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  2. English usage controversies - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, there are grammatical constructions that many native speakers use unquestioningly yet certain writers call incorrect. Differences of usage or opinion may stem from differences between formal and informal speech and other matters of register, differences among dialects (whether regional, class-based, generational, or other), difference between the social norms of spoken ...

  3. British English - Wikipedia

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    British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English ...

  4. English language - Wikipedia

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    The next most commonly mentioned foreign language, French (which is the most widely known foreign language in the UK and Ireland), could be used in conversation by 12 percent of respondents. [ 143 ] A working knowledge of English has become a requirement in a number of occupations and professions such as medicine [ 144 ] and computing.

  5. Perfect (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    The perfect tense or aspect (abbreviated PERF or PRF) is a verb form that indicates that an action or circumstance occurred earlier than the time under consideration, often focusing attention on the resulting state rather than on the occurrence itself.

  6. Vuk Karadžić - Wikipedia

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    Odgovor na laži i opadanja u «Srpskom ulaku», 1844; Pisma Platonu Atanackoviću, Vienna, 1845; Kovčežić za istoriju, jezik i običaje Srba sva tri zakona ("A Case of History, Language and Traditions of Serbs of all three Creeds"), Vienna, 1849; Primeri Srpsko-slovenskog jezika, Vienna, 1857; Praviteljstvujušči sovjet, Vienna, 1860

  7. Institute of Croatian Language - Wikipedia

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    The Institute for the Croatian Language (Croatian: Institut za hrvatski jezik, IHJ), formerly known as the Institute for the Croatian Language and Linguistics until 2023, [1] is a state-run linguistics institute in Croatia whose purpose is to "preserve and foster" the Croatian language.

  8. Serbo-Croatian grammar - Wikipedia

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    Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language that, like most other Slavic languages, has an extensive system of inflection.This article describes exclusively the grammar of the Shtokavian dialect, which is a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum [1] and the basis for the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian standard variants of Serbo-Croatian. [2] "

  9. October 12 - Wikipedia

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    October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) ... 1965 – Dan Abnett, English author; 1965 – Chris Chandler, American football player [56]