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Orthographical shape is the spelling of a word or phrase; phonological shape is the sound. Learners may associate ea = /i:/, as in beard, hear but then carry the association mistakenly to bear and bureau.

I found the following on conjuctive adverbs in Understanding Grammar, by Paul Roberts. A number of adverbs not only modify verbs or clauses but also serve as connectives between two clauses. The principal forms so used are nevertheless, however, moreover, hence, consequently, nonetheless,...

Anonymous wrote What s the difference between 2204 lb and 1000 kg Zilch So tonne is simply how the Brits spell ton This is not strictly correct Anon Since the UK is pretty much bi lingual these days

by fewer than 1000 to 100 000 hits depending on the length of the lexical string What this means to me

As a linguist, much of this thread pains me. First of all, ALL languages have grammar. It is inherent to language and utterly impossible to measure if one language has more or less grammar than any other. Secondly, modern linguistics does not recognize any one dialect as more...

Initial p, t, k are aspirated. The same consonants after 's' are not aspirated, so they will definitely sound different to a non-English speaker. If your native language is Chinese, then you make contrasts between aspirated and unaspirated sets of consonants. To us English speakers it...

Very little - mainly in the spelling, so far as I know.

Clive (Sorry for spelling your name wrong). I guess 'eternity' seems so all-encompassing to me that it seems hard to see the difference between one eternity and, say, three eternities. So, what do you think the writer's 'eternity' is? Do you think it's the same as MrP's 'non-temporally'? Or...

I looked in the dictionary and realize the real difference between "sucess" and "suceed" (one is the noun, the other is the verb) I tried to fix my essay, also I corrected the spelling as I could. Is it better now? What else do I have to change? Thanks a lot margarita To succeed, you should...

As far as I know, there's no difference between them. Just the spelling. Sextus