Are you sure they speak standard American or British English? It sounds like it might be from a sort of dialect of English. Where I live nobody puts that pronoun there. The only meaning it might have, to my ear, is a sort of enthusiastic emphasis,

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The chemical elements are there in a same group of periodic table for a reason. The reason is they are similar in many respects. Every language needs a vocabulary, grammar, construction (which I think is

either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

Hi Avangi, either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need

Do you mean "voiced" (pronounced (z))? Yes, I believe it is. The alternate, probably more common, spelling "youse" suggests the pronunciation more clearly. In some British and Irish dialects, it's definitely voiced. In

Is the sibilant in "yous" always vocalized? I have no taped "Sopranos" shows to check. Do you mean "voiced" (pronounced (z))? Yes, I believe it is. The alternate, probably more common, spelling "youse"

Well, Shakespeare did not use the "correct" English of his day. He invented thousands of new words and phrases, made creative use of regional dialects, and even introduced new grammatical constructions. But I think he (over)achieved his

I wouldn't necessarily recommend someone learning English to learn a regional accent at all - not even south-eastern or estuary English (and that's not because I am from Newcastle, and biased (although I am from Newcastle!). People from

But isn't this just one of the many idiosyncrasies of Standard English (spoken by less than 12% of native speakers worldwide). Is there any other English dialect that this exists in? Sorry. I don't quite catch your point. Are you asking

In BrE, on the other hand, the "if X'd have done Y" construction tends to represent "if X had have done Y", not "if X would have done Y", and has the same meaning as "if X had done Y". It also turns up