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unergative verbs and unacussative verbs
Hello, peopleAs you see I have some difficulty in understanding classes of verbs, especially... [More]
By Anatbs    Latest post by CalifJim 190 days ago
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dative verbs
Hi everyone,I am studying certain dative verbs in English and I wanted to ask you if there... [More]
By Anatbs    Latest post by Mister Micawber 192 days ago
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How, interrogative adjective
1. How do you go to school? I go to school by bus. 2. How is the weather today? It's fine... [More]
By Teo    Latest post by Anatbs 193 days ago
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Queue vs. Cue
On a message board I frequent, somebody made a post asking for help designing a new computer... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Clive 195 days ago
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About the omission of articles
English has a lot of set phrases with no article. eg)"on foot", "in context", "go to school... [More]
By Omo    Latest post by Clive 202 days ago
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Suffixes that add meaning-ish and -like
Hi... I've been thinking through this problem and would appreciate some input... both suffixes... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Grammar Geek 206 days ago
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Accent can be lethal?
Research made by Fielding and Evered in 1977 compared how doctors reacted to different accents... [More]
By Zerox    Latest post by Anonymous 208 days ago
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Reduplication com'on guyyyyyyyyyyz
hi guyzzzzz.. how r u all hope every thing is OK well , in sunday i have a presentation... [More]
By NoOoOosa    Latest post by The One And Only 210 days ago
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hanging hyphens
Accordingly, George Orwell's sixth rule of effective writing was to "Break any of rules sooner... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Annvan 211 days ago
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Hypercorrection
Hi What is hypercorrection in linguistics? Goodwishes [More]
By Guest    Latest post by Jon Salt 213 days ago
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What is wrong with this sentence? 1234
I had to argue with a non-native (though well educated) English speaker as to why this sentence... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Hoa Thai 213 days ago
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Slang
"Slang is mostly made by lively, imaginative people, who are not afraid of being different... [More]
By Cool Breeze    Latest post by Hoa Thai 215 days ago
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deliberately employed fragmented sentence
Hi, I am currently reading a novel, The Glass Palace – by Amitav Gosh, who is praised... [More]
By Hoa Thai    Latest post by Hoa Thai 217 days ago
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'but of' revisited
Hi, A complaint was registered that I brought up the question out of place in the grammar... [More]
By Hoa Thai    Latest post by Hoa Thai 217 days ago
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What language has more everyday words?
Hello. I'd like to know which language has more everyday words, English or Spanish , and about... [More]
By Sebmer21    Latest post by CalifJim 219 days ago
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Separating verbs with the same suubject
I know that a comma does not need to be used in a compound sentence when the verbs use the... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Anonymous 220 days ago
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Absolute meaning
May I ask for your views on the CONTEXT ISSUE in thread "Spray"? The specific contextual examples... [More]
By davkett    Latest post by Forbes 220 days ago
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Which state verbs can be used in progressive?
Hello everybody, I'm doing some research for my final paper at university, and I'm not a native... [More]
By badfan    Latest post by Anonymous 221 days ago
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ı need help to write a writing sample to apply for a MA program.....
Hello I need to write a writing sample for a MA program.I have just 5 days. Unfortunately... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Clive 224 days ago
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Vowels, consonants and class
Do upperclass people drop their vowels and lowerclass people drop their consonants?/km [More]
By Kimm    Latest post by Anonymous 224 days ago
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She don't? 12345
In several American movies I've heard (perhaps I've misunderstood) expressions like "She don... [More]
By Sextus    Latest post by Mike in Japan 225 days ago
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Creating "quaint" speakers. 123456
Intermediate learners sometimes sound rather quaint as they struggle to obey the rules of written... [More]
By milky    Latest post by Anonymous 227 days ago
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Native English speakers, please help me!
I wrote some articles and need them to be edited. Could you help me? if could please leave... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Kooyeen 228 days ago
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Survey on Chinese-English bilinguals using Chinglish
Hi all, I am doing a research on Cantonese-English bilinguals using chinglish. Chinglish... [More]
By Gonietz    Latest post by julielai 230 days ago
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What is a nerd? 12
Is this a fair description of the word "nerd"? Nerds are members of a stigmatized social category... [More]
By milky    Latest post by MrPedantic 231 days ago
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English and social background, and "Standard English"
Hi!I have some questions I hope someone could help me with. I really appreciate your help!How... [More]
By Grodan Boll    Latest post by Jon Salt 234 days ago
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changing verbs linguistical term
How is called the change of verbs linguistically? How is called the change of adjectives... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by CalifJim 234 days ago
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Learn Middle English
Hello, I'm Julia, a philologist, teacher, translator and what not... I adore learning... [More]
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Prepositions
Hi.Does anybody know why motion prepositions have deletable objects? Is it true in all cases... [More]
By Qgaby    Latest post by Cool Breeze 242 days ago
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native and classical morphemes
Could someone please help me to pick out 10 morphemes that are either native (germanic) or... [More]
By Grodan Boll    Latest post by Alienvoord 248 days ago
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