English Language Usage Polls (Page 24)

"English grammatical structures acquire their meaning and use by contrasts" Michael Lewis
Added on 1st September 2003 | 545 Votes
Language is 'the infinite use of finite means'. Wilhelm von Humboldt
Added on 1st September 2003 | 915 Votes
'However' is a conjunction.
Added on 1st September 2003 | 2571 Votes
A loan word should follow the rules of the language it comes from.
Added on 31st August 2003 | 451 Votes
"Word is a virus." WS Burroughs
Added on 30th August 2003 | 545 Votes
Does the punctuation matter?
Added on 30th August 2003 | 527 Votes
Which is the most common modal?
Added on 29th August 2003 | 594 Votes
Can a question be answered with a question?
Added on 26th August 2003 | 715 Votes
Foreign students should not be taught English slang expressions.
Added on 26th August 2003 | 792 Votes
"To say that no two persons punctuate exactly alike would no doubt be an exaggeration" GV Carey
Added on 25th August 2003 | 430 Votes
"Language is the dress of thought" Dr Samuel Johnson
Added on 24th August 2003 | 1750 Votes
Grammar is thought.
Added on 24th August 2003 | 545 Votes
A word made by joining parts of words together to make a new word is a ....
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 621 Votes
There is too much emphasis on written language in most language courses.
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 492 Votes
............. were there.
Added on 23rd August 2003 | 595 Votes
Which do you use?
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 499 Votes
Most sentences with verbs in the passive do not state the agent.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 468 Votes
An intransitive verb cannot be used in the passive voice.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 1326 Votes
A language ..... the society that uses it.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 526 Votes
"Writing evolves in response to needs that arise as a result of cultural changes." MAK Halliday
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 439 Votes
Ingrained errors can be rectified.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 462 Votes
If you don't correct a student, they won't learn successfully.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 540 Votes
Correcting every mistake in a student's work could demotivate them.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 578 Votes
Self assessment by students is helpful.
Added on 22nd August 2003 | 526 Votes
'Innit' is good English.
Added on 21st August 2003 | 593 Votes
Which do you prefer; Descriptivist or Prescriptivist grammar?
Added on 21st August 2003 | 607 Votes
"Colorless green dreams sleep furiously." Noam Chomsky
Added on 21st August 2003 | 1215 Votes
"Colorless green dreams sleep furiously." Noam Chomsky
Added on 21st August 2003 | 569 Votes
"Writing and speaking are not just alternate ways of doing the same things" MAK Halliday
Added on 21st August 2003 | 511 Votes
Slang is...
Added on 21st August 2003 | 624 Votes
'Should' can replace 'would' in formal English for 'I' and 'we'.
Added on 21st August 2003 | 670 Votes
Is 'alright' an acceptable word?
Added on 21st August 2003 | 3376 Votes
Does grammar emerge from speech, or speech from grammar?
Added on 20th August 2003 | 490 Votes
Dear Sir or Madam....
Added on 18th August 2003 | 872 Votes
Dear ____
Added on 18th August 2003 | 574 Votes
Can you start a paragraph with "however"?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 7217 Votes
Can you start a sentence with "and"?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 14036 Votes
Can you end a sentence with a preposition?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 2567 Votes
Do you believe in the language gene?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 477 Votes
Is language innate?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 590 Votes
Give it to ____ you see.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 632 Votes
Which is more important?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 579 Votes
I doubt ____ he'll be there.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 669 Votes
Is "When're" good English?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 629 Votes
I met her ____ I was living in Paris.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 734 Votes
'I am doing' = the present...
Added on 18th August 2003 | 553 Votes
Who's the greatest linguist of all time?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 694 Votes
How many tenses are there in English?
Added on 18th August 2003 | 6434 Votes
That's the man ____ interviewed me.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 621 Votes
I wish I .... do it.
Added on 18th August 2003 | 723 Votes
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