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Miami is one of the most bilingual cities in the U.S. More than 70 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home, and Spanish is often heard more frequently than English in everyday ...
Later, I emigrated to the U.S. to teach linguistics at Wayne State University and began researching and teaching what academics call African American Vernacular English, or the everyday speech of ...
Language preserves history in every word. Many expressions we use today have roots stretching back centuries, surviving through everyday speech and evolving in meaning. These old English phrases ...
Learn how Americans use the verb have in everyday English! This lesson covers have, has, and had with easy explanations, ...
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