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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. 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.

  5. List of Whitest Kids U' Know episodes - Wikipedia

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    Acting Class - On the last day of high school, seniors Darren and Timmy have to do a "cause and effect" exercise that counts for 50% of their grade. Timmy creeps Darren out with homo-erotic pantomiming, and Darren’s objections lead his teacher (Zach) to give him a failing grade for the school year.

  6. Fourth grade - Wikipedia

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    In India, where children enter Class 4 at the ages 9 to 10 it is called Lower Primary, it is known as the fourth grade. 5-7 standard categories as Upper Primary (UP) . Lower Primary gives the basic education necessary for a kid and when they get to the UP section , advanced knowledge will be provided via lessons or modules .

  7. Jane Fonda's Workout - Wikipedia

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    In May 1979, she partnered with Cazden to open an exercise studio called Workout on Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The sign above the studio's door read "Jane Fonda's Workout". [2] [4] One week of instruction (five one-hour sessions) cost $32.50. [5]

  8. Rhoticity in English - Wikipedia

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    The loss of postvocalic /r/ in the British prestige standard in the late 18th and the early 19th centuries influenced the American port cities with close connections to Britain, which caused upper-class pronunciation to become non-rhotic in many Eastern and Southern port cities such as New York City, Boston, Alexandria, Charleston, and Savannah. [9]

  9. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...