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Oh my, I'm so surprised! I would never have thought you said it yourself! By the way, you said "If I'd have known", and not "If I'd known" (which can't mean "If I would have known", because you would be leaving out a syllable...).Anyway, I'll tell...

If this dialect were more widely spoken, we'd have to re-write our grammar books ... Many grammar books have been re-written. We discover new things, we review our view upon language use, etc.

Hello Ant 222, I wouldn't say that the answer on your question is so clearcut,that's all.What I'm saying is that grammar speed up the process of the acquisition of the language.And it is beyond doubt.One reason I often come across in discussion on this issue is that a native learner may never...

Hello Ant 222, I wouldn't say that the answer on your question is so clearcut,that's all.What I'm saying is that by using grammar you speed up the process of the acquisition of the language.And it is beyond doubt.One reason I often come across in discussion on this issue is that a native learner...

Thank you for your advices and your experiences. I like your first passage most because it work well. "Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that you might hear sentences like "the mouse love the rice" in songs very often, and it's not necessarily "Asian-English" or wrong. In Ebonics, a dialect of...

Hi,How can English vary according to the social background of the speaker? Does anyone have any examples of this?English has a lot of dialects (most of them only differ in pronunciation though). So a Canadian doesn't talk the same way as a Texan does. Also, for example, teenagers usually don't...

What did the Beatles sing? I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's todayThe girl that is driving me mad is going away (or: has gone away?) She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care... In what class of dialect or grammar would this fit?

There is no single English accent. The difference between a northern English Accent (or dialect), such as "Geordie" and the "Cockney" accent is far, far greater than the difference between the Australian and the South East English accent. The Australian accent does not sound exactly like...

accent: a way of speaking typical of a particular group of people and especially of the natives or residents of a region dialect: a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with...

Thethenothere123 wrote:I feel as though the AmE vs. BrE distinction is largely exaggerated by non-native English speakers.Like a previous poster commented, your focus should be on using proper grammar and working to improve your pronunciation rather than worrying about the minor differences in...