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an Iranian perspective

Apr 28, 2021 at 17:41, 1 minute total – 2 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jun 1, 2021 at 19:41 by Eddie Kal

israel and white people

Apr 25, 2021 at 21:54, 25 minutes total – 22 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jun 1, 2021 at 6:48 by Eddie Kal

Chat starters

Mar 21, 2020 at 16:59, 4 minutes total – 12 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 21, 2020 at 17:07 by M.A.R.

Rep cap FAQ

Apr 20, 2018 at 5:09, 3 hours 42 minutes total – 9 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Apr 20, 2018 at 8:52 by M.A.R.

Recommending peoplez a reference grammer

Jul 12, 2017 at 12:15, 2 hours 14 minutes total – 5 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 13, 2017 at 14:57 by M.A.R.

definite article allomorphy

Mar 26, 2017 at 12:19, 2 minutes total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 26, 2017 at 12:23

How to Review First Posts and Late Answers

Mar 26, 2017 at 9:02, 17 minutes total – 31 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 26, 2017 at 9:21 by M.A.R.

We really can't?

Mar 24, 2017 at 11:12, 6 minutes total – 12 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 24, 2017 at 11:28 by M.A.R.

Why I edited the title of question 121025

Mar 4, 2017 at 4:26, 8 minutes total – 28 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 4, 2017 at 4:35

Movie Recommendations

Jan 19, 2017 at 10:38, 7 minutes total – 23 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jan 19, 2017 at 10:52 by M.A.R.

Let's not ping people to avoid further drama

Nov 26, 2016 at 7:34, 4 minutes total – 6 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Nov 26, 2016 at 8:02 by M.A.R.

Konkur and the pain

Oct 8, 2016 at 17:58, 20 minutes total – 54 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Oct 8, 2016 at 18:36 by M.A.R.

WAG in LO

Oct 1, 2016 at 10:10, 22 minutes total – 60 messages, 4 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Oct 1, 2016 at 10:40 by M.A.R.

One of only five 20160831

Aug 31, 2016 at 11:46, 3 hours 45 minutes total – 352 messages, 9 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Sep 1, 2016 at 7:35 by Lawrence

doubl-ing constraint

Mar 20, 2016 at 0:58, 32 minutes total – 13 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Mar 20, 2016 at 1:32

stand emphasizing

Feb 12, 2016 at 13:24, 12 minutes total – 24 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Apr 21, 2018 at 14:25 by Kinzle B

reopening Which pronunciation is more prevalent; /ə/ or /ӕ/?

Jan 24, 2016 at 23:45, 2 hours 10 minutes total – 7 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jan 25, 2016 at 5:24

Can adverbs modify nouns?

Dec 22, 2015 at 19:07, 1 hour 29 minutes total – 73 messages, 4 users, 3 stars

Bookmarked Dec 22, 2015 at 22:09 by Damkerng T.

jane-austen-2

Dec 9, 2015 at 19:50, 4 minutes total – 19 messages, 2 users, 3 stars

Bookmarked Dec 9, 2015 at 20:00

jane-austen-1

Dec 9, 2015 at 19:13, 3 minutes total – 10 messages, 4 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Dec 9, 2015 at 20:00

Conditionals 0-3, and mixed conditionals

Aug 16, 2015 at 11:29, 44 minutes total – 29 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 17, 2015 at 13:08 by Damkerng T.

What is 'free-from'? Could it be a noun?

Aug 4, 2015 at 6:25, 28 minutes total – 64 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:23 by Damkerng T.

Legitimation Code Theory

Aug 4, 2015 at 4:13, 1 hour 32 minutes total – 26 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:22 by Damkerng T.

'If I was' or 'If I were'

Aug 4, 2015 at 4:01, 5 minutes total – 13 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:18 by Damkerng T.

Five thousand tons of water flow or flows

Aug 4, 2015 at 3:00, 7 minutes total – 19 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:17 by Damkerng T.

But these are 'the' exceptions rather than the rule

Aug 4, 2015 at 1:13, 1 hour total – 104 messages, 4 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:15 by Damkerng T.

Candy, candies, pieces of candies

Aug 3, 2015 at 18:12, 13 minutes total – 28 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:08 by Damkerng T.

Descriptive and classifier adjectives

Aug 3, 2015 at 1:11, 1 hour 54 minutes total – 76 messages, 3 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:04 by Damkerng T.

Letters from a Nut

Aug 2, 2015 at 17:24, 22 minutes total – 64 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 23:01 by Damkerng T.

