1. When speakers of one language borrow words from another language, the foreign words come to be used as regular vocabulary items. 2. The authors demanded excision of foreign words. 3. She practices pronouncing foreign words. 4. The French, however, do not like borrowing foreign words because they think it corrupts their language. 5. -- foreign words and phrases scattered here and there! 6. It is customary to print foreign words in italics, so that the name of an organism is usually underlined or italicised. 7. Also helpful is the pronunciations for foreign words and phrases. 8. As soon as you throw out a foreign word, people ask what it is and give you the opportunity to explain. 9. All languages borrow foreign words, of course, but Japanese has gone farther than most. 10. All languages borrow foreign words, but Japanese has gone farther than most. |
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