The New York Times has an interesting article about efforts in Shanghai to make public signs and menus more intelligible to English speakers.
Sometimes grass is only sleeping: Chinglish in translation
Submitted by Pam_Nelson on 05/04/2010 - 12:20
Back from hiatus: Triangle Grammar Guide quiz
Submitted by Pam_Nelson on 03/26/2009 - 10:01
I've been thinking about how people learn English as a second language and studying inflection, including the way we make plurals and possessives. So here is a short quiz on possessives for native speakers as well as for those who have learned or are learning English as a second language.
Click here or on the question mark icon to begin.
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