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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Are you a native speaker of English

0Hello!02br
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00I have studied English and I now follow a master in Applied Linguistics. I do not live in a English speaking country, but I do need a native speaker of English for one of my experiments. I was hoping that there might be a native speaker of English that is willing to help me. You would really help me out as the deadline is, as always, closer than I had hoped 05002br
00I have several sentences in English and I want to ask you to judge these sentences in order for me to establish to prototypicality of them. Suppose you want to explain to someone what the word 'house' means and you want to give an example sentences to illustrate the meaning. To what extent do you think the following sentences are suitable?02br
004 = excellent example02br
003 = a good example02br
002 = a somewhat poor example02br
001 = very poor example02br
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00I live in a house near the beach.02br
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00On rainy days, we like to build a house of cards.02br
00After he had confessed, he was put into the house of detention.02br
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00The priest looked very angry when someone shouted in the House of God.02br
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00How many people live in your household?02br
00His plan for his new business was like a house of cards.02br
00They move house before the fight with the neighbours will get out of hand.02br
00After my sister had read my diary, my parents gave her house arrest.02br
00The old woman lived in a houseful of cats. 02br
00We had to lower our household budget when I lost my job.02br
00The house rules were short and clear to everyone.02br
00We save our breadcrumbs for the house sparrow.02br
00He tries to sell his products house-to-house.02br
00Because of the housing shortage, I could not get my own house and had to live with my02br
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00parents again.02br
00He was so happy that he could shout from the housetops that he had graduated.02br
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00After having been a housewife for years, she decided to study Law at university.02br
00The house wine was one of the best wines I had ever tasted.02br
00The housekeeping money was gone after my brother’s girlfriend left. 02br
00My friend has bought a house boat with his brother.02br
00After I had broken my leg, I was housebound.02br
00The housing market is experiencing a cooling-off period from the boom several years ago. 02br
00He gets up at six and disturbs the whole house.02br
00The old man was housed near his children. 02br
00I always keep house before my parents come to visit me.02br
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00Thank you in advance!02br
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00Kind Regards,02br
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00Ellen010id1
  

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12br 12br 10I have studied English and I now follow a master in Applied Linguistics. I do not live in a English speaking country, but I do need a native speaker of English for one of my experiments. I was hoping that there might be a native speaker of English that is willing to help me.

  • 12br 12br 10I have studied English and I now follow a master in Applied Linguistics.
  • I do not live in a English speaking country, but I do need a native speaker of English for one of my experiments.
  • I was hoping that there might be a native speaker of English that is willing to help me.
  • You would really help me out as the deadline is, as always, closer than I had hoped 15012br 10I have several sentences in English and I want to ask you to judge these sentences in order for me to establish to prototypicality of them.
  • Suppose you want to explain to someone what the word 'house' means and you want to give an example sentences to illustrate the meaning.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hello!12br
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10I have studied English and I now follow a master in Applied Linguistics. I do not live in a English speaking country, but I do need a native speaker of English for one of my experiments. I was hoping that there might be a native speaker of English that is willing to help me.
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0This is hard as a lot of these uses are not about 'house' in its most common basic meaning. Do you mean how well they explain the concept of house 'the building'. some of them don't explain that at all. But if you just want a rating of how natural the sentences sound (with all the various meanings of house) here are my ratings. I'm from the UK and speak British English.02br
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0Thank you both for your help!02br
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00Ellen0-

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