Name: The god of linguistics: Professor Geoff Pullum by The Writer
Duration: 53 min 57 s
Description: How English really works, with the grumpy liberal linguist (and co-author of the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language). Take cover: copy editors, ‘pork-for-brains’ consultants, blog commenters and HSBC.

A descriptivist laments prescriptive allure -- the answer, simply, trust your intuition and be consistent.

How English really works, with the grumpy liberal linguist (and co-author of the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language). Take cover: copy editors, ‘pork-for-brains’ consultants, blog commenters and HSBC.

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