WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several Malaysian and Singaporean English terms in its latest update, highlighting the region’s linguistic influence on global ...

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FOR my dissertation for a PhD in applied linguistics, I wrote a 300-page manuscript all about verbs in Philippine English. One might imagine I have an unusual obsession with verbs — and, yes, I had.

The Oxford English Dictionary has added nine new Singlish expressions, including "boleh", "jialat", and "ice kacang" in its ...

accept responsibility for a task or project, often in addition to one's usual duties. She decided to take on a new project at work, even though she was already busy. He’s always willing to take on ...

After our wedding, we splashed out on a safari in South Africa for our honeymoon. pay (someone) back return money that you borrowed from someone My dream is to pay my parents back for all the money ...

SINGAPORE – “We’ve been together for agak-agak four years, but I’m still waiting for him to ask me to BTO, really jialat.” Reading the above sentence and deciphering its meaning should be a piece of ...

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Instead of simply retelling an author's argument with summary verbs such as "says," "discusses," and "talks about," try creating claims using the analysis verbs in this handout.