either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

Although I'd say "It was him" more readily than "It was he" as a stand-alone sentence, once you put the "who suggeseted it" part on, I go back to the nominative Then I don't know. There might be regional and

Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this

-------- 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 --

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

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

My understanding is that 'due to' in these examples is 'correct': 1. 'Cancellations due to the lack of a driver are all too common these days.' 2. 'The cancellation was due to the lack of a driver.' But 'incorrect' in these: 3. 'Due to

I sympathize with Jeff. When I was learning English--that's decades ago--I read a grammar book delineating the same rule as Jeff brought up. As years passed, I realized that's a rather weird rule. I checked it with native speakers, they said in

(Email Removed) wrote on 01 Apr 2004: Hi, Someone Pls. tell me, which option is correction in usage and why? thanks.. Many psychologists and sociologists now contend ... violence erupting (D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to

I agree with Mike. Your two suggestions works, for me at least. So Nawal should really give it a try. One day many years ago, I realized this from my observation: a Chinese friend of mine could speak so well because he had used English since