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Grammar prophecies for 2026

I do not have the power to foresee the next politician who will move from one party to the other. Neither can I foretell who will win the ongoing African Cup of Nations though you can guess right ...
Abstract: Automated formalization of legal texts in order to remove ambiguities, conflicts and incompleteness has been a challenge for Requirements Engineering (RE) research for decades. This work ...
There are a few basic rules regarding the use of infinitives and gerunds. Infinitives and gerunds are noun forms. If used before the main verb, they are the subject of the verb; after the main verb, ...
The mandate to never split an infinitive has also been linked to Latin influence. An infinitive is the base form of a verb, ...
Whether it's a book, video game, movie, or TV show, a title matters a lot. Here are 15 great series that could have used ...
From Irish words for love and Irish words for drunk to just general Irish phrases, learn this Irish slang and you can't go wrong! Before you come to Ireland, you're going to need to get yourself ...
Irish and Irish Americans tend to throw around phrases like "Sláinte" and "Top of the morning to ye" - especially on St. Patrick's Day! - but how many of us really know what these beloved Irish ...
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Where were you born? Where do you come from? Here's what we heard ...
Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...