If there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s that English Syntax can definitely get interesting. Syntax is the branch of linguistics that deals with sentences and their structures. In case you’re ...

What is the difference between grammar and syntax, and why is it important to get it right in the English language? Professor Roly Sussex explains. For daily English language lessons and tips, like ...

After teaching Spanish for many years, I was asked by my school district to teach English as a Second Language. Teaching Spanish, I was told, meant teaching a second language, so the process should be ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Through a comparative study of English whole and Chinese zheng, I argue that in English, when the part-related reading is obtained, whole ...

It's been a while since I started teaching English part time as a pastime. Before landing this job, I had a lot of different jobs, such as merchandiser, a paralegal, a translator, a claim adjustor, an ...

Defining the constraints on the use of the modals will and would in futurate if-clauses in English poses problems to both descriptive and theoretical linguists. One 'rule' often referred to is that ...