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Grammar at a Glance. A raft of well-known English troublemakers. Making Sense of Vexing Vocabulary. In this section of our English User Guides we'll attempt to clarify differences in meaning between words which, because they look or sound very similar, tend to cause confusion among both foreign students of English and native speakers alike. So it is probably fair to say there is less scope for errors in AmE. American English) than in BrE. David V. Appleyard. Examples of Usage, or Other Clarification.
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Guide to English Spelling Rules | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. Basics of British and American spelling with a minimum of effort. Troublesome Suffixes and Endings. One Word or More? Exceptions to the Rule. To form the plural. A cat two cat s. One dog six dog s. Surviving Old English plural forms:. In a religious sense). A few compound nouns:. Some foreign words that are not yet. Plural forms of metric abbreviations:. In abbreviations of non-metric measurements, the s-. To form the plural of. To form the plural of. Nouns ending in y. Is kept to cl...
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English Irregular Verbs Alphabetically | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. Traditional style alphabetical listing. Infinitive / Basic Form. Infinitive / Basic Form. Gone (and still absent);. Infinitive / Basic Form. This page last updated 2016-01-30.
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English Grammar at a Glance | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. English Grammar at a Glance. Useful terminology for teachers and learners. Pen on the table. Boy, box, baby, child, antenna, phenomenon. One apple, two apples. Some rice, some mayonnaise. Furniture, cutlery, equipment. Honesty, love, fear, happiness. Bookshelf, word-processor, post office. Has a house in London. Named after James Parkinson. Named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Partitives, units and quantity. Of the adults, some. Of the boys, all. Of the girls, both. Of milk, a can.
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Grammar at a Glance. Bilingual Grammar Glossary for Japan. 品詞 Parts of Speech. 24863;嘆詞. 19981;定冠詞. Pen on the table. 23450;冠詞. 21517;詞の単数形. Boy, box, baby, child, antenna, phenomenon. 21517;詞の複数形. 21487;算名詞. One apple, two apples. 19981;可算名詞. Some rice, some mayonnaise. Furniture, cutlery, equipment. 20855;象名詞. 25277;象名詞. Honesty, love, fear, happiness. 35079;合名詞. Bookshelf, word-processor, post office. 26222;通名詞. 22266;有名詞. Has a house in London. Named after James Parkinson. Of the adults, some. 強調...
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Guide to English Punctuation | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. English punctuation calmingly demystified. A capital is used for the first letter of a new sentence, of quoted speech or proper nouns. The first letter of a sentence does not need to be capitalized if it is included in parenthesis within another sentence. Nglish it's customary to say H. Ow do you do? When you meet somebody for the first time. We drove almost 1,000 kilometers (in the U.S. they'd say 600 miles) before we finally found a place for the night. Introduced by a colon. I" Th...
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Territory-Related Words in English | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. Or who comes from where, speaking what, waving which passport? In official names, the inclusion of "Democratic Republic" or "People's Republic" or "Democratic People's Republic" is a sure sign that the regime is neither democratically elected nor particularly popular. This is because in any bona fide democracy people hardly need reminding of the self-evident. David V. Appleyard. Quick Search by Territory. Location / Travel Info. Pashto (Pushtu), Dari,. Uzbek, Turkmen, Balochi,. Benga...
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Multi-Measurement Converters: Angles | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. Bilingual Grammar for Japan. Courtesy of UnitConversion.org. Mdash; the ultimate unit conversion resource. Enter any value for instant conversion. This page last updated 2016-01-31.
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British-American Glossary: Introduction | DavidAppleyard.com
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Grammar at a Glance. The US. and Britain: 'two nations divided by a common language'. If a particular word or expression is used differently in British and American English, such variants have been hyperlinked together for easy cross-reference. Mere pronunciation and orthographical differences have largely been ignored. For a comparison of U.S. and British spelling rules I refer you to my Guide to Englsih Spelling. These glossaries are constantly being updated and extended, so do please e-mail.