By Dialects, American English

The fact is, how do we know they are typos? I was curious, and I just tried to look of "if you have chance" on myspaces, and there are very few compared to "if you have the chance", etc., but still, there are some. And many of them come form native speakers, mainly form the...

I agree with Jim. Native speakers decide what is correct. Of course, there are so many "kinds" of native speakers that you can't know everything about everyone's English usage... and not even about your own dialect, sometimes.Teacher: No, "my hair are black" is not ok....

Well, I assume that all British people know Standard English or the Queen's English as others call it.And what about the American varieties? I know there is a general American accent. But I heard there are also varieties of American English. So, are those varieties great when compared to the...

James- I think the differences all could be accounted for by dialect. In American English, I have been taught that the only syllabic consonants are l and n, but not m. all of the words above such as london and gordon could be pronounced with a syllabic consonant. The determinant for any sc is...

Ah, I didn't know you used British English... Since you mentioned Merriam-Webster, I thought you wanted to use American English.No, I don't think so, and it's what I've tried to explain so far. Just because a certain symbol is used, doesn't mean it has to sound exactly the...

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...

I wanted to mention that, that some people axe questions. It's a feature of some dialects (for example it's found in African American English). Merriam-Webster lists that pronunciation, saying it's dialectal.

Hi,it's not /e/ in American English. It's around /æ/. Then there are diffrences, because for example, a lot of poeple change it before N, M, or NG, so "pan" is usually either /peən/ or /pɛən/.As for British English, I don't know, but there are a lot of different...

Is was wondering if there is any difference between 'better' and 'bed or...' in American English. At least previously I thought that the vowel preceding the letter 'd' is longer in 'bed or', since it is followed by a voiced consonant in any English dialect. After these replies to the original...

Hi,I think "no more" is not used much, except in literature and maybe some dialects. I mean, I don't think there's a lot of people who say "I need it no more" instead of "I don't need it anymore".Also, I think it's "anymore", one word and no spaces, at least in American English.