To non-grammarians, a verb is just a word. "Verbiage" is choice of words or wordiness. "To verb" would be to form words. Just guessing, I'd think that to a speech therapist, it would mean forming and repeating complex

when i I need to say "she" i I say "he" having slip of tongue, do es this ever happen to even to native speakers?? No. Very rarely, if ever. instead "tell me when he is leaving" i I may say "tell me when is he

Those particular slips are ones that native speakers don't usually make. The most common native slips I hear are: irregardless (not a word, it's regardless) and supposably (pronounced supposedly). Misplacing the verb isn't a big deal.

i have a question about using pronouns.sometimes i can use them wrongly without noticing, i mean when i need to say "she" i say "he" having slip of tongue,do this ever happen to even native speakers?? also while speaking and

Normally it would be 'go on and do something' but the 'and' is often omitted in informal speech

As far as I know, "Have you any idea?" is a very old BrE usage. Nowadays, you'll hardly hear it anywhere. In AmE, it has never been used at all. Native BrE and AmE speakers, please correct me if I'm mistaken. As far as I know,

But here the problem is different. The problem is not production, the problem is perception. I expect virtually all native speakers to be able to make a distinction in production : you can say NPR, or say MPR, and that's easy and only depends

Thanks for the replies. Due to assimilation, One can produce MPR instead of NPR;one can hear MPR Another example: " S n P" is heard as SMP, and is produced as SMP instead of SNP. By the way, raindoctor, are you a native speaker with

Hi, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: It's a noun, as you probably know. I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun

Hello, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun phrase, and if so, what is that?