Abstract
Philippine English and Singapore English are legitimate varieties of Southeast Asian English and indeed affirm the pluralism of English. This paper examines selected linguistic features of these two varieties of English as reflected in complaint letters to editors of newspapers. The linguistic properties examined include grammatical and lexical features such as personal reference pronouns, modal verbs, and attitudinal/evaluative adjectives; a syntactic feature in terms of the passive; speech act verbs in terms of illocutionary force indicating devices (IFIDs) and affect indicating phrases (AIPs); and commonly recurring phrases.
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