In Dialects^x, American English^x, Articles^x

Avangi, Jackson:The rule is that articles (definite, indefinite) are omitted in the case of mass nouns (non-count), and required for count nouns."Language" is a count noun. Thus, I can say: I speak two languages - Spanish and Greek. I am studying the language of the tribal peoples of...

Congratulations on your hard work. - A.Edit. "Why is the article "the" essential here?"

Hi Avangi,It is a proper word according to the Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

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...

Well, you are supposed to write about the *new* trends in Canadian English. Not the history of CE. I think that the Canadian Shift would probably be your best bet--it is a very recent innovation, and thus is one of the few features of CE that could be considered new. It also has many...

Mr. Young, I have been reading on the sideline. You seem to be a polite and helpful guy but your apporach toward learning is too rigid in my opinion. English can be learned and improved by combining other method and resources. Books are good but that's not all there is. People can learn more if...

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai”--as in "by" or "lie"--is...

At Indian call centres when they are dealing with western customers, they do not use Indian English. They use British or American English. They even go so far as to give themselves English names and some companies give lessons in English (or whatever) culture, so they can chat about all sorts of...

>just a way=only a manner A dialect is the special way people from a given area of a country speak and write. Sometimes, the spelling is different, or the meanings are different, or the pronunciation is different. Also,...

So what's your definition of American English (or North American English, as some prefer)? I would probably define it mostly by its phonology. It would be pretty hard to define. Or why not just say, any dialect of English spoken in North America?Is there a standard for American English?Not...