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PURE ENGLISH

English is a language of borrowed words. In Great Britain there are at least thirty English variations, in the USA more than fifty. Throughout the world every country that adopts English (officially or unofficially) as its second language, has its own English variation.

Standard International English, standard British English and Standard American English are mere [...]

SNIPE HUNT

A favorite summer camp activity in America is for children to go on a snipe hunt. Burlap sack or butterfly net in hand, kids chase down snipes at sunset. Interestingly, no one has ever caught a snipe. In fact, no one has even ever seen a snipe. The reason is simple. There is no such [...]

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INTRODUCTION

At any given moment there are twice as many Chinese learning English as there are citizens of the U.S.A. English instruction begins in kindergarten and continues into postgraduate study, for both English majors and non-English majors. Everyone in China must study English. Local variants of English such as Chinglish and Chinese English [...]