By Expressions, Accent Training

. I would consider this exercise damagingly prescriptive; most are neither uniquely Filipino nor wrong. However (and my comments refer to AmE/BrE):1. Free subscription of... (Free subscription to…) - prepo issue-- AmE/BrE uses the collocation subscribe to.2. Can I speak with…? (May I speak...

Has anyone heard about Filipinisms/Filipinoism? Hi guys. In the call center industry, it refers to terms/phrases used by Filipinos in speaking and in writing (sometimes). They gave me a list with corrections and assigned me to send one Filipinism with corrections weekly. However, in my opinion,...

CalifJim wrote:The writer has painted himself into a corner, grammatically speaking! He has open to sounding different and willing to sound different. And he wants to combine them into one expression without repeating the idea of sounding different. Either to sounding or to sound would have...