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English Language Usage Polls (Page 23)

A word like 'madam' that is the same backwards is called...
Added on 2nd December 2003 | 8735 Votes
Which can be an adverb?
Added on 28th November 2003 | 510 Votes
Is "let" a contranym?
Added on 27th November 2003 | 487 Votes
A large ____ of tickets were left unsold.
Added on 25th November 2003 | 634 Votes
"Here's the things you asked for."
Added on 21st November 2003 | 904 Votes
Punctuation is governed 2/3s by rule and 1/3 by personal taste. GV Carey
Added on 11th November 2003 | 547 Votes
The fundamental aim is to separate the grammatical sequences from the ungrammatical sequence-Chomsky
Added on 7th November 2003 | 404 Votes
The company ___ doing well.
Added on 7th November 2003 | 598 Votes
The team ___ doing well.
Added on 7th November 2003 | 1067 Votes
The company ___ being sold.
Added on 7th November 2003 | 572 Votes
How would you punctuate this?
Added on 6th November 2003 | 628 Votes
He was sighted in no less than 15 countries.
Added on 4th November 2003 | 520 Votes
Is the word "mine" a pronoun?
Added on 2nd November 2003 | 824 Votes
Which of the following means 'expressing a wish'?
Added on 1st November 2003 | 478 Votes
Which is more formal?
Added on 1st November 2003 | 545 Votes
His suit ____ him well.
Added on 20th October 2003 | 621 Votes
In your opinion, what is the biggest barrier to learning English?
Added on 20th October 2003 | 788 Votes
How often do you study English using ESL websites?
Added on 20th October 2003 | 479 Votes
Is 'manhole' an offensive term?
Added on 18th October 2003 | 625 Votes
The zero conditional is...
Added on 16th October 2003 | 496 Votes
Have you ever been bullied?
Added on 13th October 2003 | 544 Votes
'If you see her, tell her I called.'
Added on 12th October 2003 | 489 Votes
Standard English is the best English.
Added on 8th October 2003 | 638 Votes
A phrase where the words contradict each other like 'living death' is...
Added on 6th October 2003 | 2787 Votes
'Lovely' is an
Added on 5th October 2003 | 631 Votes
Which is correct?
Added on 2nd October 2003 | 592 Votes
Only the 3rd conditional refers to past time.
Added on 29th September 2003 | 522 Votes
The third conditional is only used about an established fact in the if- clause.
Added on 28th September 2003 | 454 Votes
Dear Mrs Hasan.....
Added on 19th September 2003 | 560 Votes
Dear Mrs .....
Added on 19th September 2003 | 551 Votes
"Spoken language is, in fact, no less structured and highly organised than written." MAK Halliday
Added on 15th September 2003 | 481 Votes
What is the study of meaning called?
Added on 15th September 2003 | 1897 Votes
What is a vowel sound made of two vowel sounds gliding together called?
Added on 15th September 2003 | 1135 Votes
An individual's language is called...
Added on 14th September 2003 | 556 Votes
Is language hard-wired into the human brain?
Added on 14th September 2003 | 567 Votes
"Most spelling mistakes are due to ignorance" SR Golding
Added on 10th September 2003 | 482 Votes
Should Ebonics be taught in schools?
Added on 10th September 2003 | 3579 Votes
Big and small are...
Added on 7th September 2003 | 611 Votes
Big and large are...
Added on 7th September 2003 | 554 Votes
Someone has left ..... books behind.
Added on 7th September 2003 | 701 Votes
Do you use an apostrophe in plural acronyms and initialisms?
Added on 7th September 2003 | 11892 Votes
Do you use an apostrophe in plural dates?
Added on 7th September 2003 | 5635 Votes
Do you agree with proposals to give a language test to people applying for citizenship?
Added on 7th September 2003 | 530 Votes
Does the present progressive have a passive form?
Added on 6th September 2003 | 678 Votes
Which is more important?
Added on 5th September 2003 | 800 Votes
Which language is the most difficult?
Added on 5th September 2003 | 26990 Votes
No text is free of other texts.- Ferdinand de Saussure
Added on 5th September 2003 | 440 Votes
A non-defining relative clause is usually separated by commas from the rest of the sentence.
Added on 3rd September 2003 | 504 Votes
You can use 'that' as the relative pronoun in a non-defining clause.
Added on 3rd September 2003 | 487 Votes
In indirect speech, you always change the tenses of the original verbs.
Added on 3rd September 2003 | 589 Votes
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