Questions about (online and offline) resources.
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What are your favorite English language tools? [closed]
This will prevent myself from asking an obvious, silly question again. What are the English language tools you found most useful?
I found Corpus Concordance English extremely useful for looking up ...
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Is there an online sample sentence database or search engine?
Sometime, I am not sure if I use a specific word correctly. I would like to get some sample sentences to learn from.
So, is there a online sample sentence database/search engine?
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What are some of the better English reference grammars?
What is your favorite English reference grammar, particularly in terms of accuracy and completeness? Please note I am not asking for usage guides. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the best ...
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English synonym online database?
Is there a good english synonym database available in the Internet? I imagine that it should work like a translator: you enter a word and synonyms for this word are displayed.
The reason for asking ...
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Website giving pronunciations of English words recorded in different dialects?
I'm aware that there are certain websites around that provide recorded examples of English words pronounced in different accents/dialects. Could anybody list some of them?
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Count vs. mass — where can you look this up?
Most dictionaries don't say whether a noun is count vs. mass. Short of asking a fluent English speaker, where can you get this kind of information?
I've tried asking various other ESL/EFL people I ...
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Are published books to be considered an official reference for spelling? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English
Many times I searched across several books for the usage of some words and many times I've found my results ...
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Modern replacement for checking frequency tables?
What is the most up-to-date, robust, and reliable way to check verb (or other POS) frequencies in current usage?
Is there any hope of an algorithm involving counting Google hits and dividing by some ...
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Idiom thesaurus? [closed]
Can you recommend some searchable resource that maps given expression onto idioms meaning that thing?
There are quite a few dictionaries that contain a list of idioms containing a given word which is ...
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Proper usage of pronouns
As an ESL student, sometimes I wonder whether I use too many pronouns. For example:
She grabbed her purse, she took some money and then she went to buy some groceries. After that she returned ...
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Advice on good list of American idioms [closed]
I want to master American idioms and would like to use a complete list as a reference. Would you please suggest one?
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List of truncated words [closed]
I don't know if I'm in the right place, but I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a list of truncated words (and if possible the complete word). For example, tho ⇒ though.
