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English Language Usage Polls (Page 24)

In indirect speech, you always change the tenses of the original verbs.
Added on 3rd September 2003 | 591 Votes
How long do you think it takes to become fluent in English?
Added on 1st September 2003 | 4214 Votes
"English grammatical structures acquire their meaning and use by contrasts" Michael Lewis
Added on 1st September 2003 | 549 Votes
Language is 'the infinite use of finite means'. Wilhelm von Humboldt
Added on 1st September 2003 | 931 Votes
'However' is a conjunction.
Added on 1st September 2003 | 2647 Votes
A loan word should follow the rules of the language it comes from.
Added on 31st August 2003 | 452 Votes
"Word is a virus." WS Burroughs
Added on 30th August 2003 | 549 Votes
Does the punctuation matter?
Added on 30th August 2003 | 529 Votes
Which is the most common modal?
Added on 29th August 2003 | 596 Votes
Can a question be answered with a question?
Added on 26th August 2003 | 722 Votes
Foreign students should not be taught English slang expressions.
Added on 26th August 2003 | 801 Votes
"To say that no two persons punctuate exactly alike would no doubt be an exaggeration" GV Carey
Added on 25th August 2003 | 434 Votes
"Language is the dress of thought" Dr Samuel Johnson
Added on 24th August 2003 | 1810 Votes
Grammar is thought.
Added on 24th August 2003 | 546 Votes
A word made by joining parts of words together to make a new word is a ....
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 625 Votes
There is too much emphasis on written language in most language courses.
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 497 Votes
............. were there.
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 602 Votes
Which do you use?
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 501 Votes
Most sentences with verbs in the passive do not state the agent.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 471 Votes
An intransitive verb cannot be used in the passive voice.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 1336 Votes
A language ..... the society that uses it.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 529 Votes
"Writing evolves in response to needs that arise as a result of cultural changes." MAK Halliday
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 440 Votes
Ingrained errors can be rectified.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 466 Votes
If you don't correct a student, they won't learn successfully.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 544 Votes
Correcting every mistake in a student's work could demotivate them.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 582 Votes
Self assessment by students is helpful.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 528 Votes
'Innit' is good English.
Added on 21st August 2003 | 599 Votes
Which do you prefer; Descriptivist or Prescriptivist grammar?
Added on 21st August 2003 | 613 Votes
"Colorless green dreams sleep furiously." Noam Chomsky
Added on 21st August 2003 | 1225 Votes
"Colorless green dreams sleep furiously." Noam Chomsky
Added on 21st August 2003 | 571 Votes
"Writing and speaking are not just alternate ways of doing the same things" MAK Halliday
Added on 21st August 2003 | 513 Votes
Slang is...
Added on 21st August 2003 | 628 Votes
'Should' can replace 'would' in formal English for 'I' and 'we'.
Added on 21st August 2003 | 675 Votes
Is 'alright' an acceptable word?
Added on 21st August 2003 | 3420 Votes
Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?
Added on 20th August 2003 | 495 Votes
Dear Sir or Madam....
Added on 18th August 2003 | 875 Votes
Dear ____
Added on 18th August 2003 | 575 Votes
Can you start a paragraph with "however"?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 7412 Votes
Can you start a sentence with "and"?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 14134 Votes
Can you end a sentence with a preposition?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 2573 Votes
Do you believe in the language gene?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 478 Votes
Is language innate?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 595 Votes
Give it to ____ you see.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 635 Votes
Which is more important?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 584 Votes
I doubt ____ he'll be there.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 720 Votes
Is "When're" good English?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 631 Votes
I met her ____ I was living in Paris.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 739 Votes
'I am doing' = the present...
Added on 18th August 2003 | 556 Votes
Who's the greatest linguist of all time?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 699 Votes
How many tenses are there in English?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 6471 Votes
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