By English as a second language, Spelling

Good afternoon, Students who enjoy learning and aim at success never accept purist teachers, ie such who correct them all the time, whenever possile. Although, I agree that tutors need limit their own mistakes in spelling, still some of those might achieve far more than others... The number...

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...

I don't know what you guys are all on about with devoiced /z/. It's not a devoiced /z/, it's just /s/. In the example that someone above used, "vases"... I don't know about up North or across the pond (either one), but American Standard has that as /s/ in the medial and /z/ in the final. Well, if...

I have some questions for those who speak English as a second language: What elements of the English language (spelling, vocabulary, tenses, conjugation, contractions, et cetera) do you find simple and easy to learn compared to your native tongue? Which elements do you find more difficult?...

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English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world. It is estimated that there are 300 million native speakers and 300 million who use English as a second language and a further 100 million use it as a foreign language. It is the...

English as a Second Language - Banking and Stocks Glossary Cheque - Great Britain Check - United States The words are synonomous: "check" is the American way of spelling the word for the payment medium.

This might be a strange topic, but let see how it comes out. I know English as a second language and not surprisingly, people can detect that even from my written work. Just the other day I was having a chat at a foreign message board, when a person came by claiming that she’s an Irish and wants...