in the way. New pronunciation, spelling, different characters, unknown words, sometimes new alphabet and often different syntax. Not to mention learning grammar rules, words and conjugation. Assuming you can take the challenge and decide to give it a try. You learn and practise thoroughly, religiously even, […]
May 26, 2011
The mysterious world of punctuation conventions

Punctuation is very often neglected and deemed as not that important by too many people who are brought to write. Ask English speakers how they differentiate the uses of colons and semicolons, they are not that assertive about how to use them correctly, if at all. But this is not about the use of punctuation, […]
May 21, 2011
Good spelling is attractive

By deciding to write my blog posts in English, I take a bigger risk than writing it in my mother tongue, French. It would be so much easier to write in the language I master best, in which I know what sounds idiomatic, what grammar rules are correct, how to spell most words, etc.
May 14, 2011
Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series – over or not?

I just finished reading Larsson’s last (or latest?) opus of the Millenium trilogy. As you know, the Swedish author died in 2004 after handing in the three books featuring Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander to his editor. Larsson never got to witness the success story his work deserves – worldwide best sellers, movies, huge fan […]
May 08, 2011