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Might I ask to what degree British National Corpus and American Corpus can be treated as a reliable source? Do all sentences in them are good English?
Could I ask native English teachers to answer these questions?
Might I ask to what degree British National Corpus and American Corpus can be treated as a reliable source? Are all sentences in them good English?
Could I ask native English teachers to answer these questions?
Thank you very much.
Pretty reliable indication that a word or group of words is/are used within the language, and quite helpful in indicating what the possible meaning is.
Whether the source is well-written or not is a different matter.
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