Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

Language learning Languages sometimes feature to be difficult. What does this mean? Any language has its own sophisticated rules and principles , including gestures, signals and facial expressions, which constitute the full of language.

Athletics is a noun meaning the aggregate of athletic activities. Athletics carnival is probably mistranslated from the translation of athletics meet.

You can do that too, but it is not common, it's only used sometimes for emphasis. It's easy to build odd sentences that way, so I personally prefer to avoid using it that way, as a learner. When talking about one thing, using the article

The problem with non native speakers could be because of the translation from their native languages. It could also because of the fact that most of the non native speakers think in their native languages when they have to speak and try to put

Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far: Intonation

Thank you Grammar Geek very much. From what you explained , am I right when I say : a comp day = a compensatory day off ? Just to be sure , please kindly tell me whether this translation sound natural or not: In my country office workers

Hi Newguest The 'a' (singular) doesn't fit with the word 'studies' (plural). I would only hyphenate 'one-year' and say something such as 'a one-year translation course'.

Mister Micawber wrote: Heaven: plural use in sense of "sky" is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it was also formerly used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Heb. pl.

Heaven: plural use in sense of "sky" is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it was also formerly used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Heb. pl. shamayim. Heavenly