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			<title>American English/British English Pronunciation</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:15 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was wondering whether some members here consider words said incorrect if it's an American pronunciation over a British pronunciation? (in specific countries) 
 
An example would be 'forum'. 
 
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			<title>please help me correct my letter :)</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:53 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Please help me to correct my letter. Thank you :) 
 
 
To whom it may concern, 
The course that I took was accounted for San AntonioCollege, but their off-site location was at Northeast Lakeview...<br/>
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			<title><![CDATA[[Vocabulary] Harmful to the environment: decay, decompose]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:14 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello, 
 
 
Which is the right word to say:  
 
1. Plastic bags *decompose/decay* very slowly and are harmful to the environment.  
2. It takes years for plastic to *decay/decompose*.  
 
Which...<br/>
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			<title>the reason wanting to look attractive?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello all users! 
 
Here is the sentence, the fragment of it, to be precise, that I have some reservations about. 
 
Often _*the reason wanting to look attractive*_ is to create a situation that may...<br/>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["Charlie, stay there (home), and leave us alone." 
 
"See how the Astors, and their friends, own this area for more than 10 years." 
 
Hello! I'm interested to know if the comma before "and" in the...<br/>
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			<title><![CDATA[[Grammar] What money they had managed to save]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:51:11 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[They had no food, no blankets, no weapons save for the standard long knives all Valemen wore, no camping gear or foul-weather equipment, and worst of all, no money. The ale house keeper hadn't paid...<br/>
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			<title><![CDATA[stress->vowel change in 'automobile' vs 'mobile']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:27:43 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How to explain the aliteration (if that's the word)? 
 
i: being long in "automobile" results from the secondary stress 
 
but  
 
ai in "mobile" seems too strong for an unstressed syllable?<br/>
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			<title>use of alacrity?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:02 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alacrity means willingness/liveliness/eagerness. So i made three sentences :   
 
* I have an alacrity for doing anything for you. 
* I have an alacrity to do anything for you. 
* I am alacrity to do...<br/>
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			<title>Your mischief will not work.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi teachers, 
 
*Your mischief will not work. 
**Your mischief won`t be stood*.* Please correct these two sentences. 
 
Many thanks. 
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			<title><![CDATA[[Grammar] Sentence sounds a bit odd, is it correct?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi guys, 
 
I am Brazilian, but I have had great interest in and contact with the English language since childhood, such that I can usually detect when a sentence just sounds off, much like a native...<br/>
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			<title>The xx of xx</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:02 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wonder if we need to add "the" for an object's possession when we write it in the "XX of YY" form. Say, the dresses of Mary, the cows of China, the apples of Canada, the students of this school,...<br/>
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			<title>I remember my lesson at my fingertips. Is it correct?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:30 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi teachers, 
 
*I remember my lesson at my fingertips. Is it correct? 
 
Many thanks. 
 
*<br/>
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			<title><![CDATA[[Answered] Just need a help with fill that]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:53:34 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi guys, can anyone fill that sentences with those missing words? Cheers for help 
 
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			<title><![CDATA[[Grammar] I'm impressed with your passon for teaching. Is that right?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi teachers! 
 
I'm writing short card for my English teacher and I wonder my writing is correct. 
 
Here's the writing I wrote. 
 
 
'I'm impressed with your passion for teaching. Thank you for...<br/>
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			<title>It is a stupid thing to do.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:40 GMT</pubDate>
			
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[1. Posting a mean answer is a stupid thing to do. 
2. Posting a mean answer is a stupid thing. 
What's the difference in meaning between thw above two sentences?<br/>
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