either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

Hi Avangi, either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need

Hurt is most common (My spine hurts, my leg hurts) Ache is OK too to describe a dull, throbbing, continuous kind of hurting (my head aches; my tooth aches, my muscles ache) Don't use "me" after ache. Pain is a very old fashioned

I just did a little search on the net and found out that people really don't use those kinds of expressions. So it must be that, as you all say, collective nouns are not good in the structures I wanted to use. I thought they were possible, that's

The Antonym of Sin In order to arrive at a suitable antonym for the word “sin”, one must understand the word as it is correctly used in the English language. This explanation will address the meaning of sin and its antonym in an attempt to

b is correct. He isn't a good boy Here are the rules for contractions: Apostrophes with Verb Contractions Apostrophes generally show missing letters in contractions. In most formal writing such contractions should be avoided. The

I have trouble figuring out why 'grammar experts' get the blame for these. There are a number of reasons why people might disagree over these usages: colloquial vs written, American vs British, PC vs non-PC, prescriptivism vs descriptivism, and

MrPedantic wrote: What are we to make of the fact that adult native speakers often "self-prescriptivise"? Example: "Oh, hello, MrP. MissQ was just telling Randy and me – Randy and I – about L1 acquisition." MrP I read your

Hello Japan I'm interested in the topic you raised. I am now living in Tokyo and on my way to work I can see an English-like phrase on the signboard of a jewelry store, that reads 'Well come!'. You may feel it's funny, but I don't think that

Hello Abbie I got the info in OED Gerund -ing The original function of the suffix was to form nouns of action; as ácsung (asking), from ácsian to ask;céapung, -ing (cheaping),;créopung (creeping); gaderung (gathering). These substantives