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Hi, I hesitate to discuss the uses of nouns in such a very theoretical way. I'd just prefer to say that English vocabulary seems to me to be very flexible, and that a very great deal depends on the context. So, are you saying virtually any word can be used differently (ie. different than...

Englishuser wrote: How do you explain that most learners of English - including those whose English proficiency is very limited - can understand The Queen? I'd be interested to know where the Queen's Granddaughter's English fits in. You can hear a sample...

Just out of curiosity, Mr. P, how do you distinguish a native speaker who's learned a non-standard form of English from a decent non-native speaker? (e.g. How can you tell if a speaker born in India, Singapore or other Asian countries is native?) MrPedantic wrote: 1. Discrepancies of register....

Hello EU Here are some things that occur to me: 1. Discrepancies of register. A non-native speaker's English may be impeccable, for the most part; but slight failures of tone or register are most noticeable, in impeccable English. For instance, the non-native may use a word which a native...

As Nona points out, it is not the "standard" form. There is a generational component - some of us older folks use it more than the younger ones! The LOB corpus (Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen) from the 70's has "while" appearing 590 times in the entire sample and "whilst" appearing 66 times -...

Hello Clive Since the survey just mentions the section of responents, I try to question its validity. Can you help me check these sentences whether they are awkward? If they are, help me revise them. Thank you very much. 1.The survey does not mention the proportion of non-respondents. The...

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Hi Guest, You can spend your time googling, so that you can see what you want. There are some sites introduced at www.about.com, by googling you can be leaded to its education page, anyway you can find it. What do you mean by teaching sites? There are lots of sites that have grammar guide,...

Assignment brief: Expand and refine 1 of the 3 reading tasks OR 1 of 2 analysis tasks for assessment. The essay/analysis paper should be the equivalent of 1500 words and follow Style Guide. Submit to the music office no later than 4pm on Thursday, 20 January. Essay: Discussion of Roads’ ‘Time...

to mark the words which are among the 1000 151 3000 most general words such as 147 anxious 148 belongs to the 2001 151 3000 most general words while 147 apart 148 belongs to the 1000 most general words