Language In Use

hear it, speak it,
understand it & use it

This site aims to help students learn about - and teachers teach - the English language. There are tasks to help work through the material, expert advice and strategies for identifying unknown texts..

VISIT THESE NEW AND UPDATED PAGES "Thin strips of mole poached in Ovaltine" Hyperbole in Food Reviews Deixis - here or there? The Fate of Endangered Languages The Sarcastic Yorkshire Thief of 1862 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Neologisms - how new words are formed Language of the UK Cabinet Accidents banished from Highway Code

These pages are written by Duncan Grey.
Materials or suggestions? Want something on English you can't find here? write to Duncan.

Students wanting to acknowledge reference to this site should use Harvard notation as follows:
GREY, D S., 2008. Language In Use [online]. Cambridge, UK. Available from: http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/... [Accessed day, month, 2008]