Sentence examples for spoken usage from inspiring English sources

Codification of grammar, on the other hand, has had a permanent effect on the stability of the standard languages, even feeding back into spoken usage via the education system.

Generally speaking, philosophical usage emphasizes the second of Goodman's disambiguations.

This was a bilingual household where Tamil - rather than Kannada - was spoken, but correct English usage was obligatory.

The demographic questionnaire captured age, education, first language spoken, computer and Internet usage, and perceptions of online access to information.

"When Dundee speaks, traditional English usage is, to say the least, stretched and malapropisms abound," Ronald K. Fried wrote in "Cornermen: Great Boxing Trainers".

But those figures speak more to usage than market share.

Generally speaking, while basic usage of mol2chemfig does not require familiarity with chemfig's syntax, the ability to manually touch up the generated code will notably increase the usefulness of this program.

Communication books and devices are often presented in a grid format; the vocabulary items displayed within them may be organized by spoken word order, frequency of usage or category.

Younger writers introduce spoken or new words or usages into their writing, annoying their elders as they do.

While the language is pure carrier-speak, that usage bothers me for some reason.

Tim established close relations with University College London and its Survey of English Usage, a research unit studying spoken and written English, established in 1959 with Longman funding.