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This is a spin-off from:
Post:77524
where (among other things) the sentence
1. '*Whom was given the book?'
was discussed.
I understand...
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: 'On religious tolerance, he gently referenced the Christians of Lebanon and Egypt, then lamented that the “divisions between Sunni...
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Hi Which reading is correct? Ye shall not go / after other gods. Deut. vi. 14. Ye shall not / go after / other gods. Deut. vi. 14.
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How do you see "look at" in the sentence below? He stared at the moon. 1. (simple) verb + prepositional phrase (consisting of Prep + NP, in turn...
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“Only spies need to have perfect accents.” 1 The rest of us, in other words, should be free to express who we are, including linguistically.
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She threw her husband out of the house. Could we call "out of" a unit/a composite preposition, there?
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This space is for posting examples of, and the discussion of, non-American and non-British English use of English. Welcome all other variants.
A useful...
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For example...is the statement: "Domesticated house cats are one of the largest mammals in the world." and accurate statement? I would wager...
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If you had to tell this narrative fragment in spoken English, would you change it in any way? If so, how? What would you do with it and what would your...
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How would you describe this utterance grammatically? "Where he went wrong was in not trusting her."
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Do you agree with this statement? 'Discourse markers oil the wheels of talk and conversation without them can seem very "cranky".' Teaching...
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If it's good enough for the folks at Oxford UP, why does it not appear more on this, linguistics, website? re The term 'spoken grammar' is...
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He called in softly "my dear its me , I have to talk to you urgently.Please open the door"
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Is there any language which is a hybrid of two different language groups? A hybrid of Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages, or, a hybrid of Altaic...
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hi there, i am trying to get some linguistic terms in order - but realized that some things i just don't understand... hope, you can help me. my assumptions...
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Here is the extract from the play 'No Sugar' by Jack Davis. The court house at Northam, morning. The Sergeant stands near the JP, a local cocky...
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Does your variety of English permit contraction here? I have (I've) to be there before the boss tomorrow.
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What's your opinion of this speaker's usage? Her friend in Chester, his girlfriend, her parents bought her Porshe for her birthday.
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Omission of "that" is common in spoken English in such constructions as these: the bloke came to stay with us was from Africa we had this African...
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Why does the English language have differences between orthography/spelling and pronunciation e.g. silent letters, combinations of letters that are sometimes...
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Are there two objects here? Blame the crisis on the banks.
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Hi! I've noticed that in the infinitive form of verbs usually f, l, k (in ck ) , s, z are doubled in the end. I don't mean doubling when you add...
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Could someone please help me find the difference between these two words: Thesis / Dissertation.
Thanks ever so much,
Tutapana
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How do you see those who create invariant tags such as "innit", as linguistic innovators, or as other? If the latter, what as?
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I am writing a short story piece, that I may enter into a competition; during the writing I have come across the a need for a word: adjective that describes...
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