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Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that...

I move this query to a new post. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary (which I think is American, but I don't actually know whether this is a prescriptive or descriptive dictionary), blond as a noun is used of a male and blonde when used of a female. The same applies to brunet vs....

Xinelo wrote: I'd like to add some other words to the list. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary (which I think is American, but I don't actually know whether this is a prescriptive or descriptive dictionary), blond as a noun is used of a male and blonde when used of a female. The same...

I'd like to add some other words to the list. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary (which I think is American, but I don't actually know whether this is a prescriptive or descriptive dictionary), blond as a noun is used of a male and blonde when used of a female. The same applies to...

I have trouble figuring out why 'grammar experts' get the blame for these. There are a number of reasons why people might disagree over these usages: colloquial vs written, American vs British, PC vs non-PC, prescriptivism vs descriptivism, and even one or two examples where there are...

1. Susan is a girl eleven years old. Sounds fine in a narrative style, or perhaps for a voice over in a documentary, but not natural in everyday speech 2. Used they to take a walk after dinner? Definitely not standard modern English. 3. Italy, who has been in the forefront...

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. expatriate (adj., n., v.), expatriot (n.) Expatriate is the Standard spelling of the noun meaning "someone either excluded from or self-exiled from the native land," and the adjective is spelled and pronounced the...