He also says non-native speakers generally use too much emotional language and give too many details before getting to the main idea.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

All three plays were noted for their use of sharp language and making fun of human failings.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

English language experts say Geoffrey Chaucer was the first important writer to use the English language.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

Two years before, the use of the Hawaiian language was banned in private and public schools.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Pig Latin is not the only coded language that children use.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

"Everything from basic language skills of agreement of subject and verb, use of commas and other punctuation, complete and incomplete sentences, so that we can move from basic writing/language skills to the more sophisticated skills that graduate students, upper level undergraduates and people in the work world use."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But they say this is more a reflection on the nature of the message then the writer's ability to use language correctly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Jansen has worked in the Internet industry since 1994 and agrees with Crystal that what we're seeing is more ways to use language to communicate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Many use a sort of internationalized sign language that communicates ideas and needs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

ICANN says about half the Internet users around the world don't use a Latin-based script as their native language, adding the change will affect billions of potential users.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

While the Internet's use of language might change rapidly over the next few years, Johnson,Crystal and Jansen all point out that educators need to ensure that students maintain an academic understanding of the use and rules of language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Pelosi has faced opposition from fiscally-conservative Democrats still nervous about the longer-term cost of the legislation,and opposition from some her in party who assert that language in the measure does not go far enough to ensure a continuing ban on the use of federal funds for abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Director Roxana Silbert, "What's great about what we're doing is it allows them to come to it in their own terms and of course the thing that young people find most alienating about Shakespeare is the language, which feels like a different language to them and this isn't in anyway attempting to copy Shakespeare's language - it's written by young people in a language they would use."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07