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Forbes wrote:I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing number, which is not the case. I agree that many students of language do not know...

I have not had any particular motives in mind. I have just responded to other people's posts. I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing number,...

Forbes wrote: A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that...

A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that indicates the semantic class...

Forbes wrote:The trouble I have with that is that no modern linguist attempts to describe one language in the terms of another. Any recent description of Chinese I have read does not do it when it talks about other aspects of the language and I am left puzzling as to why whether or not the...

I have got to the stage where I am not sure excatly what it is that we are argiung about, other than whether or not Chinese is monsyllabic. Perhaps you could explain again waht the basic points are that you wish to make. My basic point is that Chinese is monosyllabic, and that contentions that...

Forbes wrote:I have got to the stage where I am not sure exactly what it is that we are arguing about, other than whether or not Chinese is monosyllabic. Perhaps you could explain again what the basic points are that you wish to make.My basic point is that Chinese is monosyllabic, and that...

Pravinth,Only in the case of third person, singular number, present tense 's' is added with the verb. Example:He goes to the school,but ,they go to the school,Tom Dick and Harry go..................She cooks every day ,but they cook...................etc

Yes. I thought maybe that's what you were referring to. would in an if clause is possible when the would or the entire if-clause is part of a formula of politeness. if you would be so kind is a typical example of if with would in a "politeness phrase". This formula is equivalent to please. ...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present tense...