Which is the normal interpretation of the following sentence? Is it a) a question about what is going to happen b) an invitation? "Will you come to the party?"
I came up with the term "sillification" to describe a what I perceive as a recent phenomenon in American English among young people. I'm curious to know what others think about...
I've heard this joke told in various ways. A businessman arriving in Boston for a convention found that his first evening was free, and he decided to go...
Is Have you ever gone there? correct or it should be Have you ever been there? If both sentences are correct what is the difference in meaning? Thanks!...
I am having trouble figuring out some segments and how they apply to numbers of letters. I am understanding words having more letters than segments, but not more segments than...
how to disambiguate with tree diagram - The young doctor checked the patient with the stethoscopes.
I don't like to condemn new usages, and there's little point ranting about pet peeves, BUT... does anyone else hate the pointless use of go ahead and... ? It seems to occur...
Hello all, Not sure this is the right forum for this question, but... I've always wondered what the title of Philip K. Dick's excellent novel "A Scanner Darkly" means: do you...
Hello I wonder why some nonstandard dialects of English use the reflexive pronouns hisself instead of himself. ...
We would like to ask you to help us by answering the following questions concerning family relations proverbs and idioms and their cultural understanding among the English language...
I have noticed something but I would like to check it with you. What do you think: is there any (but literally any) difference in pronunciation or something related to pronunciation...
When someone says that they made dinner for you, does that mean that the person made food meant only for the person, or can there be other people who are eating the dinner...
Hi, could someone explain to me what false conditional is? I've found an example of it: "If you need to call, my phone number is...". How false conditional is different from a...
hi,how can we show to be verbs in inflection?
hi generative gramamr is the concept of Chomsky but then what is generativism? Can somebody guide me on this? Good wishes! collegia
The two examples are seen quite often in literature (especially in technical/medical texts), with the former being more common. Are they strictly equivalent? What subtle nuances...
Hello, everyone! I need to prepare for IKLC 2017. I have read the syllabus for the contest and there are some terms that I do not understand.Please explain.I also need to know...
what combination of letters would always produce the sound of "me"?
I'll throw out the question and then give my thoughts about a potential answer, which I am not convinvced are correct. Where does the phrase "right on the money" or "on the money...
Why does the English language have differences between orthography/spelling and pronunciation e.g. silent letters, combinations of letters that are sometimes pronounced and some...
I might have a copy in the garage. I'll take a look. Is "might" a modal or an adverb, there? How can we tell?
Hello everyone, I'm Shama from Tunisia. I'm very interested in code switching. In fact, i'm working on my MA thesis and it's about code switching and borrowing on social networking...
When you can understand the text below, you know you're getting good at English. ;-) Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor...