Reference Summary: Part 1 of three videos examining some interesting linguistic properties of English. We all have 'rules' that we trot out in class to make life easy for our learners.

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Part 1 of three videos examining some interesting linguistic properties of English. We all have 'rules' that we trot out in class to make life easy for our learners. Generation Alpha gave us "6-7." Elaine Quijano set out to define and explain it.

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  • Part 1 of three videos examining some interesting linguistic properties of English.
  • We all have 'rules' that we trot out in class to make life easy for our learners.
  • Generation Alpha gave us "6-7." Elaine Quijano set out to define and explain it.
  • ‍♀️ celebrates 25 years of stand-up comedy with a special recording ...
  • Save 50% on your system and your first month is free when you sign up for professional monitoring.

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Gen Alpha kids explain the "6-7" phenomenon and other language quirks

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