By Grammar, Phonetics

Hi New2grammar and Khoff When Singaporeans ask for water in a restaurant, they use the term pain water. Plain water may, nevertheless, have ice in it. Standard English speakers would simply ask for water. (Singapore English in a Nutshell by Adam Brown) The author is an Associate Professor in...

As a native English speaker (well perhaps not entirely native, I was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of 7) I would have to say that apart from the obviously difficult aspects of the English language such as tenses, an unorthodox phonetic system employed in the language...

Hi, Eventhough this topic might not be grammar-related but I have seen questions like this being asked here, so I have decided to ask the question here. Why is it that learning or knowing phonics is important for a person's reading effort? I saw phonetic symbols used in dictionaries but...

Either way is fine. CJ

But couldn't it be written as:Thus it explained...than a dictionary for native English speakers would?

Hi, Thus it explained spelling, grammar, phonetics, and usage much more extensively than would a dictionary for native English speakers.Do you think the above sentence is correct? Should it be written as:Thus it explained...than a dictionary for native English speakers would? It's fine....

Thus it explained spelling, grammar, phonetics, and usage much more extensively than would a dictionary for native English speakers.Do you think the above sentence is correct? Should it be written as:Thus it explained...than a dictionary for native English speakers would?Am I correct?

i. Observe the mouth movements of those who speak English well and try to imitate them. When you are watching television, observe the mouth movements of the speakers. Repeat what they are saying, while imitating the intonation and rhythm of their speech. ii. Until you learn the correct...

My interest in Science and English dates back to my school days. Being an inquisitive boy, I always have been eager to learn more and more around me. My interest in wide range of subjects and my inner aspiration helped me a lot to acquire a significant knowledge of the Science, history...

CalifJim wrote:I read somewhere that Mario Pei, the linguist, tried to learn a different language every year. He supposedly claimed that Vietnamese was the most difficult. CJ I disagree with the linguist Mario Pei not because I am a Vietnamese. It is because I have seen, in my...