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]]> http://tesltoronto.org/callpk#comment-1760 Spring 2012 Conference: Call for Presenters & Pecha Kucha Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:16:11 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?page_id=3390#comment-1760 [...] SC12: Call for Pecha Kucha [...] [...] SC12: Call for Pecha Kucha [...]

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/thatwhich#comment-1743 ClaudieG Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:38 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3344#comment-1743 Gotta LOVE that Grammarology....! Gotta LOVE that Grammarology….!

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/thatwhich#comment-1727 Nancy Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:49:49 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3344#comment-1727 I think that's a great question, Patricia. It's another example of how English is always changing, something my students are always commenting on. Another relatively new phenomenon is the addition of a few new verbs, namely "to text" and "to friend", which only came into being thanks to social media (which also gave us carpal tunnel syndrome, but that's another story). I think that’s a great question, Patricia. It’s another example of how English is always changing, something my students are always commenting on. Another relatively new phenomenon is the addition of a few new verbs, namely “to text” and “to friend”, which only came into being thanks to social media (which also gave us carpal tunnel syndrome, but that’s another story).

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/thatwhich#comment-1726 Brett Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:32:16 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3344#comment-1726 Hi, Patricia! I don't think I'd get a whole column out of it, but most dictionaries list <i>Internet</i> with a capital <i>i</i>, and most published sources follow that style; that is <a href="http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=the+Internet%2Cthe+internet%2Cthe+web%2Cthe+Web&year_start=1990&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3" rel="nofollow">most people capitalize it</a>. You can see in the graph I've linked to, however, that the capitalized form is becoming less common and the lower-case form is increasing in frequency. Personally, I find the idea that it should be capitalized contrived, and I prefer the uncapitalized version. Would you capitalize the Phone System? Hi, Patricia! I don’t think I’d get a whole column out of it, but most dictionaries list Internet with a capital i, and most published sources follow that style; that is most people capitalize it. You can see in the graph I’ve linked to, however, that the capitalized form is becoming less common and the lower-case form is increasing in frequency. Personally, I find the idea that it should be capitalized contrived, and I prefer the uncapitalized version. Would you capitalize the Phone System?

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/thatwhich#comment-1721 Patricia Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:55 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3344#comment-1721 Brett, Could you write something on capitalization of proper nouns that have recently come into the English language (e.g. web and internet). Should they be capitalized? For example, "I read an article on the web/on the Web?" and "Did you know the Internet/internet is big?" Thanks~ Brett,
Could you write something on capitalization of proper nouns that have recently come into the English language (e.g. web and internet). Should they be capitalized? For example, “I read an article on the web/on the Web?” and “Did you know the Internet/internet is big?”
Thanks~

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/30goals2012#comment-1700 Tyson Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3372#comment-1700 Here's my example of Goal #1: http://fourc.ca/me-manifesto - Let me know if you participate. If you don't have a blog, you can comment on my post or on Shelly's. =) Here’s my example of Goal #1: http://fourc.ca/me-manifesto – Let me know if you participate. If you don’t have a blog, you can comment on my post or on Shelly’s. =)

]]> http://tesltoronto.org/30goals2012#comment-1699 Tyson Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:48:25 +0000 http://tesltoronto.org/?p=3372#comment-1699 Goal #2: Highlight Your Magical Teaching Moment http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2012/01/23/goal-2-highlight-your-magic-teaching-moment-30goals/ Goal #2: Highlight Your Magical Teaching Moment
http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2012/01/23/goal-2-highlight-your-magic-teaching-moment-30goals/

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