vocabulary of american english

... development of the American English. Trang 5American English has developed a character of its own, reflecting the life and the physical and social environment of the American people. The Americans ... numbers of new words to meet their various needs. Trang 6 The future of American English Since World War II, American English has been developing and changing There is no doubt that American English ... expressed by the argument for the recognition of the American variety or standard of English. Trang 4In 1806, Noah Webster first used “American English” Webster stated that his countrymen had

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 23:24

... spelling of the word in the sense of a group of nations, parties, legislators, or individuals of different loyalties allied in a common cause. In politics of conti- nental Europe, a bloc is a group of ... research team consisted of / “The court is composed of or “made up of and “Our research team was composed of or “made up of. ” (We assume that the composition of each group was given... ... is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Magic Years Day Care Correction: the chairman of the judiciary committee, membership chairman, and chairman of the board of directors Although

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... between British English and American English, two En-glish lexicographers present “different from or to” as the British way and ferent than” as the American way It isnot the standard American way ... Perhaps the writer of the headline knew better and was try-ing to achieve some kind of effect, be-sides the effect of making the newspaper seem illiterate and causing hundreds of English teachers ... formal use The traditional singular of data is tum, which is used much less often than circumlocutions like an item in the data. da-“A data” will offend many pairs of eyes or ears And “this data”

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE. See also THEM and THOSE. 2 Improperly used with A or AN Another source of criticism is the in-trusion of a or an in “That kind of ... “She likes that kind of plant.” / “This is my kind of meal.” / “It’s a rare kind of stone.” The same principle holds for class of, sort of, and type of “A gnu is a type of antelope.” 3 Properly ... man- Man-lay off and Man-layoff 209 Trang 20agement would not “layoff” anyone.The correct verb is lay off, two words. Layoff as a single word is a noun only, for example: “The layoff of workers

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... the Americans “little choice but to blow them out of the sky” (a non sequitur) “Little choice”? The Americans had the choice of not blowing them out of the sky; the choice of talking instead of ... “var of NICKEL,” instead of the misspelling it is NIL and NILL. See WILLY-NILLY. NISEI. A biography harks back to World War II and the case of the 112,000 Nisei, over 75,000 of them native-born American ... not to three or more “Neither of the two boys” / “neither of the couple” / “neither of the pair” are correct “Her feelings were very hurt that neither of the three of us showed up” (said by a caller

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... WHICH.) PROOF and EVIDENCE See EVIDENCE and PROOF PROOF OF THE PUDDING The proverb about proof and pudding perplexes people Some, it seems, would search through the pudding for the proof, however ... Their function of setting off part of a sentence resembles that of dashes and parentheses (See 4, 7.) In general, commas least interrupt the flow of the sentence When the set-off matter... ... RULE”; PROOF OF THE PUDDING PRY See -Y endings PUDDING See PROOF OF THE PUDDING Punctuation 1 Apostrophe 2 Colon 3 Comma 4 Dash and hyphen... editor miss the offending “their” in place of his

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... non-Indians—many American Indian groups call themselves that), who foster “Native American” as a synonym Users of that term exclude most native-born Americans and several indigenous peo-ples under the American ... “obvious presence of suchpeople of color ” Users of that termshould explain why they do not regardany tint of pinkish tan as a color.Here is a paradox, brought up by aphysics professor and later ... of lim-its to puzzle over What makes any of them a “range”? As one examined the impressive range of Nixon’s initiatives—from his ap-propriation of the war-making power to his interpretation of

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... hauled off ” Next, the sequence of two events is mistakenly reversed by the use of the present perfect instead of the past per-fect: The Mohajir group called the strike to demand the release of ... in the supremacy of one race or social group or either of the sexes A common example is that of the white supremacist, a believer in white supremacy; that is, the leading role of the so-called ... sup-port of car travel rather than public tran-sit to save time:) “Forty-five minutes is forty-five minutes.” (On commitments made by news media:) “Off the record is off the record.” (Of the president

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... linguist describes a mil- lion-word sample of American writing containing 61,805 word forms. As already suggested in our discussion of the frequency of words of different length, word utilization ... other interests of which she is not one of anymore “Whom” should have been who, the subject of the verb has found, and preceded by a comma (Among the ad’s faults, of of is redundant ... the word to use was whereof (adverb) It can mean of which, of whom, or whence... A contemporary of his, H L Mencken, wrote: The schoolmarm continues the heroic task of trying to make her

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... between British English and American English, two En-glish lexicographers present “different from or to” as the British way and ferent than” as the American way It isnot the standard American way ... Perhaps the writer of the headline knew better and was try-ing to achieve some kind of effect, be-sides the effect of making the newspaper seem illiterate and causing hundreds of English teachers ... formal use The traditional singular of data is tum, which is used much less often than circumlocutions like an item in the data. da-“A data” will offend many pairs of eyes or ears And “this data”

