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Volume 9 - Issue 2 - April 1993

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We avail everything here
Tom McArthur
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The trouble with ET?
Susan Bayley
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English as an African language
Gaurav Desai
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17 October 2008, pp. 4-11
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An examination of how the language is used in the literature of Black Africa

South African Indian English
Rajend Mesthire
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17 October 2008, pp. 12-16
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a subvariety of South African English influenced by Indian English, other languages of India, and life in southern Africa

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Crossworld
Frank Palmer
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Singlish
Duncan Forbes
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17 October 2008, pp. 18-22
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A report on the background and nature of the general English usage of the island nation of Singapore

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Kaleidoscope
Thomas M. Paikeday
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In this issue, THOMAS M. PAIKEDAY lists some neologisms that do not yet appear in mainstream dictionaries. Readers' comments and additions are invited.

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Language change announced?
Terttu Nevalainen
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A consideration of how changes in usage come about and whether such changes can be caught and commented on as they occur

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The name of the shoe
Peter Barry
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PETER BARRY considers the half-hidden agenda behind the names given to shoes in Britain

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Writing strategies and writers' tools
Daniel Chandler
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A survey-related classification of kinds of writing and writers, and people's preferences about the implements they use, from the pen to the PC

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Prospects in electronic publishing
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NCTE Resolutions in 1992
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Checking the spellers
Whitney Bolton
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Following Jane Dorner's article on grammar checkers in ET32, an assessment of some spelling-checker software currently on the market

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Choice pronouns
Keith White
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As indispensable as ever
Robert Allen
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The new wave: encyclopedic learners' dictionaries
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Post & Mail
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Front cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

ENG volume 9 issue 2 Cover and Front matter
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