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...
what is difference between these two sentences He might come. or he may come . thanks
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, every one! I translated a story in my native language into English. I am wondering whether you guys can understand what the story means so that I put it here. Hope you...
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?"
When you change an active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence, does the transitivity of the verb change? For example, do we say "eat" is transitive in "Amy ate the apple...
Annie is holding the umbrella when she bumped into a man (tree structure)
I have been looking up the use of the word Ketamine. I see it with a capital K and without a capital letter, Ketamine and ketamine. Which is the correct form, or should I just...
Does anybody know where i can find the Answers for the book "Introducing Phonology" from David Odden ?
Hi everyone, I'm trying to Google sentence ideas for pictogram I. E. Sentences using pictures only. For example "I dig you" can be portrayed with an eye, a spade and a ewe. I...
The United Kingdom is a very great kingdom containing many states
What do you understand by this statement "language consists of grammaticalized lexis not lexicalized grammar"?
Hi eveyone, I studied that: "The German philosopher Gottlob Frege proposed that the meaning of an expression be called sense , and if the expression refers to something...
Why do we add 's' or 'es' with third person singular verb in present tense?
I had an English teacher a long time ago who liked using ought to instead of should . Do you think there is a large difference between these two words? Is ought to more polite...
Hello guys This morning I got a question from a teacher who is now teaching 'present perfect tense' in a high school English class. What he asked me is; What is "I have...
Hello! I'm a PhD student of linguistics. I'm currently working on a sociolinguistic study and I need native speakers from the US to complete a short questionnaire. It's very...
The verb and adverbial are respectively also called what?