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Latest comment: 2 years ago by Kdammers in topic Queen's English

Where are articles? If they are considered adjectives, then that should be indicated; if not, then they and any other non-adjective determiners should be added.202.179.16.66 (talk) 09:47, 28 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Verbs

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We want to be both simple (i.e., clear) and correct. This can be difficult. For example, we list only "was", "is", and "will" as past, present and future tenses, respectively, of "to be." What about "were", "am", "are", and "shall"? Kdammers (talk) 05:09, 16 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

definition

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"Grammar is the rules about how to speak and write in a language" or should it be Grammar is the description of how a language language is spoken and written" ? Kdammers (talk) 02:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Unclear

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An entire section starts with "Word order is the other big difference." It is a big dfference with respect to what? Romance grammar? Germanic grammar? Earlier English grammar? Kdammers (talk) 02:35, 19 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

Queen's English

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Should " The models for spoken English in Britain are often called Received Pronunciation or BBC English." be augmented to add 'the queen's English"? Kdammers (talk) 19:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply