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  2. Fumblerules - Wikipedia

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    The term fumblerules was coined in a list of such rules compiled by William Safire on Sunday, 4 November 1979, [3] [4] in his column "On Language" in The New York Times. Safire later authored a book titled Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage, which was reprinted in 2005 as How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar.

  3. English usage controversies - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, there are grammatical constructions that many native speakers use unquestioningly yet certain writers call incorrect. Differences of usage or opinion may stem from differences between formal and informal speech and other matters of register, differences among dialects (whether regional, class-based, generational, or other), difference between the social norms of spoken ...

  4. Grammaticality - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, grammaticality is determined by the conformity to language usage as derived by the grammar of a particular speech variety. The notion of grammaticality rose alongside the theory of generative grammar, the goal of which is to formulate rules that define well-formed, grammatical sentences. These rules of grammaticality also ...

  5. Consumerism and social media - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, the exposure that influencers have on people all comes back to the sense of trust that has been built between the consumer and the influencer. In simpler terms, the more trust the consumer has in the influencer, the more of a role the influencer plays in consumerism. With that being said, there is a down side to all of this.

  6. Consumer - Wikipedia

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    Consumers pay some amount of money (or equivalent) for goods or services. [4]) then consume (use up). As such, consumers play a vital role in the economic system of a capitalist system [5] and form a fundamental part of any economy. [6] [7] [8] Without consumer demand, producers would lack one of the key motivations to produce: to sell to

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  8. Principles and parameters - Wikipedia

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    Principles and parameters is a framework within generative linguistics in which the syntax of a natural language is described in accordance with general principles (i.e. abstract rules or grammars) and specific parameters (i.e. markers, switches) that for particular languages are either turned on or off.

  9. Supreme Court Rules Against Consumers in Costco vs. Omega - AOL

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    In the first major business decision of the 2010 October term, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that Swatch's Omega (SWGAY) can effectively control the pricing of its luxury watches in the U.S ...