Just to let you know buddy, every language has to have some future tense. It would be rediculous if you weren't able to express what you will, or are going to do because your language has no existing way of expressing the future. I would love

. Oh, I can always find something else (but I may have messed up your formatted columns): Lesson Plan Preparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers.

Dear Howard Leigh Ph.D., If we are going to get into silly mudslinging battles over the word "often" and claiming illigitimacy of posts due to lack of name, qualifications, and misspellings then I suggest that you start with the very

. pejoration -- No. What happened to pluperfect ? Is it ... an adjective? a noun? a verb? -- A noun Would you say it's related to ... grammar? vocabulary? pronunciation?-- Pronunciation. I'm not going to be very coy with this one, because

I agree with Jim. You don't change a language. It's like saying let's ban earthquakes Actually, trying to change something might result in more confusion in the end, because there will probably be certain groups that don't adopt

CalifJim wrote: I thought you were only looking for irregular verb forms. I am indeed looking for something like irregular verb forms. The comparison with bays, days, etc. is just a remark. But what is intriguing is that says is not an

Forbes wrote: Cool Breeze wrote: Fortunately English is structurally so simple... ? Hi Forbes In the days of Old English the grammar of the language was more complicated than it is today: nouns had three genders, and there were even

If you know the formal international pronunciation rules and can read the transkripts in the dictionaries, it will not be a problem I guess. Just know whether it is used as verb, noun or adjective.

Francesca wrote: For example: the word 'plus' is Latin, so it must be pronounced as 'pl-oo-s', at least in Italy! Most people pronounce it in the English way, because they really think it's an English word or simply that the English

I am a native English speaker from the U.S. and I agree with Colombo (by the way, your writing in English is great), but it seems every person I have met who speaks English as a foreign language runs into pronunciation as the largest problem.