I don't know what I'd call it. Not an essay, there's no arguement techinically, just an opinion. I wrote it as a practice in writing racticing rather than voicing an opinion, although every bit of it is genuin. I had trouble deciding

I'd strongly advise against trying to put on a fake accent. They don't care what accent you speak with (do you think Americans taking this exam would try to fake a British accent) as they are just checking that you speak clearly and with good

Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want

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Tallulah Tam wrote: I feel that Alan Jay Lerner was not so concerned about his own grammar when he wrote the song, he insults the intelligence of the audience by using the word "hung" incorrectly, especially when putting the words into the mouth

Hey there non-native speakers, There are hundreds of posts in this forum from people asking how to improve their English, what grammar books to read, how to understand American/British accent etc... I have also been reading posts from

No you are absolutely wrong :p I'm a Malaysian and Malay and being raised in a Malay-speaking environment :p and I speak English quite OK (can't say WELL) eventhough I still don't know some advance and sometimes basic words hehehe :p and thank God

yeah water is one of the more difficult words to say with an american accent because the brits say it as "war ter" the americans... i think its "wha tuh" there arent many british sounds like that, its like the russians they use lots of sounds

British, British, British and a thousand times more - BRITISH. I adore British accent, and it doesn't really matter whether it's regional official or anything; I think it's the most beautiful language, both in sound (i.e. pronunciation, and

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