"On 14 Mar 2005, Aokay (David G. Bryce) wrote" "From today's news (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/international/asia/14beijing.htm l?th): "His comments came about an hour after the National People's Congress overwhelming approved the law."" "As Donna says, probably a typo or editing...

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In English, there...

holophrastic (adjective) and to make up for yesterday.... how about..... scuttlebutt By the way. does anybody know what the longest word in the English dictionary is?

There seems to be few rules set in stone, and even those are often broken! That's what makes English so fun to teach and so difficult to learn.

Or you may be speaking of the verb 'hie', which is still in English, and means 'to hurry'. 'I hied myself to the convenience store for a microwave pizza.'

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1. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 2. Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? 3. When the stars are out, they are visible, When the lights are out, they are invisible. 4. If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? 5. If a vegetarian eats vegetables...

Jackson6612 “In general, how do such rules come into being? ” Hi Jack: This has been the subject of considerable academic study and debate. I don't think the answer has been settled. In the past decades, linguists have developed the theory that language is innate to our nature, and can...

"Are you thinking of Churchill's marginal comment, "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put"? Or the child wondering "What did you lock that book that we were being read to out of up for?"" The two I'd come across are: "What did you bring that book I...

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