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- Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:02 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Learned or Learnt
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21500
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:41 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: meaning of "common sense dictates"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19828
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Improve your English with alcohol
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11240
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:38 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: INLINGUA?(!)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10178
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:37 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: 100 most beautiful words
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16875
Re: 100 most beautiful words
They forget the word curry!
I avoid using the term "infinitive" in class as I think the students mix up the various form enough already without my encouragement.woodcutter wrote:So no saying "infinitive" in class either, do you hear?
- Fri May 29, 2009 4:16 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: DID you eat lunch?/Have you eaten lunch?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18542
- Fri May 29, 2009 4:11 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Words with more than one meaning?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13739
Smirt exists as well: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smirt My memory is a bit hazy on this, but isn't there more than one reason why one "word" can acquire more than one meaning? In some cases, a word can have similar meanings which diverge over time, or a word's pronunciation can e...
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:00 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: She has a serious boyfriend
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13118
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: suit and tie guy
- Replies: 29
- Views: 69774
I once worked in a language school on the South Coast of England where all male staff had to wear ties, except on the hottest days. A local department store was having a sale, so a went there and bought the most lurid, garish, outrageously vile clashing-coloured tie I could lay my hands on. Happy da...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:10 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: suit and tie guy
- Replies: 29
- Views: 69774
For every teacher who "struts to work in a shirt and tie", there's one who tries too hard to look cool and turns up like they would for a rock concert. And they're both acting like prats. I remember having a long discussion about this on my Dip course, and the general consensus was that people do ju...
- Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:31 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: 10 most hated phrases
- Replies: 28
- Views: 72012
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:45 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: dying tense?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18481
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:10 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: dying tense?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18481
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Interesting (and strange sounding) sentence.
- Replies: 36
- Views: 56339
Hi Larry! Nice to hear from you again. I agree it's badly worded, and needed to re-read it a few times with stresses on different words to get any sense out of it. I figured that had is short for had welcomed and so he must be Massingham, simply because otherwise it would mean He hadn't expected it,...
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:59 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Relation between age and second language acquisition
- Replies: 10
- Views: 24952