Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

Hi, let me help you, I am Canadian. First of all, there is the correct way to say numbers, and the everyday/slang way. The proper way is " and" means a decimal. You NEVER use "and" unless denoting a decimal. How about

Using “a” and “an” Before Words Raphael asks: When should I use “a” and when should I use “an” before the different words? For example, should I say “a hour” or “an hour?” I stumble over this everytime and dont’t know if I’m getting it right, as

Ttate: Welcome to the forums. This is a very interesting subject! Languages do have a formal grammar, but also there are many times when the rules are broken by native speakers in actual practice. Sometimes "formal speech," although

Hello lovely teachers~ I'm writing an essay on a specific book and here is a paragraph. Any grammatical correction is welcomed^^ Thanks in advance! In Korea, just because I'm not a native speaker, it seems a matter of

I'm a high school junior, so i'll be talking from classroom experiences.  I'm in regular english and have completed 3 years of spanish. No English is not a phonetic language.  Languages like Italian and Spanish have only one way of

I'm afraid I misread your post. So I guess the Irish spelling is Cian, and the spelling you plan to use is Kean, which is anglicized. With "Sean," (my son's name) the Irish spelling is "Sean" and the anglicized version

"You all" has the same semantics as "yous", right? I understand that the pronunciation is usually "yall". It probably depends upon how fast it is said. If I were speaking carefully and slowly, I would say "you

This debate really seems to be about two different things, spelling and pronunciation. The letter w (and y) is often used with other vowels (and sometimes alone as well) in spelling to reperesent a vowel sound . In the words hi and by , the letter