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EngFor | 1 May 2013 09:27
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This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor.

Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean deleting the bulk of
previous posts that have accumulated due to multiple replies and long messages. Leave only enough to help
readers make sense of your response. Thanks.

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r_vatsyayana | 13 Apr 2013 19:04
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prophylactic publication

What does "prophylactic publication" mean? Did google but couldn't get a clear sense of it.

If a paper is published in a scientific journal, can this paper be called "prophylactic publication"?

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Jack Waller | 7 Apr 2013 05:07
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Homographs & Heteronyms


If you forward this, please be a good emailer, and delete previous sender addresses.

Subject: Homographs & Heteronyms

Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning.
A homograph that is also  pronounced differently is a heteronym.

You think English is easy??
I think a retired English teacher was bored...

Read all the way to the end.................
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. (Ha - so American!)
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
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Benek | 6 Apr 2013 13:08
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Ask about English learning opportunities


Dear All,
 
I am a native speaker of Polish. My strong desire is to take up an
advanced English course for academic purposes. I estimate that my English level
is near B1/B2. I hope that I can make good progress.
I would
like to ask you several questions in this matter:
 
1.       Are there any free English courses
by correspondence offered  by your
language centre?
2.       Do you know where I can get other
free materials to learn English?
3.       Are there any other options for me
to get involved in educational projects to meet my purposes?
 
 
As for the
learning process, I experience several difficulties in learning English on my
own:
1.       How to choose a course with both
grammar and culture content exclusively in English;
2.       How to identify and to improve
personal skills and abilities for better English learning;
3.       Lack of real situations to use
English with native speakers;
4.       Finding an English course best
suited for my needs;
5.       How to maintain my motivation and
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EngFor | 1 Apr 2013 09:30
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Hi everyone,

This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor.

Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean deleting the bulk of
previous posts that have accumulated due to multiple replies and long messages. Leave only enough to help
readers make sense of your response. Thanks.

** To beginning English learners: 

Please feel free to write messages about any topic or question. Do not let the advanced level of English of
some of our list members scare you off. We are here to help you learn. Make mistakes boldly. It is the best way
to learn and we have all studied at least one other language so we know what it is like.

** About corrections:

Our policy is that every mistake will be corrected, so you can trust what you read here to be correct, or
corrected soon thereafter. (Make sense?)

However: 

The exception to this policy is when a conversation gets going (which we encourage), we will not always go
through every message to give corrections unless we are specifically asked to do so. We want to encourage
the free flow of ideas and practice, practice, practice.

** To native English speakers:

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r_vatsyayana | 28 Mar 2013 23:12
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Use of AN

*as an Ancillary Services* 

Is use of an with a plural noun correct? 

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Caio Rossi | 23 Mar 2013 03:39
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A CULTURE-RELATED QUESTION

Hello,

I have a question, but it is related to the American culture rather than
the language. I hope it is not a problem.

I have noticed that Americans who are in the media - mainstream or
alternative - very often choose to identify themselves with pictures of
when they were much younger placed next to their articles or on their
websites.

Is that a cultural thing or just a coincidence?

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EngFor | 1 Mar 2013 09:53
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Hi everyone,

This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor.

Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean deleting the bulk of
previous posts that have accumulated due to multiple replies and long messages. Leave only enough to help
readers make sense of your response. Thanks.

** To beginning English learners: 

Please feel free to write messages about any topic or question. Do not let the advanced level of English of
some of our list members scare you off. We are here to help you learn. Make mistakes boldly. It is the best way
to learn and we have all studied at least one other language so we know what it is like.

** About corrections:

Our policy is that every mistake will be corrected, so you can trust what you read here to be correct, or
corrected soon thereafter. (Make sense?)

However: 

The exception to this policy is when a conversation gets going (which we encourage), we will not always go
through every message to give corrections unless we are specifically asked to do so. We want to encourage
the free flow of ideas and practice, practice, practice.

** To native English speakers:

You are encouraged to jump in and help with the corrections. We only ask that before you do so, you add your
information to the database of EngFor Subscribers so that people will know you have the knowledge and
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EngFor | 1 Feb 2013 10:01
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Hi everyone,

This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor.

Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean deleting the bulk of
previous posts that have accumulated due to multiple replies and long messages. Leave only enough to help
readers make sense of your response. Thanks.

** To beginning English learners: 

Please feel free to write messages about any topic or question. Do not let the advanced level of English of
some of our list members scare you off. We are here to help you learn. Make mistakes boldly. It is the best way
to learn and we have all studied at least one other language so we know what it is like.

** About corrections:

Our policy is that every mistake will be corrected, so you can trust what you read here to be correct, or
corrected soon thereafter. (Make sense?)

However: 

The exception to this policy is when a conversation gets going (which we encourage), we will not always go
through every message to give corrections unless we are specifically asked to do so. We want to encourage
the free flow of ideas and practice, practice, practice.

** To native English speakers:

You are encouraged to jump in and help with the corrections. We only ask that before you do so, you add your
information to the database of EngFor Subscribers so that people will know you have the knowledge and
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Ario Muhammad | 24 Jan 2013 21:31
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(unknown)

http://www.rotulosmatesanz.es/components/com_content/hltcr.html

Ario Muhammad

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r_vatsyayana | 19 Jan 2013 07:53
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Power Electronics Defined or Defined Power Electronics

What's the difference? Do they mean the same?

Thanx
RV

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