Feb 8, 2019 · The pronunciation of /wl/ and /wr/ is so ingrained that Minkova need not cover how they would be pronounced in Old English; meanwhile, she carefully documents how the sounds would …

What is the difference between Have a look and Take a look (meaning/connotations)? For example: Have a look at the question. Take a look at the question. For some reason I only found first versio...

Aug 31, 2015 · To me it seems perfectly fine, but I heard from a native speaker that it does not sound natural. For example: — Will you please send the assets by tomorrow? — Ok I will. Does this sound …

When properly quoted for Google search, the numbers are: "I have a question for you" 28M results, "I have a question to you" 3M results. If usage on the net is a guide, the former over the latter 10:1.

(a) Feeling good is the usual phrase. (b) Feeling is not a "verb of being"; there are no such things. Rather, feeling is a sense verb, representing personal sensory perception and its metaphoric …

The first form "If you were to go home, you would feel better." should be grammatically correct, but it sounds rather strange to me. The second form "If you went home, you would feel better." is …

Dec 19, 2012 · Not My Field, so subject to correction: In Old English the “voiced labiovelar approximant” /w/ was in fact pronounced in the initial clusters /wr/ and /wl/. Lass, Cambridge History of the English …

Words that in Modern English are written ending with -le derive from words ending in -el, -el- or are related with such words. candle Old English candel cattle Anglo-Norman catel ladle Old English …

Possible Duplicate: Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular? Which is correct: The rest of the staff is or are? The rest of my family is or are? I've done a bit of re...

The difference between "I and my friends" and "my friends and I" is purely a matter of courtesy - they are both grammatically correct. I would tend to stick to the latter though, as it a) is more commonplace, …