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Defective verbs in our language of the possible - Christian Science Monitor
Defective verbs in our language of the possibleChristian Science MonitorReading someone else's prose as closely as an editor must can be an intimate experience. An editor gets to know the...
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"I'd like to speak with someone about refinancing my home."
You bought a home several years ago with a loan. Now the interest rates for mortgages are a lot lower than when you bought the house, so you'd like to borrow money at a lower rate to pay back your...
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HelloTalk Social Language Exchange App
Meet and Learn Languages using your iPhone or iPad (Android Coming) HelloTalk is a new free app for social language exchange on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. By the time you read this article,...
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Amanda Bynes 'spoke to self in nonsensical language' - Belfast Telegraph
Stuff.co.nzAmanda Bynes 'spoke to self in nonsensical language'Belfast TelegraphApparently neighbours often heard her walking in communal areas speaking a “nonsensical” language. “When she was living...
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Celebrate Peru’s Independence With a Free Spanish Slang eBook!
The post Celebrate Peru’s Independence With a Free Spanish Slang eBook! appeared first on Speaking Latino. For your spanish dictionary go to SpeakingLatino.com.This Sunday, July 28 Peru celebrates its...
View ArticleThe Modifiables
Need a title for a movie/TV series/play/book? You can’t go wrong with The + [Adjective] + s. * “The Awesomes,” a new animated series from Seth Myers and Mike Shoemaker, premieres on Hulu August 1....
View ArticleWhat Will New English-Language-Proficiency Tests Cost?
Neither group of states working to develop new English-language proficiency tests knows yet how the assessments will cost.
View ArticleHow to Stop Worrying and Accept that Learning a Language is Unfair — Going...
Learning a language is profoundly, fundamentally unfair. At no time, at no point in the process, are you ever getting as good as you give. Of course, overall you will; overall, the quality and range...
View ArticleExplaining Baby Talk With Birdsong
A deeper understanding of human language acquisition is coming out of a new study involving...
View ArticleAccelerative Integrated Method
“It is a wonderful system. Kids love it! Not a single word of English from day one. You cannot imagine how fast they can progress. Kids are already reading materials that are 2 levels above them. There...
View ArticleEnglish-Learner Population in U.S. Rises, Report Finds
Between 1990 and 2011, the number of individuals living in the United States who did not speak English proficiently grew by 81 percent, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
View ArticleA decline in which-hunting?
Email from reader J.M.: As I was perusing LL this afternoon, the title of a post you wrote caught my attention: "Metaphors which you are used to seeing in print". I know that the that/which distinction...
View ArticleThe Number One Rule For Learning A Foreign Language
Today I am excited to share another great guest post from a regular EDLL reader, Arabic expert and language lover Saqib Hussain. You can find out more about Saqib and about Arabic at Arabic Studio....
View ArticleTO GO TO LVOV.
I love poetry, and cities, and poetry about cities, and I've been enjoying Adam Zagajewski's "Jechać do Lwowa" for a while now in an English translation by Renata Gorczynski, which starts:To go to...
View ArticleWords in the News: mph
As the death toll in Spanish train disaster reaches 80, the focus has fallen on the 52-year-old driver Francisco Jose Garzon, who had allegedly boasted online about speeding in the past. Full story...
View Article7/26/13 - snore
To emit long snorting noises, caused by vibrations of the soft palate, in your sleep.
View ArticleReuters Video: Death toll at 77 in Spanish train derailment
Recovery crews remove debris from the site of a massive train derailment in Spain in which at least 77 people were killed. Julie Noce reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: Daybreak Thursday morning in...
View ArticleComo dizer despedida de solteiro em inglês?
Querendo saber como se diz despedida de solteiro em inglês? Então, leia esta dica e aprenda. Comece sabendo que nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá o termo mais comum é “bachelor party”. Já no inglês...
View ArticleCartoon: George 0.6
This cartoon by Peter Brookes from The Times links the birth of the royal baby, who is destined to become King George VII, and news that the UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to June. The...
View ArticleWord of the day: Kir
Sipping an aperitif in a bistro is something many people associate with a visit to France, but which aperitif should you choose? Allow us to recommend kir, or for those in a romantic mood, kir royale....
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