L2 influencing our L1: Is it possible?

Aug 2, 2015 at 11:53, 13 minutes total – 23 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 22:59 by Damkerng T.

Slash (/) the preposition

Aug 2, 2015 at 10:46, 13 minutes total – 39 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 22:57 by Damkerng T.

Linkers: English 'of' and Thai ที่ (THII)

Aug 2, 2015 at 9:35, 7 minutes total – 26 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 22:55 by Damkerng T.

A blue-jay can 'lay over' anything

Aug 2, 2015 at 4:08, 38 minutes total – 93 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 22:51 by Damkerng T.

'School-aged' or 'school-age children'

Aug 1, 2015 at 20:20, 7 minutes total – 14 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 9, 2015 at 22:48 by Damkerng T.

'Stranger Than Fiction': the opening scene

Aug 1, 2015 at 18:42, 1 minute total – 13 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:27 by Damkerng T.

On swimming a lot

Aug 1, 2015 at 7:42, 17 minutes total – 25 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:26 by Damkerng T.

A problem with grammar textbooks

Aug 1, 2015 at 7:00, 28 minutes total – 36 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:26 by Damkerng T.

Predicative complements

Aug 1, 2015 at 4:55, 19 minutes total – 36 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:25 by Damkerng T.

Accusative/nominative cases

Aug 1, 2015 at 0:27, 13 minutes total – 33 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:18 by Damkerng T.

Some thoughts on 'such that' and 'so that'

Jul 31, 2015 at 17:12, 23 minutes total – 32 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:14 by Damkerng T.

How is modality inThai like?

Jul 31, 2015 at 8:45, 28 minutes total – 34 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:13 by Damkerng T.

restrictive

Jul 31, 2015 at 3:48, 8 seconds total – 3 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 31, 2015 at 3:50

IGEL the incomprehensible

Jul 31, 2015 at 2:48, 24 minutes total – 7 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:09 by Damkerng T.

Woyers!

Jul 31, 2015 at 1:05, 14 minutes total – 25 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:08 by Damkerng T.

Some scenes from 'Prometheus'

Jul 30, 2015 at 20:17, 47 minutes total – 14 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:07 by Damkerng T.

Voyager Golden Record

Jul 30, 2015 at 17:26, 8 minutes total – 34 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:04 by Damkerng T.

Can we parse a sentence with lots of unknown words?

Jul 30, 2015 at 4:50, 9 minutes total – 17 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:04 by Damkerng T.

About high-falutin

Jul 29, 2015 at 23:41, 12 minutes total – 16 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:00 by Damkerng T.

Atheletes vs. coaches

Jul 29, 2015 at 23:06, 5 minutes total – 8 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 14:01 by Damkerng T.

A hypercorrection example: fully well (it's "full well")

Jul 29, 2015 at 22:53, 8 minutes total – 14 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:59 by Damkerng T.

It's 'another', not 'an other'

Jul 29, 2015 at 19:51, 2 hours 59 minutes total – 38 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:58 by Damkerng T.

Lexile® measure

Jul 29, 2015 at 4:31, 15 minutes total – 29 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:56 by Damkerng T.

Your kind or kindly attention

Jul 29, 2015 at 0:38, 56 minutes total – 53 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:55 by Damkerng T.

Intonations of 'What(!)(?)'

Jul 28, 2015 at 22:06, 17 minutes total – 60 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:52 by Damkerng T.

"Faster Is Better"

Jul 28, 2015 at 12:59, 7 minutes total – 5 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:49 by Damkerng T.

'They are ENGINNEERS' vs. 'These are THE ENGINEERS'

Jul 28, 2015 at 12:13, 6 minutes total – 16 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:48 by Damkerng T.

The secret of 7400. ;-)

Jul 28, 2015 at 1:19, 35 seconds total – 5 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:46 by Damkerng T.

Jack, I found someone to take care of you.

Jul 27, 2015 at 18:35, 4 minutes total – 21 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:44 by Damkerng T.

Something from 'The Beach'

Jul 27, 2015 at 17:26, 15 minutes total – 7 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:37 by Damkerng T.

Hemingway's "dignity" (and my "rhetoric")

Jul 26, 2015 at 13:19, 1 minute total – 5 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:22 by Damkerng T.

A reflection on why textbook questions sound like, well, textbook questions

Jul 26, 2015 at 11:34, 37 minutes total – 20 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:22 by Damkerng T.

The importance of picking the right books (or stuff)

Jul 26, 2015 at 5:32, 5 hours 45 minutes total – 14 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:19 by Damkerng T.

