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WHO OWNS ENGLISH?
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:31 pm |
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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.
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:32 pm |
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Quoting Daydreamer: Quoting yilgun-7: The center?
And who rules a Language?A scientific center?
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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.
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:37 pm |
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The English language as grammar, structure and dictionary are being ruled by Oxford and Cambridge in Türkiye...So Oxford and Cambridge rule the language.
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:37 pm |
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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?
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:38 pm |
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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.
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They certainly do not rule the language in England, but indeed are a good authority on it's correct usage.
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:42 pm |
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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?
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:43 pm |
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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!
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:43 pm |
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opps PC sneezed 
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:44 pm |
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It is impossible to understand it?
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:45 pm |
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Yilgun instead of posting your quiz questions about eyes, language etc. and never revealing your answer, why not just post your thoughts?
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20 Feb 2008 Wed 06:47 pm |
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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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