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StartFragment> In 'figure' article in a dicitonary, 'a head for figures' come up two times and 6 figures • a natural ability with figures 8 a person in a painting or a model of a person: • the figure in the background • A Head for Figures I want to know what 'a...

StartFragment> In 'figure' article in a dicitonary, 'a head for figures' come up two times and 6 figures • a natural ability with figures 8 a person in a painting or a model of a person: • the figure in the background • A Head for Figures I want to know what 'a...

Cool article Barb! Yeah right, Lana, LOL! A Chinese said so! Did you ever find an American who started learning Chinese after high school and said... "Oh, yeah, it's so simple!" Pretty much impossible! Seriously, my opinion is that English is already an international language and...

Interesting article, and the subject as a whole. I believe that the biggest menace to the English language is the English language per se, that is, with its myriad of varieties. I wouldn't be surprised if some day mutual intelligibility is lost, say, between British English and Australian...

But it IS taught. I have taught it, and know other American ESL teachers who have, too. This usage of the word 'of' is not a big secret. That it's a "typical" difference between British English and American English is actually pretty well-known in ESL circles. At least...

Dear Teacher/Clive, Many thanks for your kindness and patience. According to your explanation, what I understand is as below.With the article "the", we should say "next/following".Without the article, we should say "next".eg Tom said to me, "Let's go on a...

Thanks a lot for your views but i want to know whats the right usage in british english, and this line i am using as a caption for the article which is related to car(omly one model that's Hyundai Santro)

Hello, I know there are many differences between British English and American English. I am a Korean. There are native English teachers from the U.S., England, Australia and other English speaking countries. I am not sure which English we are learning. It could be mixed.. so I wonder when...

Hello, I found this text on the web. Feather in his cap could mean achievement and it seems it is used in British English. Do anyone agree? "There are 43 police forces in England and eight in Scotland and if the units are adopted nationally the new managing director of Ingenico's northern...

You should find this wiki article on British English accents and dialects usefulYep, already finished that one yesterday. I don't know how many different English accents there are. Some areas have their own accent and even some cities/towns have their own accent. I thought you only had a few....