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To italicise or not to italicise
Fowler states that it is customary to italicise "non-naturalised words" to warn the reader... [More]
By abbie1948    by abbie1948 3 yr 67 days ago
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Urgent help needed concerning BASE and EXTREME adjectives
Hello everybody!!! I need you help with this topic. "Base and extreme adjectives meaning and... [More]
By Julijanik    by Julijanik 3 yr 69 days ago
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Angry with or angry? 123456 8
Hi all I wanna to know angry or angry with. e.g I angry you or I angry with you... [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 70 days ago
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Subjunctive? Please help with error correction 123
Dear all, this is a question that appeared in one of the major entrance exams in Taiwan. Some... [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 72 days ago
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Why do L2 speakers of English sound foreign?
Why do L2 speakers of English sound foreign as a result of different phonetic patterns? Any... [More]
By captainproton    by captainproton 3 yr 75 days ago
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Any Ideas?
The distinction between phonetics and phonology has a number of implications beyond simply... [More]
By Guest 
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Is Linguistics scientific or not? 123
Hey everyone, I've got a question for a paper due in soon and I would appreciate some input... [More]
By captainproton    by captainproton 3 yr 78 days ago
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Speech stereotypes. Do we use them alike?
1. Hey hi… I’m looking at this dish and it looks really good…can you tell me what it’s made... [More]
By Guenter    by Guenter 3 yr 82 days ago
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How should a first language be taught? 1234
Just read the Chinese paper this morning. HK government has decided to scrap the grammar... [More]
By julielai    by julielai 3 yr 86 days ago
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More on modals
Posted By: just the truth on 04-23-2005 02:00 AM Subject: Re: Past Perfect Message: Paco... [More]
By just the truth    by just the truth 3 yr 94 days ago
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Quick question ! (Not short though :))
How would you say 'Was he going to be able to do it?' in proper English? More specifically... [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 114 days ago
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New book on linguistics
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World By Nicholas Ostler Book review at http... [More]
By julielai 
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Syllable C0VG
When is a syllabe of the CoVG kind open and when closed? [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 117 days ago
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The verb "read"
In my studies, I've had some interesting discussions regarding the verb "read". In the following... [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 120 days ago
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Sociolinguistics and the English language
I haven't seen a thread on sociolinguistics. May I start one? As English becomes the international... [More]
By julielai    by julielai 3 yr 125 days ago
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Mixed Conditionals
Are these correct? If not, why? What do they mean? 1. If that isn't it, then I'd check that... [More]
By jack112    by jack112 3 yr 126 days ago
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JTTs point on using I or me. 123
(Mod - I moved this from a learner's question as I felt they just needed a simple answer, which... [More]
By nona the brit    by nona the brit 3 yr 131 days ago
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Palermo-Palermitan: Help!
Hi! i'm writing my graduation paper on linguistics, and i need your help. Suffixes might seem... [More]
By nadinem    by nadinem 3 yr 133 days ago
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History of English 123
Changes of meaning. Old English derivations. Old English affixes that we use now. The Celtic... [More]
By Vinn    by Vinn 3 yr 134 days ago
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Grammar and the Prescriptive Attitude 12
Hi, For those interested, you might wish to check out Grammar and the Prescriptive Attitude... [More]
By anon1    by anon1 3 yr 134 days ago
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Subjunctive mood in English 12
Hello This is a garbage-like posting written by a poor English learner who has been and still... [More]
By paco2004    by paco2004 3 yr 139 days ago
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Coordinative Constructions 12
Monika asked, in {http://www.englishforums.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=70995} Could you please... [More]
By just the truth    by just the truth 3 yr 144 days ago
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As if 123
This is related to a thread in the General Grammar section ( Post:78137 ). I find 'as if'... [More]
By MrPedantic    by MrPedantic 3 yr 144 days ago
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Whom was given the book? 12345
This is a spin-off from: Post:77524 where (among other things) the sentence 1. '*Whom was... [More]
By MrPedantic    by MrPedantic 3 yr 145 days ago
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What Does It Mean?
Thank you for your great forum, Linguistics. I am very happey to ask you a question. What... [More]
By Guest    by Guest 3 yr 150 days ago
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Adnominal relative adverb, relative pronoun
Hi Englishpros, * The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator. 1. Someone... [More]
By meantolearn    by meantolearn 3 yr 150 days ago
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IMPORTANT !!! We need some participants for Speechrecordings
Hi there, We need your help !!! For today 18.00 -21.00 h (25.2.05) and tommorrow 10.30 -12... [More]
By Institute ofPhonetic    by Institute ofPhonetic 3 yr 150 days ago
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*Cognitive grammar
The language system allows to express a perceived events in different ways using different... [More]
By sheela    by sheela 3 yr 155 days ago
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What are the differences? 123
Some people says that US and UK accents are totally different. Though, I dont find any relevant... [More]
By anupamrath    by anupamrath 3 yr 158 days ago
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May and Might - old rumors 12
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm#may Unless otherwise indicated, all written... [More]
By just the truth    by just the truth 3 yr 160 days ago
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