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		List of English words of French origin This is a partial list of words in the Latin, however it was from the French that...
		List of English words of Polish origin This is a list of words used in the Polish language.
		List of English words of Scots Gaelic origin This is a list of Scots Gaelic: ; bard : From Bàrd, poet or reciter.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/words.html (1526 words)

	Misused Expressions. Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. Elements of Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The word people is not to be used with words of number, in place of persons.
		Works of fiction are listed under the names of their respective authors.
		Many writers use it frequently as a substitute for and or but, either from a mere desire to vary the connective, or from uncertainty which of the two connectives is the more appropriate.
	www.bartleby.com /141/strunk3.html (2130 words)

	Prescription and description - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frequently this standard dialect is associated with the upper class (e.g., Great Britain's Received Pronunciation).
		Once English became the language of administration of law in England, a form of late Middle English called chancery English became such a standard.
		However, the "correction" of English grammar was not a large subject of formal study until the eighteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prescription_and_description (1228 words)

	List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious among writers on usage and other prescriptivists.
		The word is now also used to mean "play down", "belittle" or "devalue", a shift that some prescriptivists disapprove of, as it suggests the word is being confused with the similar word depreciate.
		Hopefully - some prescriptivists argue this word should not be used as an expression of confidence in an outcome, although other words such as interestingly, frankly, and unfortunately are unremarkably used in a similar way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_with_disputed_usage (2256 words)

	Encyclopedia: American English (Building layout) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		British English is assumed to be the form of English spoken in southeast England and the BBC and understood in other parts of the United Kingdom.
		British English is also the dialect taught in most countries where English is not a native language, though there are a few exceptions where American English is taught, such as in the Philippines and in Japan.
		English is one of the official languages of the European Union, and the form used within the EU follows usage in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/American-English-(Building-layout) (6421 words)

	List of frequently misused English words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Several of the examples are homonyms or pairs of similarly spelled words which are often confused, and which prescriptive grammarians believe should have distinct and separate meanings.
		See list of English words with disputed usage for words that are used in ways that are deprecated by some usage writers but are condoned by some dictionaries.
		When spoken, the two words are usually homophones because they are function words with reduced vowels, and this may cause speakers to confuse them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_frequently_misused_English_words (1893 words)

	Contraction (grammar) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This often is a result of a common sequence of words, or, as in French, to maintain a flowing sound.
		In English, contractions are usually but not always either negations or combinations of pronouns with auxiliary verbs, and in these cases always include an apostrophe.
		It should be noted, though, that only British English allows a to have to contract when it is the primary verb (as with the phrase "I've a date today").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contraction_(linguistics) (608 words)

	Disputed English grammar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A split infinitive is a grammatical construction where a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, occurs between the marker to and the bare infinitive (uninflected) form of the verb.
		The example suggests that "between you and I" is in fact an idiom; it has been used so frequently for so many centuries that it tends to sound fairly acceptable in comparison to "between you and me".
		This rule does not reflect ordinary English usage, and it is commonly ignored (intentionally or otherwise) even by those who have heard of it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disputed_English_grammar (1494 words)

	List of homophones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homophones are words that have the same sound but different meanings (and may or may not have different spellings).
		The words are grouped by vowel and rhyming sounds.
		The list was based on American English spellings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_homophones (135 words)

	Talk:List of frequently misused English words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I am not a native speaker of English, but according to the alt.usage.english FAQ entry http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxhopefu.html the sentence-modifying usage of hopefully is not discouraged by "most scholars", although there is enough opposition to make the usage controversial.
		I moved the page so that the order of words in the name is (more) parallel to List of English words with disputed usage and List of words of disputed pronunciation, although that should probably be changed to List of English words with disputed pronunciation.
		The list that follows includes only words who are frequently used in a sense that is not supported by any dictionary definitions and is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other arbiters of so-called "correct" English.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:List_of_words_widely_abused_in_English (6412 words)

	List of English homographs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homographs are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings (and may or may not have different pronunciations).
		This list consists largely or exclusively of homographs that are pronounced differently, also known as heteronyms.
		Some words are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable and verbs when it is on the second.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_homographs (1736 words)

	Category:Lists of English words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some lists of English words are categorised under Category:Lists of words instead.
		List of archaic English words and their modern equivalents
		List of the longest English words with one syllable
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Lists_of_English_words (134 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Contraction (linguistics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In linguistics (The scientific study of language), a contraction is the formation of a new word (A unit of language that native speakers can identify) from two or more individual words.
		This often is a result of a common sequence of words, or, as in French (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France), to maintain a flowing sound.
		It should be noted, though, that only British English (additional info and facts about British English) allows a to have to contract when it is the primary verb (as with the phrase "I've a date today").
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/contraction_(linguistics).htm (504 words)

	English writing style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The style of a piece of writing is the way in which features of the language are used to convey meaning, typically but not always within the constraints of more widely accepted conventions of grammar and spelling.
		Typically, students are encouraged to use a style commonly adopted by journals publishing articles in the field of study.
		The University of Memphis list of Style Manuals and Guides [1] gives thirty academic styles with manuals are currently in print; twelve are available on-line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_writing_style (460 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of English homographs
		List of homographs (also known as heteronyms) in English.
		British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate the form of the written English language in the United Kingdom from other forms of the English language.
		This is a list of commonly confused homonyms including both homophones â€”; words with the same pronunciation â€” and homographs â€” words with the same spelling.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-English-homographs (2143 words)

