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In Turkish, there are two past tenses--one to report direct experience and the other to report events that you know about only by inference or hearsay. Thus, if you were out in the rain last night, you will say, 'It rained last night' using the past-tense form that indicates that you were a witness to the rain; but if you wake up in the morning and see the wet street and garden, you are obliged to use the other past-tense form--the one that indicates that you were not a witness to the rain itself...
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They have reported hundreds of facts about 'exotic' languages, such as verbs that are marked or chosen according to the shape of an object that is being handled (Navajo) or for the relative ages of speaker and hearer (Korean). Such facts are grist for the mill of linguistic relativity...
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English Language History 1. The origin of the English language can be traced back to the 5th century A.D. with the arrival of three tribes from present day Germany. The three tribes were called Angles, Saxons and Jutes...	3 / 585
English as the Offical Language Some people think making English the official language would mean that non-English speaking citizens would lose their heritage or their native language...	3 / 756
Is English an Universal Language? most commonly spoken language, English. Firstly, English is an effective method to communicate business transactions for a successful career. There are various ways of communication such as verbal and written form...	2 / 534