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Friday is National Grammar Day, a commemoration of sorts begun in 2008 by the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. The cheerful grammarphiles there have written a song promoting their cause, but while having fun, they're also doing good.

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Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technologyupdated: Wed Oct 13 2010 13:57:00

Apple has patented technology that could be used by parents to prevent their kids from sending sexually explicit text messages -- or "sexting."

Fashion world star joins 'Top Model'updated: Mon Feb 08 2010 18:00:00

It took a while, but after 13 cycles of "America's Next Top Model," Tyra Banks has finally convinced Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley to take a seat at the judges' table.

SI.com: Steve Aschburner: Raptors adopt flavor of city around themupdated: Tue Aug 04 2009 18:23:00

It's entirely possible that, at various times in the Toronto Raptors' 2009-10 season, play-by-play man Matt Devlin will say something that sounds like this: Calderon dribbles into the frontcourt, over to Belinelli ... Bargnani gets it on the block. Turnaround from 12 feet. ... Rebound by Nesterovic, kicks it to Turkoglu, from downtown ... Good!

Gender and languageupdated: Sat Mar 07 2009 15:23:00

Should we have a gender-neutral way of saying "he or she"? CNN.com's Elizabeth Landau takes a look.

On Twitter, is it 'he or she' or 'they' or 'ip'?updated: Sat Mar 07 2009 15:23:00

Twitter users may value brevity in their messages, but that doesn't mean they don't think about the social implications of language.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Tough love for Djokovic, title forecasts and moreupdated: Thu Sep 11 2008 10:25:00

This our last Baguette. Check back Monday for our wrap-up. Thanks to all of you who sent questions ...

Study: Songbirds can learn basic grammarupdated: Wed Apr 26 2006 08:57:00

The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that separate man from beast, can be taught to a common songbird, new research suggests.

Bush's new nominee: Not always on the same page as Scaliaupdated: Tue Nov 01 2005 15:48:00

The conservative bent of judge Sam Alito, who President Bush nominated this morning to the U.S. Supreme Court, has prompted facile comparisons to Justice Antonin Scalia, arguably the most stridently conservative member of the court.

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