http://www.linglish.net Where English meets Linguistics Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.linglish.net/images/logo.png http://www.linglish.net 144 166 Where English meets Linguistics http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/25/impossible-is-nothing/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/25/impossible-is-nothing/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:39:40 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=29 “Able was I ere I saw Elba.” – Napolean Poetic as it may sound, “able was I ere” is not a sentence we may normally use, even if we forgive the archaism of the expression. When you introduce yourself to someone, it is customary to say ”My name is Thomas” rather than “Thomas is my [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/25/impossible-is-nothing/feed/ 14