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ERIC Number: EJ291723
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Language Close Up.
ELT Journal, v38 n1 p45-51 Jan 1984
Discusses four problems common to English as a second language students: (1) the use of "they" as a sex-neutral, third person singular pronoun; (2) the use of "I wish"; (3) how stress affects meaning; and (4)word pairs ending in "ate," in which the noun and verb have different pronunciations. (EKN)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Second Language Learning, Stress (Phonology), Traditional Grammar, Verbs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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