Dutch, English, and Afrikaans

Jul 26, 2015 at 5:02, 29 minutes total – 15 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:18 by Damkerng T.

It may be possible in India

Jul 26, 2015 at 4:09, 21 minutes total – 20 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:16 by Damkerng T.

Chinese languages and their two characters per word

Jul 25, 2015 at 19:46, 4 minutes total – 15 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:11 by Damkerng T.

/θaɪlænd/!

Jul 25, 2015 at 19:00, 13 minutes total – 51 messages, 3 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:08 by Damkerng T.

'To' or 'at' in 'arrived late to the film/party'?

Jul 25, 2015 at 16:45, 40 minutes total – 71 messages, 5 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Aug 8, 2015 at 12:55 by Damkerng T.

Saying 'I have been to the dentist this morning' in the afternoon

Jul 25, 2015 at 4:23, 13 minutes total – 15 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:18 by Damkerng T.

Optative mood

Jul 24, 2015 at 21:51, 14 minutes total – 38 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:17 by Damkerng T.

Modality, aspects, and the subjunctive mood

Jul 24, 2015 at 21:37, 4 minutes total – 11 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:16 by Damkerng T.

A preposition is a terrible thing with which to end a sentence.

Jul 24, 2015 at 17:34, 3 hours 20 minutes total – 36 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:15 by Damkerng T.

Contrastive polarity

Jul 24, 2015 at 1:07, 17 minutes total – 42 messages, 2 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:10 by Damkerng T.

An addendum to 'Just because X ... doesn't mean Y.'

Jul 23, 2015 at 22:41, 33 minutes total – 19 messages, 2 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:09 by Damkerng T.

Can you prove that you're self-aware?

Jul 23, 2015 at 20:16, 1 minute total – 9 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:04 by Damkerng T.

Conflict of prosody between English and Thai

Jul 23, 2015 at 17:50, 6 minutes total – 17 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:03 by Damkerng T.

A couple of excerpts from Divergent

Jul 23, 2015 at 0:04, 11 minutes total – 5 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 16:02 by Damkerng T.

CGEL cannot section (p.1611)

Jul 22, 2015 at 19:52, 1 minute total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 22, 2015 at 19:53

'Cannot' in pre-subject position ('?Cannot she do it?')

Jul 22, 2015 at 19:45, 14 minutes total – 26 messages, 2 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 22, 2015 at 20:19 by Damkerng T.

English and V2

Jul 22, 2015 at 19:14, 30 minutes total – 60 messages, 4 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:59 by Damkerng T.

A thought on tense and aspects in English and Thai

Jul 22, 2015 at 17:21, 23 minutes total – 29 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:57 by Damkerng T.

As/when/while and the progressive aspect

Jul 22, 2015 at 13:18, 2 hours 12 minutes total – 79 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:52 by Damkerng T.

Rep farming, and fracking

Jul 21, 2015 at 19:42, 39 minutes total – 108 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:55 by Damkerng T.

Inchoative 'go'

Jul 21, 2015 at 16:15, 28 minutes total – 99 messages, 4 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:38 by Damkerng T.

When -ing is a noun (related: abstract nouns)

Jul 21, 2015 at 7:36, 6 minutes total – 8 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:31 by Damkerng T.

Table flipping is a game!

Jul 20, 2015 at 18:09, 12 minutes total – 34 messages, 4 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:27 by Damkerng T.

Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

Jul 20, 2015 at 12:52, 1 minute total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:24 by Damkerng T.

'Walk', 'travel', and 'go' a few miles

Jul 20, 2015 at 2:24, 3 hours 6 minutes total – 21 messages, 4 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:24 by Damkerng T.

Japanese clue words in 3DS, eclipses, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and สุพรหมัณยศาสตรีแห่งราชบัณฑิตยสภา

Jul 19, 2015 at 20:13, 1 hour 3 minutes total – 156 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:22 by Damkerng T.

Something about Bay's movies

Jul 19, 2015 at 0:50, 4 minutes total – 6 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 19, 2015 at 4:09 by Damkerng T.

Grammar school, elementary school, middle school, and high school

Jul 18, 2015 at 23:29, 11 minutes total – 18 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 25, 2015 at 15:04 by Damkerng T.

On my rhetoricity

Jul 18, 2015 at 22:09, 1 hour 7 minutes total – 38 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 19, 2015 at 4:08 by Damkerng T.

I propose we speak Na'vi!

