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The History of the English Language There are more native speakers of Mandarin and Spanish than of English. However, with an estimated...

An English conundrum – that or which? 日本語はこちらをクリックしてください Table of contents An English conundrum – that or which? Defining clauses...

The problem with dangling modifiers Often causing confusion and sometimes a little hilarity, dangling (misplaced) modifiers are...

English Dialects – Scouse Borderline incomprehensible, even to native English speakers, Scouse is surely the most distinctive accent in...

All about acronyms and initialisms The modern world is infested with acronyms and organisations named by their initials, both acronyms...

Good communication is at the heart of successful project management. These days, most communications between colleagues are in the form...

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