Kooyeen, I'm African American and being black has NOTHING to do with pronouncing the word "sword" nor does it have anything to do with Ebonics. That is an ignorant, stereotypical statement... It was just a guess, since CB said he

Speaking from experience, Yes, it is possible for non-native learners to develop the ability to think in English. The key word is "develop". One must be disciplined and determined during the process. I deliberately found a job 15 miles

Hi: I seldom, if ever use "ain't." I use it only in circumstances when I am deliberately chosing to epeak in a "slang" language. The general frequency of usage in conversation is highly dependent on the local dialect and

"The phrase 'caught on camera' could n't be more appropriate, as a lardy sweat-bucket of a bus driver shows he has all the self control of Amy Whitehouse going out for a swift half. "Watch as the dastardly kids torment the

(bad US spelling and ruined punctuation rules) So it seems you are using flattery as your technique for asking people to help you? Interesting. Look up mothers-in-law versus mother-in-laws. Apply the same rule uncles. And speaking of ruined

(especially not the second one). Hi, thanks. Yeah, the second one clearly needs a context first (otherwise, how CAN you imagine anything? LOL) But the first one should be ok as a way to introduce something, why not? We use it this way in Italian,

What if there was a time machine that could take you back in time about 1000 years. Say it dropped ...
or say. First off, the "English" of 1000 AD was more closely related to German than Middle

<By all means let local varieties develop, but keeping learners away from Standard English as a matter of policy is nothing short of illiberal. > I thought it was more of a case of the Standard English speaking world keeping ESL

C'mon, Forbes, tell it as it is. Right. I will. I said: "All native English speakers really ought to be able to speak to each other without too much difficulty." What I meant was that most native speakers of English are

I just thought ealrier today that "th" and "d" in fast unclear speech must be indistinguishable, after I heard something on youtube. I'll try to find it again. (EDIT: On second thought I think that depends a lot on the