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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: “I don't imagine they probably will”: Transferred negation and syntactic priming basaarts.substack.com/p/i-dont-ima...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Manner adverbs: do they need a human agent? basaarts.substack.com/p/manner-adv...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: 'Henry James's long sentences. Are they unreadable?' basaarts.substack.com/p/henry-jame...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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: events.bl.uk/events/engli...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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! events.bl.uk/events/engli...

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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

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Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: On so-called adjective clauses: a label to avoid tinyurl.com/yc32zr4a #grammar #adjectiveclause #TeHirangaTangata #nzcurriculum

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Can clauses function as Subject? basaarts.substack.com/p/can-clause... #grammar

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts on Subjects. basaarts.substack.com/p/subjects #EnglishGrammar

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: Can prepositional phrases function as Subject in a clause? basaarts.substack.com/p/can-prepos...

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Can prepositional phrases function as Subject in a clause?

Yes, but in a restricted way

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Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New research chapter, just published: 'Verb Phrases as Attributive Nominal Modifiers' tinyurl.com/49crkbv4

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: More on Predicative Complements: 'for' and 'as' basaarts.substack.com/p/more-on-pr... #grammar #EnglishGrammar

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The Survey of English Usage Annual Report for 2024 is now available here: www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usag... Apologies for cross-posting.

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: What is a Predicative Complement? basaarts.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: 'Each' as a floating quantifier basaarts.substack.com/p/each-as-a-...

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Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

New Substack post: Which word class do 'possessive' words belong to? Adjectives, determinatives or pronouns? basaarts.substack.com/p/which-word...

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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. buff.ly/3BlUlQy

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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

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I <3 Language @dailylang.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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! #linguistics (1/4)

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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.

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UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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