Sentence examples for language guardians from inspiring English sources

Like France's language guardians, German purists may be fighting a losing battle against international English.

The good news for the language guardians in that province is that an increasing number of immigrants to Quebec report speaking French in combination with their mother tongue at home.

As a career language guardian, I was more than casually interested in the College Board's decision to throw out a grammar question on its PSAT after a high school teacher pointed out that the desired answer was not technically correct.

There are no linguistic "instincts" to guide you on the path and the language's guardian angels rarely whisper into your ear; you are truly on your own.

Its database shows that these words are misused 50percentt of the time, becoming the commonest mistake in the language, The Guardian of London reported.

And he kept the same material, more or less, insisting, right up to the end, on puncturing political hypocrisy, deconstructing language, and taunting guardians of propriety, mostly in a series of albums and HBO specials.

Adults participants signed a consent form in English or Duhluo (the local language); parents or guardians signed in the case of minors <18 years.

This article was amended on 1 May 2016 to remove language inconsistent with Guardian editorial guidelines.

This story was amended on 11 April 2014 to remove language inconsistent with Guardian editorial guidelines.

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But Dr Lia Litosseliti, senior lecturer in linguistics at City, University of London, told the Guardian: "Language is a symbolic resource and words are rarely neutral.