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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. Tashi delek - Wikipedia

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    The phrase tashi delek is also used in Chinese with the Chinese transcription Zhaxi dele (扎西德勒). [9] There is a song called Zhaxi Dele with lyrics by Rongzhong Erjia , a Tibetan, and music by Chang Yingzhong , a Han Chinese. [10] The phrase is also used in Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal.

  4. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Indian English: Standard Indian English. Indian English: the "standard" English used by government administration, it derives from the British Indian Empire. Butler English: (also Bearer English or Kitchen English), once an occupational dialect, now a social dialect. Hinglish: a growing macaronic hybrid use of English and Indian languages.

  5. Dalek - Wikipedia

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    Dalek Sec, however, becomes more human in personality and alters the plan so the hybrids will be more human like him. The rest of the Cult mutinies. Sec is killed, while Thay and Jast are later wiped out with the hybrids. Dalek Caan, believing it may be the last of its kind now, escapes once more via an emergency temporal shift. [39]

  6. Common English usage misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    Perceived violations of correct English usage elicit visceral reactions in many people. For example, respondents to a 1986 BBC poll were asked to submit "the three points of grammatical usage they most disliked". Participants stated that their noted points "'made their blood boil', 'gave a pain to their ear', 'made them shudder', and 'appalled ...

  7. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2005. Ritter, Robert M. (2014). New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors. Oxford University Press. Also available as part of New Oxford Style manual (2016). Butterfield, Jeremy (2015). Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press.

  8. Traditional grammar - Wikipedia

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    Traditional grammar (also known as classical grammar) is a framework for the description of the structure of a language or group of languages. [1] The roots of traditional grammar are in the work of classical Greek and Latin philologists. [2] The formal study of grammar based on these models became popular during the Renaissance. [3]

  9. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...