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WHO OWNS ENGLISH?
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10.       AEnigma III
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:31 pm

Quoting Daydreamer:


Another thing that makes English an attractive language to learn is the fact that it is considerably easy.



I dispute this entirely! There is absolutely no logic at all to the English language. It breaks it's own rules frequently. I would hate to have to learn it as a second language.

11.       AEnigma III
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:32 pm

Quoting Daydreamer:

Quoting yilgun-7:

The center?
And who rules a Language?A scientific center?



I'm sure there must be a body deciding what is correct and what is incorrect in English. I know that we have a National Board of Polish and I know Turkey has one as well...as for English...anyone?



No. As I said the Oxford English Dictionary is our bible, but it only reflects current trends and adds new words as they evolve.

The most precious people I know about their language are the French. Their language is almost treated like a religion and therefore it has not evolved for centuries.

12.       yilgun-7
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:37 pm

The English language as grammar, structure and dictionary are being ruled by Oxford and Cambridge in Türkiye...So Oxford and Cambridge rule the language.

13.       Daydreamer
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:37 pm

Hmm I know there is something called British National Corpus providing vocabulary/collocations etc. But what about grammar? Is there really not a body being the most objective criterion for correctness?

14.       AEnigma III
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:38 pm

Quoting yilgun-7:

The English language as grammar, structure and dictionary are being ruled by Oxford and Cambridge in Türkiye...So Oxford and Cambridge rule the language.



They certainly do not rule the language in England, but indeed are a good authority on it's correct usage.

15.       yilgun-7
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:42 pm

The English Language is not a street language in the whole world, it is of course is being ruled by a scientific center.
The world media/press is not a scientific language center.
Who rule them?

16.       Elisabeth
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:43 pm

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Daydreamer:


Another thing that makes English an attractive language to learn is the fact that it is considerably easy.



I dispute this entirely! There is absolutely no logic at all to the English language. It breaks it's own rules frequently. I would hate to have to learn it as a second language.



Well, as an American who grew up in Europe and did not use English as a first language except in my own home...I completely disagree. English was fairly difficult to learn. However, once I learned Spanish...Italian and French (except for the spelling part which is completely screwed up in French!!) came fairly easily. Turkish is proving impossible, since everytime I open my mouth...Spanish comes out!

17.       AEnigma III
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:43 pm

opps PC sneezed

18.       yilgun-7
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:44 pm

It is impossible to understand it?

19.       AEnigma III
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:45 pm

Yilgun instead of posting your quiz questions about eyes, language etc. and never revealing your answer, why not just post your thoughts?

20.       Daydreamer
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 20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:47 pm

Quoting yilgun-7:

It is impossible to understand it?



To understand what? Sorry, I have no idea why your posts sometimes seem to be cut in halves

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