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  2. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Divergences from the grammar described here occur in some historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English, although these are minor compared to the differences in pronunciation and vocabulary. Modern English has largely abandoned the inflectional case system of Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions.

  3. English auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    The first English grammar, Bref Grammar for English by William Bullokar, published in 1586, does not use the term "auxiliary" but says: All other verbs are called verbs-neuters-un-perfect because they require the infinitive mood of another verb to express their signification of meaning perfectly: and be these, may, can, might or mought, could, would, should, must, ought, and sometimes, will ...

  4. Flipped classroom - Wikipedia

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    With a flipped classroom, 'content delivery' may take a variety of forms, often featuring video lessons prepared by the teacher or third parties, although online collaborative discussions, digital research, and text readings may alternatively be used. The ideal length for a video lesson is widely cited as eight to twelve minutes. [4] [5]

  5. Ubbi dubbi - Wikipedia

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    Ubbi dubbi works by adding -ub-/ ʌ b / before each vowel sound in a syllable [5] (or, as a linguist might put it, "insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset"). [6] The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed in the original word.

  6. Implicature - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, implicatures can arise even if, or precisely because, the communicator is uncooperative. Relevance theory can therefore effortlessly account for the above example about Gérard: If B knows where Gérard lives, and "Somewhere in the South of France" is the most relevant answer compatible with B's preferences, it follows that B is ...

  7. History of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    YouTube would give free access to its users, the more users, the more profit it can potentially make because it can in principle increase advertisement rates and will gain further interest of advertisers. [348] YouTube would sell its audience that it gains by free access to its advertising customers. [348]: 181

  8. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    Grade 7, 8, 9 ISE II 2.0–2.5 5.5–6.5 60–74 Vantage FCE n/a Level 1 MET, MELAB, ECCE B1 Level 2 Entry 3 Level 2 Grade 5, 6 ISE I 1.5 4.0–5.0 40–59 Preliminary PET n/a Entry 3 MET, MELAB: A2 Level 1 Entry 2 Level 1 Grades 3, 4 ISE 0 1.0 n/a 20–39 n/a KET Flyers Entry 2 MET, YLTE A1 Breakthrough Entry 1 Level A1 Grade 2 n/a <1.0 n/a 0-19

  9. Rhoticity in English - Wikipedia

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    Such accents include Australian, New Zealand, most South African and some non-rhotic English (e.g. Norfolk, Sheffield) speech. The third edition of Longman Pronunciation Dictionary lists /əd/ (and /əz/ mentioned below) as possible (though less common than /ɪd/ and /ɪz/) British pronunciations, which means that the merger is an option even ...