Jul 18, 2015 at 17:06, 8 minutes total – 9 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 19, 2015 at 4:05 by Damkerng T.

The simple past vs. the present perfect is like (-1,0) vs. (-1,0]

Jul 17, 2015 at 19:27, 5 minutes total – 14 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 19, 2015 at 4:00 by Damkerng T.

Dummy-'it'

Jul 17, 2015 at 17:31, 40 minutes total – 74 messages, 4 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 22:46 by Damkerng T.

GMAT: Laos has a land are about the same as Great Britain(?) but only ...

Jul 17, 2015 at 12:17, 10 minutes total – 26 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 22:44 by Damkerng T.

My pet's body size is like(?) that of a rabbit.

Jul 17, 2015 at 12:05, 9 minutes total – 19 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 22:42 by Damkerng T.

Some thoughts on auxiliary and linking verbs

Jul 17, 2015 at 3:20, 36 minutes total – 92 messages, 2 users, 4 stars

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 22:40 by Damkerng T.

Imperative is not a tense

Jul 17, 2015 at 1:15, 17 minutes total – 33 messages, 2 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 22:40 by Damkerng T.

Being or becoming: "Being a senator is not easy."

Jul 17, 2015 at 0:31, 26 minutes total – 21 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 17, 2015 at 2:18 by Damkerng T.

'not only ... but also' in the wild

Jul 16, 2015 at 19:03, 3 minutes total – 5 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 16, 2015 at 19:09 by Damkerng T.

'the next time' or 'next time'

Jul 16, 2015 at 18:31, 6 minutes total – 17 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 16, 2015 at 19:09 by Damkerng T.

Dictionaries (Longman)

Jul 16, 2015 at 14:44, 53 minutes total – 27 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 16, 2015 at 19:08 by Damkerng T.

Yogiisms!

Jul 16, 2015 at 0:38, 1 hour 49 minutes total – 21 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 16, 2015 at 19:11 by Damkerng T.

What is Tense? #4

Jul 14, 2015 at 16:58, 15 seconds total – 2 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 15, 2015 at 8:15 by Damkerng T.

A thought on collocations and corpora

Jul 14, 2015 at 11:46, 19 minutes total – 19 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 15, 2015 at 8:14 by Damkerng T.

What is Tense? #3

Jul 14, 2015 at 8:51, 40 minutes total – 31 messages, 1 user, 1 star

Bookmarked Jul 15, 2015 at 8:12 by Damkerng T.

What is Tense? #2

Jul 13, 2015 at 21:51, 1 hour 31 minutes total – 50 messages, 3 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jul 15, 2015 at 8:12 by Damkerng T.

What is Tense? #1

Jul 13, 2015 at 19:27, 50 minutes total – 71 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jul 15, 2015 at 8:10 by Damkerng T.

Seeing X, Y worked hard to top it, marking theirs down.

Jul 13, 2015 at 3:08, 3 minutes total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 13, 2015 at 13:30 by Damkerng T.

Phonetic Perception: We're Always Tuning Ours

Jul 13, 2015 at 2:42, 8 minutes total – 31 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jul 13, 2015 at 13:29 by Damkerng T.

Recently/lately only used with the present perfect progressive?

Jul 12, 2015 at 21:54, 3 hours 34 minutes total – 29 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 13, 2015 at 13:26 by Damkerng T.

The Vowels of English #0

Jul 12, 2015 at 18:15, 4 minutes total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 13, 2015 at 13:25 by Damkerng T.

'move' or 'moving'

Jul 12, 2015 at 14:39, 27 minutes total – 48 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 12, 2015 at 22:08 by Damkerng T.

X is a writer. He has written/wrote Y.

Jul 11, 2015 at 14:30, 5 minutes total – 11 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 11, 2015 at 20:53 by Damkerng T.

Word choice: The elderly/old and (the) handicapped/disabled were

Jul 10, 2015 at 12:08, 14 minutes total – 31 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jul 10, 2015 at 12:24 by Damkerng T.

Gerund-participle clause or a noun phrase

Jun 29, 2015 at 17:51, 12 minutes total – 22 messages, 3 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked Jun 29, 2015 at 18:18 by Damkerng T.

Center embedding

Jun 27, 2015 at 13:25, 15 minutes total – 42 messages, 3 users, 1 star

Bookmarked Jun 27, 2015 at 16:19 by Damkerng T.

Are human thoughts universal?

Jun 20, 2015 at 10:41, 17 minutes total – 19 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jun 20, 2015 at 11:10 by Damkerng T.