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/2010/03/02/god-save-the-queen/ http://www.linglish.net/2010/03/02/god-save-the-queen/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:59:12 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=705 A student of mine told me that he had found a mistake in the lyrics of the national anthem of the United Kingdom. He said the name of this anthem, God Save the Queen, had a missing -s after the verb save. The subject, God, is singular in the third person, therefore the verb should be conjugated to [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2010/03/02/god-save-the-queen/feed/ 2 http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/ http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:04 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=559 When we learn English verbs, we usually spend a lot of time remembering when to use a certain tense A, and then when to use another tense B. However, few of us pay attention to when we should not use a tense A or a tense B. When we see “I’m loving you,” or “I [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/feed/ 4 http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:50:47 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=285 In Tense and Tensibility, we discussed the need and implication of having tense. In essence, tense gives us information on when an event or action takes place. However, the meaning of what we commonly call ‘tense’ in English is actually quite fluid.  A ‘tense’, or a tense form, oftens gives much more information than merely the temporal location of an [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/feed/ 1 http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/05/tense-and-tensibility/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/05/tense-and-tensibility/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:58:47 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=245 http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/05/tense-and-tensibility/feed/ 2 http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/11/i-very-like-it/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/11/i-very-like-it/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:27:21 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=78 http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/11/i-very-like-it/feed/ 3 http://www.linglish.net/2008/07/24/why-is-probible-not-possible-and-possable-not-probable/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/07/24/why-is-probible-not-possible-and-possable-not-probable/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:52:19 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=36 http://www.linglish.net/2008/07/24/why-is-probible-not-possible-and-possable-not-probable/feed/ 1 http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:40 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=14 http://www.linglish.net/2008/06/13/a-rebel-rebels-or-suspect-a-suspect/feed/ 3