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Re: One of many problems faced by English learners is their own misconceptions.

Congratulations on your hard work. - A. Edit. "Why is the article "the" essential here?"

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 15 days ago Articles, American English, Verbs, Prepositions, Constructions, Nouns, Pronouns, Numbers, Gerunds, Predicates, Dialects, Nominative, Indefinite Articles, Definite Articles, Paragraphs
Re: One of many problems faced by English learners is their own misconceptions.

Hi Avangi, It is a proper word according to the Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 15 days ago Articles, American English, Verbs, Constructions, Nouns, Pronouns, Numbers, Dialects, Paragraphs
Re: Apostrophe or not an apostrophe - that is the question.

No. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun, like lounge room or room heater, and the 's' in 'thank yous' signifies the plural, so no apostrophe is used. Apostrophes are used to express possession e.g. Bob's car; or to indicate some letters have been omitted in a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by igbruce 21 days ago Plurals, Possessives, Nouns, Pronouns, Dialects, Apostrophes, Plural Words
Re: if you were

Yes! If you go to Jamaica, you'll find out you should say Me like him! Although "I like him" should be ok in high or middle registers.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 121 days ago Grammar, Nouns, Pronouns, Dialects, Nominative
Hisself instead of himself.

Hello I wonder why some nonstandard dialects of English use the reflexive pronouns hisself instead of himself. Thank you for your answer.

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by WANG CHUN 1 yr 75 days ago Nouns, Dialects, Pronouns
Re: correct sentence??

From answers.com : Speakers of some vernacular American dialects, particularly in the South, may use the possessive reflexive form hisself instead of himself (as in He cut hisself shaving ) and theirselves or theirself for themselves (as in They found theirselves alone ). These forms...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ruslana 1 yr 85 days ago Plurals, Possessives, Nouns, Pronouns, Numbers, British English, Dialects
Re: What do you know about the history of English?

Some of the Scandinavian languages have had an effect on the development of English. If you google 'the Danelaw' you will see that Norwegian and Danish Vikings were in control of a large area of north and east England back in the 11th Century. This led to Old Norse giving many 'loan words' to...

Cultural Anecdotes, Similarities and Differences. by nona the brit 1 yr 278 days ago Dialects, History of English, Nouns, Plurals, Pronouns
Re: what kind of comparative structure is it?

-------- as Function: pronoun 1 a : THAT , WHO , WHICH -- used to introduce an adjectival clause and having same or such as antecedent <their children should grow up in the same intellectual culture as they have enjoyed -- G.B.Jeffery> <tears such as angels weep burst...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Marius Hancu 2 yr 105 days ago Grammar, Clauses, Nouns, Pronouns, Dialects, Accents
Re: contraction

b is correct. He isn't a good boy Here are the rules for contractions: Apostrophes with Verb Contractions Apostrophes generally show missing letters in contractions. In most formal writing such contractions should be avoided. The most common contractions involve verbs in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Likeguslee 2 yr 141 days ago Verbs, Conversations, Possessives, Nouns, Pronouns, Dialects, Contractions, Apostrophes

The following is from the Online Etymology Dictionary. I 12c. shortening of O.E. ic, first person sing. nom. pronoun, from P.Gmc. *ekan (cf. O.Fris. ik, O.N. ek, Norw. eg, Dan. jeg, O.H.G. ih, Ger. ich, Goth. ik), from PIE *ego(m) (cf. Skt. aham, Hitt. uk, L. ego, Gk. ego, Rus. ja). Reduced to...

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Re: One of many problems faced by English learners is their own misconceptions.

Re: One of many problems faced by English learners is their own misconceptions.

Re: Apostrophe or not an apostrophe - that is the question.

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Hisself instead of himself.

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Re: what kind of comparative structure is it?

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