<By all means let local varieties develop, but keeping learners away from Standard English as a matter of policy is nothing short of illiberal. > I thought it was more of a case of the Standard English speaking world keeping ESL

C'mon, Forbes, tell it as it is. Right. I will. I said: "All native English speakers really ought to be able to speak to each other without too much difficulty." What I meant was that most native speakers of English are

Your questions sound very much like ones that might be given as a homework assignment in a linguistics or TESL course. So why don't you tell us your ideas first, Anon?

Please explain why Korean and/or Spanish speakers of English as a second language have problems with the 'that' clauses. Also, what are the prescriptive rules for adjectival and nominal clauses. When can 'that' be omitted.

Hey Anon, To login, click Login link at the right top corner of the screen. But prior to logging in, you have to register (click "Join our community" link next to "Login" link). What room do you want to chat at? On the english forums you can

I've always thought that I knew exactly what the distinction is between 'what' and 'which' until a couple of days ago when I came across a classroom situation which completely confused me. It was a conversation in an EFL

Why, in the ESL world, is so little attention given to such forms? Helloooo? ESL = "English as a Second Language", not "English for Super-advanced obsessed Linguists who deal with the most extreme theoretical stuff that is so

< Multi-word lexemes exist for all classes of words, forming an important extension and continuation of single-word items.> Yes, I agree, and speaking of such, I've also heard the term "compound conjunctions" used, but

<Even in English speaking countries, in their schools, they do not teach children to write the way that the local people speak. > So what do they teach? Do they teach that one should speak how one writes? And one of the major

First, "Paint it black." can only be a sentence as a command. In this case, it is and understood "you." (You) paint it black. I am telling you to do this. As far as I know, this is really an expression from the Rolling Stones