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Three points woodcutter - 1) We can now be descriptive precisely because we have had a prescriptive past - 2) Precisely who make up the 'rules' we are supposed to prescribe? Euro is a NEW word - so which rule applies here???? and who decides???? - Who has been appointed 'keeper of the language'. Ple...

well in that case cftranslate, it's definitely BOTH

OK I'm going for the 100 Euro(s). i'm definitely of the opinion both are acceptable and will make two arguments 1) Euro ends in a vowel, think of other currencies which also end in vowels e.g Escudo, or Lira, I rarely (but sometimes do) hear people speak of 100 Liras, whereas I do hear 100 Escudos a...

I find Collins Cobuild English Grammar (I have the 1990 edition) easier to understand than Swan (I have the 1995 edition). It has the benefit of being taken from The Bank of English - a Corpus of the most used English terms in English (British and American and international) - with words in the corp...

Hi, I am writing a university dissertation on cultural appropriacy of generic EFL materials. I would appreciate comments from any (especially non-native speaking) teachers of English in non-English speaking countries about the core textbook(s) they use. What is the name of the core book/series? Who ...