English language - Grammar
Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[14 cartoons published in the Auckland Star and the Sunday Star...
Date: 1976 - 1984
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-337-131/144
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand education and employment issues and ANZUS. Quantity: 14 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, approximately A4, sizes vary.
Ruru writing and journals
Date: 1998-1999
From: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6536-2
Description: Ruru writing, `Journal One' and tutor, notes on journals and grammar style and usage guide by Ross Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scripts for the New Zealand broadcasting service series Say it in English
Date: 1952-1953, 1977
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-08
Description: Includes notes and correspondence re the New Zealand Broadcasting Service series Say it in English series 1-13 (1952) and 1-13 (1953). Also notes re articles in the New Zealand Listener, 1977. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Scripts for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation series A word in your ear
Date: [ca 1981]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-09A
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Papers re English language and the history of the English dictionary
Date: 1711, [ca 1980-1998]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-10
Description: Includes newspaper and journal articles entitled English in the public service, Ballad of desktop publishers (poem), Submission, perfection and pass (re presentation of theses) and Punctuation. Also the article A word about Prof Ian Gordon's "Words" by Tian Yusan. Also includes correspondence, notes for television programmes, a photocopy of The Spectator (19 May 1711) and notes re the history of the English dictionary. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
["Boners"; scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of typographical and grammatical errors. 195...
Date: 1950 - 1961
By: McBride, Patricia, active 1974-2016
Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-1950s-01
Description: Arrangement of small cuttings on pages. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black pages, and green / white cover, tied with green lace, pages 195 x 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Trish McBride from the estate of Mrs Columba McBride, 1997.
Scripts for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation and lectures
Date: [ca 1946-1990s]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-11
Description: Includes broadcast scripts and lectures re writing business letters; Robert Burns; early NZ novels (including Tutira by Guthrie-Smith); NZ poetry; Katherine Mansfield; Scotland; James Boswell; Thomas Campbell; and a series on the history of the novel Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Scripts for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation series A word in your ear
Date: [ca 1981]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-09B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Doyle, Martin, 1956- :Member of the Commas Party. 21 January 2014
Date: 2014
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Scoop (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0027245
Description: The Attorney-General, Chris Finlayson, interrogates a grammatical offender: "Are you - or have you ever been - a member of the Oxford Comma Party?" Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Considering that the New Zealand Parliament and New Zealand legislation use Oxford English (and Oxford Commas) it's bizarre that our Attorney-General Chris Finlayson is undermining their use. If the departments for which he has responsibility cease using Oxford commas then they run the risk of misquoting/misunderstanding the actual law. Cartoon depicts Chris Finlayson interrogating a language offender'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David, 1952- :'I sent a letter to the Qualifications Authority demanding to k...
Date: 2005
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-105-134
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Controversy arose over NCEA (National Certificate in Educational Achievement) results after every student studying level 3 graphics at Rangitoto College failed to pass the external assessment. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
"I'm sorry Mr. Webster, but it's advanced Ellipsis..." 8 March, 2005
Date: 2005
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0004625
Description: Shows Noah Webster, in which English dictionaries in the United States are derived from, suffering a case of "Ellipsis". Cartoon derives from a comment made to a newspaper's editor regarding the English standard of Karen Van Rooyen, the chief executive of the NZQA. It uses the use of Ellipsis to illustrate the importance of subtle distinction in grammar in the modern world. Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'MG Business', which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- :'Have the teachers accepted my latest offer?' 'No....But they ha...
Date: 2001
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-005-108
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).