By Dates, Dialects

I happen to live in the USA, in Southern California to be exact. There is NO kind of openly legitimized discrimination in the workplace here. Now, having said that, I think I should point out that if two candidates are applying for a position (and assuming equal qualifications), it will fall...

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...

Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this business. I hope I can be blunt? 1) You...

The reason English is so difficult is because it's such a mishmosh language. Like a bad school-cafeteria casserole, it's got bits and pieces derived from many different languages, both existing and dead. It's primarily German, French, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon, but there's some old...

Ok this is my task, but i wana from u to organise and paraphrase it, please?? Really i will not forget ur help thanks alo0o0o0ot Historical linguistic: History and Development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of...

My language is Kurdish , and it has many dialects .One othe dialects is very olds , which was the languge in which the Zorastrian book written. And many people say the dialect was the origin not only of Persian , but all other Arian languges. For your knowlege , that dialect is still alive and...

<I think the difference, is that English originated in England, and some of the native speakers were exported to the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.> When were native speakers exported to the US? The US became the US at what date? <The situation in India is about the same as...

Alienvoord wrote:"I might could be persuaded to try that."Which dialect is this grammatical in? http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001120 Take a look here: 2.4 Modal stacking The complement of a modal cannot be a Finite verb, as there is no room in INFL for a second instance...