	Grammar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, in many dialects of English, the use of double negatives is very common, though ungrammatical from the point of view of a prescriptive English grammar.
		In other words, word order is not significant and morphology is highly significant in a purely synthetic language, whereas morphology is not significant and syntax is highly significant in an analytic language.
		Because Latin words are quite (though not completely) self-contained, an intelligible Latin sentence can be made from elements placed in largely arbitrary order.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammar (874 words)

	Prescription and description
		Poet John Dryden remarked that the grammar in use in his day (second half of 1600s) was an improvement over the usage of William Shakespeare and was the first to promulgate the rule that a sentence must not end with a preposition, a rule that bears striking resemblance to Latin grammar.
		His approach was based largely on Latin grammar, and a number of his judgments were arrived at by applying Latin grammar to English, a misapplication according to critics of a later generation (and his own stated principles).
		Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English usage has dated somewhat but remains a classic guide to the usage by which educated speakers of English recognize one another, to the dismay of the "linguistically disadvantaged" (a euphemistic cliché).
	www.keywordmage.net /pr/prescription-and-description.html (820 words)

	Grammar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to the structuralist point of view, grammar is the study of the rules governing the use of a language.
		A generative grammar for a particular language specifies, for each string of words, whether or not that string constitutes a grammatical sentence in that language.
		Because Latin words are quite (though not completely) self-contained, a sentence can be made from scattered elements.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Grammar (1080 words)

	Archive: Frequently Misused Word(s)
		An precedes words that begin with a vowel and a words that begin with a consonant.
		In modern English it means trivial odds and ends or equipment, and is used with either a singular or plural verb.
		Re is a Latin word meaning "in the matter of" or "regarding." It is generally not italicized, nor is it followed by a period, since it is not an abbreviation.
	www.e-edit.ca /archive.htm (2965 words)

	Prescription and description - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For example, a descriptive linguist (descriptivist) working in English would describe the word "ain't" neutrally, discussing its usage, distribution and history, but not judging it as good or bad, superior or inferior.
		When a form does not conform — as is often the case for "ain't" — the prescriptivist will condemn the form as a solecism or barbarism, prescribing that it not be used.
		Dryden was himself the first to promulgate the rule that a sentence must not end with a preposition, a rule taken from Latin grammar.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Prescription_and_description (1066 words)

	Facts about topic: (English writing style) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The University of Memphis list of Style Manuals & Guides gives thirty academic styles with manuals are currently in print; twelve are available on-line.
		Citation of referenced works is a key element in academic style.
		List of frequently misused English words (additional info and facts about List of frequently misused English words)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/En/English_writing_style.htm (585 words)

	Commonly Misused Words and Phrases
		Changing one letter in a word could alter the whole meaning of a sentence.
		Common phrases are also likely to be written incorrectly because in speech words are often shortened or slurred together so that not all of the letters are pronounced, making it easy to inadvertently leave these letters out when writing.
		Knowing which word to use or how to write a phrase correctly can make a big difference in your writing.
	wsuonline.weber.edu /wrh/words.htm (920 words)

	List of common misspellings in English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of common misspellings in the English language.
		minuscule (miniscule is now listed in some dictionaries as a legitimate variant spelling, but is still considered incorrect by many)
		publicly (the one common exception to the -ically rule; other exceptions listed as variants in some dictionaries include franticly and impoliticly)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_common_misspellings_in_English (157 words)

	List of common misspellings in English - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		List of common misspellings in English - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of common misspellings in English contains research on
		List of common misspellings in English, See also and Lists of English words.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Common_misspellings (155 words)

	The confusion of English words that result in malapropisms and how to avoid such errors.
		Good usage in English is based on a mastery of the meanings, pronunciations, and spellings of words and phrases.
		The field of English grammar is essential to the proper use of words and is very helpful in avoiding the abuse of English usage.
		There are many influences working against the improvement of what many consider to be the preferred usage of English words and those same influences are receiving credit for increasing the use of malapropisms and miscommunications.
	www.wordfiles.info (748 words)

	List of frequently misused English words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Several of the examples are pairs of similarly spelled words which are often confused, and which prescriptive grammarians believe should have distinct and separate meanings.
		: Often used for loth or loath in phrases such as "She was loathe to accept." Loathe is only used as a verb in Standard English.
		In spoken English, of and the contracted form of have, 've, sound the same.
	sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_frequently_misused_english_words (1462 words)

	English writing style - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		English writing style - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about English writing style contains research on
		English writing style, Personal styles, Academic styles, See also, External links, Further reading and Technical communication.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/English_writing_style (452 words)

	Commonly Confused Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two that were consulted most heavily in preparing this list were Harry Shaw's Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions (McGraw-Hill 1975) and William A. Sabin's The Gregg Reference Manual, 6th ed.
		kudos--This word is taken from Greek and means "glory," "renown," "praise," and "approval." The final s in kudos is not the sign of a plural; there is no such thing as a kudo.
		moot--This word has two ostensibly conflicting definitions: "arguable" and "no longer requiring argument." To avoid ambiguity, use the word only when referring to something that could have been open to debate but because of circumstances is no longer an issue.
	www.pnl.gov /ag/usage/confuse.html (2604 words)

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