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Dear friends and teachers, I'm going to present my friend a gift which is a book and I like to dedicate at the begining of the book. Could you please...
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Hello, let's be short and to the point. "He loves many girls" For the noun "girls" gives a meaning of many to the reader that they...
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Hi everyone, I got an assessment from uni. And there's a question which asks "The word untightenable can be constructed in two different ways...
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"The English language" is an abstract and not very useful term. Instead, we should talk about "the English languages". Do you agree...
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Weird problem. I'd just like to hear as many opinions as possible. I have learned a lot of stuff about pronunciation, and I like to learn as much as possible...
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Hi everyone, I am studying certain dative verbs in English and I wanted to ask you if there's a difference between two examples I found: 1. Hand a knife...
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In reference to language use and linguistics, could you please tell me what the differences are in meaning with these words?
style
genre
text...
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I've noticed, mostly from British television programs, some
discrepancies between the two "versions" of the English language.
American English speakers...
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Inception of a verb can be expressed in English with constructions like, “to start verb-ing” or “to begin verbing.” However, some verbs in English have...
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does anyone who posts here happen to know why the grammarlady forum, http://www.grammarlady.com , is no longer in existence? i joined it a year...
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I need you help with this topic. "Base and extreme adjectives meaning and collocabilyty"
I have to write 15 pages of theory, but...
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"Educated Americans have a tendency to think that intelligence can be directly assessed through the surrogate of compliance with the rules of Standard...
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Hello I'm beginning a study of a subject that involves reading a lot of books written in old, archaic english, from the 19th century to the middle...
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Hello everybody My name is Gandalf and I'm from Sweden and I'm studying English at university level. I'm currently writting a paper for my...
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Do "incorrect" collocation sometimes work better? Are such "collocations" sometimes more memorable? 'Fabio Capello does not deal...
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Language teachers, could you tell us about some ways in which you are providing "learners with the tools to cope with 'real-life' communication...
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Do your students have to "power down" when they come into your classroom? See this video and tell us a little about how you are integrating technology...
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I am in college, and in india, english is not the primary language. But, in college, we speak english only (common). The cool words are "bugger...
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I have the biggest crush on a girl who works at this cafe... So I plan to send a Valentine's Day card but am unsure of my english. Could you help?...
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Hello ! I have a doubt, which sentence is correct? Any Time of the year that you decide to visit our town... or At any time of the year that you decide...
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"It does indeed display pig-ignorance of English syntax and literary usage to be hung up on split infinitives," http://languagelog.ldc.upenn...
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hi! Please tell me about the Carnival Day celebrated in the USA on February 26th. I need to discuss about it in class. Thanks! (I'veen looking up in...
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If we were to recognise "she will eat" as a future tense, then we might just as well recognise "he may eat", "she is eating"...
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Hi there, I decided to put this here in the linguistic section because it seems like a strange and very complicated subject to discuss. I am going to improve...
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Hello:
Using "Since a long time ago" was considered incorrect some years ago, as far as I know. Is it now acceptable?
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