Are you an English teacher? Bring your students to the English Grammar Day on 29 June in the British Library. Organised by Bas Aarts @artshumsucl.bsky.social, Jonnie Robinson @britishlibrary.bsky.social and Charlotte Brewer @hertfordcollege.bsky.social

Book here:
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Bookings are now open for the English Grammar Day 2026, organised by Bas Aarts @artshumsucl.bsky.social, Jonnie Robinson at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social and Charlotte Brewer @hertfordcollege.bsky.social

#EnglishGrammarDay

Teachers, do bring your students!

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Happy 200th birthday UCL!

Today, we begin a year of celebration to mark UCL’s Bicentenary. Since UCL’s establishment in the arts and humanities have been foundational to the university’s ethos.

Find out more about UCL Arts & Humanities: buff.ly/4UiCmC7

#UCL200

Save the date of the English Grammar Day 2026 on 29 June at the British Library in London.

Bookings will open in due course.

#grammar #EnglishGrammar #EnglishGrammarDay

Tricky relative clauses The following attested example poses some interesting syntactic questions:

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Tricky relative clauses.
tinyurl.com/39x8cj8j

#grammar #relativeclause

Next week!

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#EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage

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New Substack post by Bas Aarts: On so-called adjective clauses: a label to avoid

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#grammar #adjectiveclause #TeHirangaTangata #nzcurriculum

Come to this fabulous event, hosted by Charlotte Brewer, Jonnie Robinson and Bas Aarts. tinyurl.com/36z77b29

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Well think about this for future years but it’s not straightforward unfortunately

Book now for the English Grammar Day!

Teachers: do bring your GCSE and A-level students!

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New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Can clauses function as Subject?

basaarts.substack.com/p/can-clause...

#grammar

New Substack post by Bas Aarts on Subjects.

basaarts.substack.com/p/subjects

#EnglishGrammar

Together with Charlotte Brewer and Jonnie Robinson Bas Aarts is of the organisers of the #EnglishGrammarDay which will take place again at the British Library on 7 July. Book here: events.bl.uk/events/engli...

Can prepositional phrases function as Subject in a clause? Yes, but in a restricted way

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Can prepositional phrases function as Subject in a clause?

basaarts.substack.com/p/can-prepos...

New research chapter, just published: 'Verb Phrases as Attributive Nominal Modifiers'

tinyurl.com/49crkbv4

Can adjective phrases function as Subject in a clause? Most grammars of English will tell you that adjective phrases cannot normally function as Subject in clauses.

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: 'Can adjective phrases function as Subject in a clause?'

basaarts.substack.com/p/can-adject...

#grammar #adjective

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: More on Predicative Complements: 'for' and 'as'

basaarts.substack.com/p/more-on-pr...

#grammar #EnglishGrammar

The Survey of English Usage Annual Report for 2024 is now available here:

www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usag...

Apologies for cross-posting.

Sorry, there was an error in the earlier message about this year's English Grammar Day. Monday 7 July 2025 is the correct date. Bookings will be on the British Library events website, but you can also check here: www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usag...

#EnglishGrammarDay

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: What is a Predicative Complement?

basaarts.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...

New Substack post by Bas Aarts:
'Each' as a floating quantifier

basaarts.substack.com/p/each-as-a-...

New Substack post:
Which word class do 'possessive' words belong to? Adjectives, determinatives or pronouns?

basaarts.substack.com/p/which-word...

The Naked Week - Series 1 - Episode 2: Spin, Milestones, and Monopoly (Qatar edition) - BBC Sounds Stop talking and start apologising, plus the shortest game of Monopoly ever

Our very own @bethmalory.bsky.social was on
@bbcradio4.bsky.social's Friday night show - The Naked Week.

Beth talks about the words ‘pledge’, ‘mission’ and ‘milestone’ in reference to Keir Starmer's recent speeches.

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Languages of New York City Map An interactive map of language diversity in New York City, one of the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolitan areas.

10% of the world's languages are spoken in New York City. This means the Big Apple is home to well-over 600 different languages!

The wonderful folks at the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) made an interactive map where you can explore this incredible diversity! Check it out!

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