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Global English
I’m losing my Canadian English
I have found, to my great distress, that I am beginning to forget what I, as an English-speaking Canadian, should be saying or how I should pronounce it.
Thai students ‘must learn languages’
Thai students have been urged to improve their English and also learn a third language so they can compete with people from other Southeast Asian nations …
Improve your English
Quiz on Commonly Confused Words: Hollywood Comedies Edition
You know the drill: ten questions, two minutes, correct answers at the end of the post.
it’s down/up to you
In BrE, one can say It’s down to you to mean ‘it’s your responsibility to do that’, whereas AmE would say it’s up to you.
Language change and slang
Internet domain addresses opened up to wave of new suffixes
Internet naming board approves huge expansion of approved domain extensions with .hotel, .bank, or .sport auctions likely.
Books, words, science and the history of language
Early Experience Found Critical for Language Development
a new study of children living in institutions has found that intervening early can help young children develop language
Women told to speak their minds to get on in boardrooms
Study shows that language used by female executives in meetings harms their prospects.
Video
A is for Aspect (part 2) (5:33)
In this second short video on the English tense and aspect system, Scott Thornbury takes a look at the perfect aspect.
Part 1, on the progressive aspect, can be viewed here (6:00).
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