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quote user Forbes Having regard to the heading of this thread I take the professor s comments to be made in a context where he is discussing Englishes and not literary criticism I think they are highly pertinent One the one hand it is perfectly in order for a community to adopt another language...

lt lt We don t really regard Indian English as being a proper dialect of English merely English spoken with an Indian accent and grammatically influenced by the persons native tongue Standard and non standard dialects gt gt A standard dialect also known as a standardized dialect or standard...

Wow what a lot of nonesense Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language Huh What are you talking about I was hoping nobody would ask but since you did I much prefer the...

Englishuser wrote Your posts here show that you believe that formal English is the correct form to learn I think that people should be familiar with different registers and genres ranging from formal to casual However I think standard grammar standard vocabulary and standard pronunciation is...

Hi everybody i m new to this forum I m an English student and of course i have one grammar question for you My question is what is the right way to say look forward to do sth look forward to doing look forward doing looking forward to do looking forward to doing looking forward doing Is any of...

Mister Micawber wrote I see no grammatical form or semantic meaning in had have had I don t dispute you but that doesn t mean there isn t one And I can infer semantic meaning Presumably that s because I m used to hearing both versions and I distinguish between them automatically Mister Micawber...

Just my take on it Let s look at the structure of an e mail or a letter for that matter Simply said you have 3 parts 1 opening or greeting 2 body 3 closing or ending NOTE greeting means hello and not good bye As was pointed out yours faithfully is out of style but it still is in use especially in...

Uh no offense but their are a whole lot of misconceptions about American English in this thread The fag thing has already been pointed out so I ll let that one be The main difference between British English and American English is that in the former there is perfect grammar even in the spoken...

Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language The first one I don t feel it s right the way Americans are treating this beautiful language I think that in everyday speech it...

nq 2 Whose ideal is this nq nq 1 It is a longstanding principle in English that sentences ending in prepositions should be avoided although such constructions have been common for almost as long nq This is utter Prepositions at teh end of sentences are as old as English Latinising grammarians in...