By Dates, Accents

. I would consider this exercise damagingly prescriptive; most are neither uniquely Filipino nor wrong. However (and my comments refer to AmE/BrE):1. Free subscription of... (Free subscription to…) - prepo issue-- AmE/BrE uses the collocation subscribe to.2. Can I speak with…? (May I speak...

Has anyone heard about Filipinisms/Filipinoism? Hi guys. In the call center industry, it refers to terms/phrases used by Filipinos in speaking and in writing (sometimes). They gave me a list with corrections and assigned me to send one Filipinism with corrections weekly. However, in my opinion,...

both you and your HR dept would know what you meant; and whatever your private definition, you would still be sent on the polysyllabic five-day course. MrP

<If you told your HR dept that you had rejected a candidate solely because he had a West Country accent, you would be immediately sent on a five-day course and forced to learn punishing quantities of bewildering polysyllables.>You mention accent there, MrP. How would you define...

I haven't seen any evidence that "dialect discrimination" is "openly legitimised" in UK workplaces. If you told your HR dept that you had rejected a candidate solely because he had a West Country accent, you would be immediately sent on a five-day course and forced to...

I sometimes refer to women as handsome, but I wouldn't use the term when speaking with them. To me, a handsome woman is of a dignified, sophisticated appearance. She is tall, stately and perhaps ambassadorial. She probably isn't beautiful, but no witch either. The doctor that brought...

Your examples are not really completely finished. I want to go back to college to finish my B.S. degree in mechanical engineering next semester. This is casual statement of intent. I is an adverb which modifies the adjacent verb, adjective or another adverb. It accents the tone of a...

Or, perhaps, in. When we finally reach the CFDT trade union building to the north, their meeting is well under way, though car worker and trade unionist Olof Hervieu breaks off to meet us. Unlike Mr Gerard, he dreads what a Sarkozy victory would mean for France. "It's all a cliche that...

1)What day is today? or What's today's date? 2) What day is today? 3) In spoken english "It's Saturday" better than "It is Saturday" 4) It depends of the region or what part of the country belong the speaker. Correctly will be: "I want (accent up) to (neutral) know (acent down)". 5) What"s...

Hi, Judy! My name is Arvin. Teacher Eric and I have worked together on a few projects these past couple of years. Right now, he works in Ortigas Center and I work in Makati. We both do English Training. If you like, bring your friends to check out our offices. We're always looking for...