By Grammar, English vocabulary

Forbes wrote:Cool Breeze, your English is faultless! I think that Mr P has hit the nail on the head. In English the complexity resides in the syntax. Many say that English has no "grammar" because you do not need to grapple with conjugations and declensions, but of course if it had no grammar...

Hi,I too have been looking for someting like that! I don't know how many books of this kind there are, but I guess there aren't really a lot, compared to the number grammar books available. Plus, I guess if a student is interested in American English, they'll probaly find less material."English...

Hi Loesie,I think the advice above is useful. I'd add a few things:1) At 19, I would expect you to need an adult course (if any). All the secondary titles above are for 14-16 or so. Beyond this age, publishers consider students 'adults'.2) Of the adult courses, I can't help you with a view on New...

Hi Grammar Geek, Thank you for your reply. Like you said, no one would know all the entries in the OED by heart. That's why I think people should realise that their knowledge of English vocabulary is limited, and the only way of giving satisfactory explanations when people ask about a word is to...

CalifJim wrote:1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar!CJ Still, there could be a difference in the way the each speaker perceives each time period. The...

1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar! 2) To start with, I would say ... during the past ten years. The second version (with the progressive tense) mixes...

In my opinion current English has its root in the language spoken by the children whose father was a settler from Scandinavia and whose mother was an Anglo Saxon If you take 1000 English words most

hello everybody! I'm back . The Independence Day of VietNam is September the second, so this story becomes more meaning on this day . When reading this diary , I decided to mark some remarkable and poignant pages to quote and translate . But finally , I found that I had marked nearly...

Hello Mav My understanding about the historical development of the English language is like this: English basically belongs to Teutonic languages along with German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. The oldest form of English (Old English/Anglo-Saxon) had been quite similar to present day...

I take your points, very persuasively argued, Sophie. All I can do is reiterate a previous point, that the basic ground rules need to be observed in a formal context. I don't give much thought to casual conversation, and would never dream of 'correcting' someone who is chatting to me and...