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English speakers are increasingly punctuating their speech with ‘um’ rather than ‘er’, according to socio-linguists at Edinburgh University. So why the shift?
In the historic struggle between the ummers and the errers, the ummers are getting the upper hand. A study of speech patterns by socio-linguists at Edinburgh University has found that English speakers increasingly tend to use “um” rather than “er” as the filler of choice.
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Prepositions, participles, who and whom and more are the focus of the new documentary “Grammar Revolution.” The film was made by two former teachers, David and Elizabeth O’Brien, and completed with a $22,000 Kickstarter campaign. It’s a feast for grammar geeks.
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