What is 'the/a short end of the deal'? -- the disadvantageous side. Does this date expression 7/5 mean 7th of May? -- Or the 5th of July. No matter what any style guide tells you, there will always be confused readers if you use numerals only.

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones,

Hi, everybody! Maybe I should have started with "well," but I can ensure you that I'm the original poster, while this guy Anonymous wrote: Well, I have a half-finished game of noughts and crosses tattooed on my forehead. If you do too,

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely. Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language.

Hi Kooyeen There is nothing to forgive! I am certainly not in the least offended by your post. In fact, I enjoyed reading it tremendously! I even agree with you to some extent on some of the points you made. I am the first person to admit that my

1. Which way of spelling do U prefer: odour/ odor , colour/ color , centre/ center , foetus/ fetus , licence/ license , dialogue /dialog, jewellery/ jewelery , criticise/ criticize , formulae/ formulas , tyre/ tire , program /programme 2.Do U

To tell you the truth, I've never heard any foreigner (unless they learned English when they were very young, or had lived in an English speaking country for at least a decade, and had extensive, and personalized accent coaching) ever be able to

Nona The Brit wrote: Yes they are different. Putting accent to one side, there are differences in vocabulary, spelling and grammar. Of course we can understand each other and any differences in vocab can sometimes lead to a humorous situation,

Here is a link to a short article about a scientist who has analysed language use on the internet. http://www.cnet.com.au/software/internet/0,239029524,339271420,00.htm . As part of this, he believes that he can often tell where the writer

Howdy This is the article I've written a while ago. I hope that it can be interesting for someone. This is one of my first attempts to bring all my thoughts together. "A language is a living substance, which evolves under the influence of