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... was used in a punishment of thieves and then of soldiers. It consisted of two rows of men facing one another and holding such objects as sticks and knotted cords. The offender was stripped to ... homemade signs, they offend the eyes of professional sign painters, calligraphers, typographers, and others sensitive to the letters of our alphabet In the opening episode of a television ... the tele- caster of verbal malfeasance but not of verbosity. Obviously $30,000 is a frac- tion of $250,000. Had he made a calcu- lation and reported, “It’s a mere 12 percent of the $250,000,”

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE. See also THEM and THOSE. 2 Improperly used with A or AN Another source of criticism is the in-trusion of a or an in “That kind of ... “She likes that kind of plant.” / “This is my kind of meal.” / “It’s a rare kind of stone.” The same principle holds for class of, sort of, and type of “A gnu is a type of antelope.” 3 Properly ... man- Man-lay off and Man-layoff 209 Trang 20agement would not “layoff” anyone.The correct verb is lay off, two words. Layoff as a single word is a noun only, for example: “The layoff of workers

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... the Americans “little choice but to blow them out of the sky” (a non sequitur) “Little choice”? The Americans had the choice of not blowing them out of the sky; the choice of talking instead of ... “var of NICKEL,” instead of the misspelling it is NIL and NILL. See WILLY-NILLY. NISEI. A biography harks back to World War II and the case of the 112,000 Nisei, over 75,000 of them native-born American ... not to three or more “Neither of the two boys” / “neither of the couple” / “neither of the pair” are correct “Her feelings were very hurt that neither of the three of us showed up” (said by a caller

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... non-Indians—many American Indian groups call themselves that), who foster “Native American” as a synonym Users of that term exclude most native-born Americans and several indigenous peo-ples under the American ... “obvious presence of suchpeople of color ” Users of that termshould explain why they do not regardany tint of pinkish tan as a color.Here is a paradox, brought up by aphysics professor and later ... of lim-its to puzzle over What makes any of them a “range”? As one examined the impressive range of Nixon’s initiatives—from his ap-propriation of the war-making power to his interpretation of

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... linguist describes a lion-word sample of American writingcontaining 61,805 word forms mil-As already suggested in our discussion of the frequency of words of differentlength, word utilization ... portion of sales hedged is basedon assessments of cost-benefit profiles that consider natural offsetting expo-sures, revenue and exchange rate volatilities and correlations, and the cost of hedging ... possession of” to has; and so on. Recent decades have brought many roundabout expressions, such as “I am supportive of him” instead of I support him; “at this point in time” instead of now; “in terms of”

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... features of American English……… 33 2.1.2 Grammatical features of American English ……… 38 2.1.3 Lexical features of American English ……… … …41 2 2 Linguistic peculiarities of American English ... - a dialect of British English 11 1 1 2 Features of American English dialect ……… 12 1 4 Southwestern American English 14 1 4 1.Phonological features of Southwestern American English 14 ... communication with each other 1.4 Southwestern American English - a dialect of American English The investigation of the regional dialects of American English has been a major concern for dialectologists

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:32

... country? 2 a birthday present? Trang 8322 (box of) chocolates23 (bag of) candy 24 (bar of) chocolate/candy bar 25 (bag of) potato chips 26 (stick of) chewing gum 1 Wh re do youusually buy thesethin~:~ ... 1 Which of these pets need a special" home7" 2 Which of these pets ouldyoukeep in anapartment? 3 Which of thesepetsneedsto beoutdoors7 Trang 103Questions for discussion1 Which of these ... discussion1 Which of these fish dopeople oft n eat? 2 Whic of the sea animals canyou sometimes find on la d? Trang 1041 Are there a lot of birdsin yo rarea?2 Which ofthese birds d yuseewhere yu lv ?

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2015, 10:08

... features of American English……… 33 2.1.2 Grammatical features of American English ……… 38 2.1.3 Lexical features of American English ……… … …41 2 2 Linguistic peculiarities of American English ... a dialect of British English 11 1 1 2 Features of American English dialect ……… 12 Trang 81 4 Southwestern American English 14 1 4 1.Phonological features of Southwestern American English 14 ... Tables American English 16 American English in the novel 34 American English in the novel 35 Southwestern American English in the novel Figures Trang 7TABLE OF CONTENT Certificate of originality

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2018, 22:53

... 1ening and speaking activities students of American English Leo Jones and Victoria Kimbrough Trang 3Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Tmmpington ... United States of America Library of Congress cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Leo, 1943- Great ideas 1 English language - Text-books for foreign speakers 2 English language - Spoken English - ... employment will be jas of January 9 )i, your contract of en weeks' notice of termination anc that your period of notice will and end on Friday, January 9, IS You will, of course, be entitlec

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2019, 14:48

... features of American English……… 33 2.1.2 Grammatical features of American English ……… 38 2.1.3 Lexical features of American English ……… … …41 2 2 Linguistic peculiarities of American English ... - a dialect of British English 11 1 1 2 Features of American English dialect ……… 12 1 4 Southwestern American English 14 1 4 1.Phonological features of Southwestern American English 14 ... communication with each other 1.4 Southwestern American English - a dialect of American English The investigation of the regional dialects of American English has been a major concern for dialectologists

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