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The use and abuse of the English language, as used in the UK, including serious and humorous examples, likes and dislikes, and the evolution of English.
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According to my dictionary, the word "Gaelic" should be pronounced gay-lick. However, on a recent visit to Scotland, it seemed to me that most...
By Claus Tondering
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by Anonymous
3 yr 152 days ago
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Dear all, I'm a translator into Italian and I have some difficulties in finding a good translation for "no sense, no feeling". I think I...
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Hello ... this is a new episode of my neverending story aout engllish translation :-) i'm looking for someone who could help me a bit about these texts...
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well, i am a chinese guy, my name in chinese is: Guo Linlin. Guo is my family name,and Linlin is my given name. now, i wanna hav an english name.but i...
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Hello ... firstly, as usual, thank you sooo much for answering so kindly to my previous message :-) ok, another quest for you all ... this time, it's...
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Hi, I am a third year student studying Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. I need help with a small part of my dissertation: "Since...
By Trung Chinh Nguyen
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by Vic
3 yr 193 days ago
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Hello! Yesterday I had a kind of discussion about the meaning of the verb "to falsify". In my first language the same word ("falsifizieren"...
By Reinhard Mick
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by Phil C.
3 yr 195 days ago
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Does anyone know of a suitable term meaning the opposite of divine providence? Let me clarify what I mean...God reveals himself and his planned destiny...
By Anonymous
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by John of Aix
3 yr 198 days ago
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I received the minutes of a meeting that contained the clause: "Everyone agreed unanimously." I think this sounds odd. I suppose it's all...
By John A. Green
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by David
3 yr 198 days ago
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Hello ... we need opinions from some english speaking people. we must translate our slogan ( we're italian ) into english, but we're not sure about...
By Lynda
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by Molly Mockford
3 yr 202 days ago
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Most serious non-fiction writers seem to prefer "is not", "cannot", etc. to "isn't" and "can't". On the...
By Claus Tondering
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by Tony Mountifield
3 yr 204 days ago
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Two members of my family are native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. They are currently trying to learn English, and are living in the UK. Can anyone help...
By David D Stretch
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I am a student in interpretation and translation. Please refer to the following article "Lifting the Screen" on cancer screening. http://www...
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by night owl
3 yr 218 days ago
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A friend of mine has approached me for help. She has to complete an essay based around the following: 'Produce a commentary which shows how context...
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TV often uses dramatic language to pep up documentaries about the universe - I once heard the orbit of a distant planet (fast and close to its sun) described...
By Phil C.
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by Citizen Ted
3 yr 245 days ago
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Hello everyone I am new to this group, but I post regularly (i.e. 5-10 times per day) in a danish language group. There we have discovered an awfully funny...
By Anders Søe Plougsgaard
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by John Briggs
3 yr 251 days ago
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I'm a 31years old Italian girl, I would like to improve my English, as much as possible, meeting nice people in the while time... is there someone...
By Monica#12
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by Monica#12
3 yr 253 days ago
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well, i am a chinese guy, my name in chinese is: Guo Linlin. Guo is my family name,and Linlin is my given name. now, i wanna hav an english name.but i...
By LINLIN
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Hi, I'm attending the first year at the University of Foreing languages, but I'm working so I can't follow the lessons. Is there any teacher...
By Monica#12
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You might be familiar with the expression chewing the cud - and I know that cud is a wad of food regurgitated to be chewed again but what is the plural...
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Can anybody explain if i can use "that" instead of "so"? if we can use, can you explain the resource grammar book expressing it? Can...
By Anonymous
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by Nick Wagg
3 yr 270 days ago
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We discussed Wilfred Pickles here a few weeks ago. I was watching Time Team on Ch4 tonight, followed by the News, and noticed that the continuity announcer...
By Dave Fawthrop
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by Young Sociolinguist
3 yr 276 days ago
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i am a stupid french who need to improve his english. i look for friends to talk in english about things and others... i understand quickly but need a...
By alama
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by Peter Duncanson
3 yr 278 days ago
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hello, I came from China. This is my first time to come to Google Groups, and I never wrote anyting in groups before. People here are kind of answering...
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by John Briggs
3 yr 280 days ago
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What is the guttoral stop ? I have assumed it to be the 'g' sound some folk use to pronounce words like 'nothing' (nothing-k) Is this a...
By Etienne Marais
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by Young Sociolinguist
3 yr 280 days ago
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