By English as a second language, American English

You, mctastic, truly didn't understand the point of the quotation that precedes the word "Handey." If you would notice, then you would have realized that "Handey" is actually the American humorist Jack Handey. Why else would someone put the word "handy" in parentheses after a quotation? Perhaps...

Just who would that "we" be?The "we" being most other speakers of other dialects of English. When "we" hear Indian-English, especially in places where that is very rare, such as here, we simply perceive it as being an English as a Second language non-native speaker of English, with grammar and...

As we're talking 'Linguistic Imperialism', I thought this might be relevant to the discussion... It's an excerpt from something I wrote a few years ago regarding the British Council and its role in ELT... “A knowledge of English gives rise in its turn to a desire to read English books, talk to...

Hi guysI have no intention to offend anyone, but the article below is the one I found online. Do you believe this is a true story?The use of "the" in terms like "going to hospital/the hospital" is usually ascribed to the influence of Irish English on the American language in the 19th century....

Dear friend, I've just read your mail. Your questions is very interesting. Learning english as a second language can be a hard subject, but depend on your previous environment. Depend on your mother tonge. I mean, languages have a core structure, a root, an origin, as you can see... For...

I am one of those people who learned American English as a second language. American English dictionaries never mention anything about a particular noun being countable and uncountable. I learned mass nouns and abstract nouns, both of which are uncountable. I had thought it was up to an...

Guest, I think you are in some form of denial. Of all the countries you've mentioned other than America and Britain, I believe that only in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa can it be said that English is the predominant language. While I would agree that the English spoken in Australia...