English as a Second Language Students Learn New Gender Pronouns

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What Shakespeare’s Plays Sounded Like With Their Original English Accent

How do you know what it sounded like back then?

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"I'm doing great"

"Why 'the' is so difficult to define"

"The" does not seem like a difficult word, but it's very hard to explain to someone who isn't a native speaker. Why do we say, "I love the ballet," but not "I love the cable TV"? Why do we say, "I have the flu," but not "I have the headache"? Why do we say, "winter is the coldest season," and not "winter is coldest season"? For speakers of Russian, Korean, or any language that doesn't have a "the," these are important questions."

Arika Okrent The Week