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John Lawler

I'm a retired English grammarian. I enjoy answering questions.

  1. My Website at the University of Michigan
  2. Complete Publications and Lectures.
  3. My alt.usage.english English Grammar pages
  4. Details and handouts from some recent talks.
  5. A term paper about K-12 Language Science
  6. Two scanned coursepacks from my Intro Ling class. (each ~100 pp)
  7. Scanned teaching materials from my Etymology class
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  • Bellingham WA
  • umich.edu/~jlawler
  • Member for 6 years, 8 months
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  • Last seen 18 hours ago

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