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I feel the same way.I still don't understand why "I don't know that it isn't all true" is equivalent to "I don't know but it is all true" "I don't know but what it is all true" and "I don't know but what it is all true" since...

Hi Wordy, I know you're right about all of this, but as an old person, it saddens me to see "old" used as a pejorative. I guess that's why I view my new balloon check with some trepidation.I rejoice in the evolution of language, but I fear it's contracting rather than...

Hi there!It should be called either an archaism or a regionalism. There are some dialects both in the USA and England where they use that form. For the USA, it's Pensylvania e.g. and for England the Midlands. I hope this cleared it up. Regards

Hello Ant 222, I wouldn't say that the answer on your question is so clearcut,that's all.What I'm saying is that grammar speed up the process of the acquisition of the language.And it is beyond doubt.One reason I often come across in discussion on this issue is that a native learner may never...

Hello Ant 222, I wouldn't say that the answer on your question is so clearcut,that's all.What I'm saying is that by using grammar you speed up the process of the acquisition of the language.And it is beyond doubt.One reason I often come across in discussion on this issue is that a native learner...

Anonymous wrote:>> Only one exception, after (the attachment was from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) after the sounds like /ft/ <<Nope. There is no difference where it comes to the pronunciation in North American English and English English dialects of the /t/...

Zerox wrote:Ok, I'm reading Trudgill's book about linguistics and I'm a bit confused with the pidgin/creole/creoloid combination, therefore, could you shed some light on this matter? I said the following in another thread: A pidgin is a rudimentary language that comes into existence when two...

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...

A pidgin is a rudimentary language that comes into existence when two mutually unintelligible languages come into contact. It is never spoken as a mother tongue. If the children of speakers of a pidgin adopt it as their primary means of communication it develops grammatical features and becomes...

<We don't really regard Indian-English as being a proper dialect of English, merely English spoken with an Indian accent, and grammatically influenced by the persons native tongue. > Maybe you need to rethink your position: "For instance, the Evalueserve study calculated that for every...