Can you just correct some simple sentences for me. I wonder if them are right or not. 1. I believe that this trait of mine would help me to be a good teacher. 2. A translator whom I look up to said a language learner who consistently

3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English worldwide, not just in the United States. Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do ... Hello,

I'm surprised at the 'wrapped' spelling. I always assume it camefrom 'rapture'. That occurred to me too, but I suspect it's just an extension of 'wrapped' as in 'immersed' or 'absorbed', which is

On the other hand, I say "covert" to rhyme with "overt": "coe vert". Not like "cover" plus "t". Another victory for speak-as-you-spell. But I spell "covert" like "cover" plus

the pronunciation of "The Berkshires" ("Berksheers") in AmE The what now? -Aaron J. Dinkin Dr. Whom

}> }> I can half understand why we don't say Paree, but why shouldn't }> English speaking people be able to sort out the local pronunciations }> of proper nouns in English speaking countries? Why do all English }> people, it

Remarkably, that gentle valedictory provoked a flood of letters. (Well, eight letters.) In a sense it was much adieu about nothing, Perhaps he means Much ado about nothing. Adieu is a French word use to salute someone whom one expects never to see

The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how ... "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/. "Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but

"Nev/a/da" is the usual pronunciation in the Northeast. I'm not sure how far west it extends; but among people for whom "Nev/a/da" is standard, "Nev/&/da" sounds uneducated. Yes, even though that's how

The vowel /&/ seems to be politically incorrect. Notice how the media gradually started pronouncing Iraq as "erock". And then there was Bush's "Nevoda". Apparently, it is PC to change /&/ to /A/.