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03/15/19

Usage of Negatives in Everyday Speach: Unnecessary or Incorrect?

I frequently have this debate with my fiancée about whether it is as appropriate to use a negative in the following examples as it is to omit it. I am frequently found making statements using the... more

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Esl/esol Esl Learning Pronunciation

03/14/19

How to correct/improve 's-' pronunciation at the beginning of a sentence?

As a native Spanish speaker, I tend to mispronounce some letters or words in English. One of them is the 's' sound at the beginning of a word, for example, I pronounce: - 'slang' as /eslaŋ/... more

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Esl/esol Grammar Speech

03/14/19

Is the written statement correct?

Tired I was I had to keep on working till the wee hours of morning. I got these question in grammer book and it say that there is no error in above sentence.

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Esl/esol Spanish Pronunciation American English

03/14/19

Why do British people pronounce “Ibiza” as “Ibitha”?

My brief overseas experience in Great Britain has taught me that British people tend to pronounce *Ibiza* as *Ibitha*. My questions are as follows: 1. Why is this the case? 2. How did this... more

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Esl/esol Speech

03/14/19

What is the difference between "nearly drowned" and "nearly rescued"?

I am pondering over the meaning of the riddle: >Would you rather be nearly drowned or nearly rescued? Could some one explain the meaning of the two phrases "nearly drowned" & "nearly... more

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Esl/esol Speech Numbers American English

03/14/19

If I say "four times zero four times one", is it correct way?

I want to know if someone asks me about wifi password and it was 0000 1111, how could I say it as an American man?

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Esl/esol

03/14/19

As a non-native English speaker, how can I improve my accent?

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Esl/esol Grammar Speech

03/14/19

Which is more formal and which is easier to understand?

>1. Affixes are subdivided into prefixes, which precede the base to which they attach >2. Affixes are subdivided into prefixes, which precede the base which they attach to. The difference... more

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Esl/esol English Grammar Writing

03/14/19

Why did author use a different sort of articles in sentence, which describe a picture?

I am not a native speaker. I am doing a exercise "*Answer the questions about the pictures*" from my Grammar Book and I checked Keys at end of the book: I saw: > - In A **the** man is lying... more

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Esl/esol Grammar Speech Meaning In Context

03/14/19

Is "Too Much People" possible when I want to get the feeling of uncountable people?

Of course the rule is countable = many Uncountable = much But I see in some contexts that it's possible to exist this sense when I can't count in a way that it's exaggerated. "There were too... more

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Esl/esol Speech Punctuation Commas

03/14/19

Is it necessary to add a comma before 'too'?

Copied over from the writers site. As in these two examples: They all wished to have one too. They all wished to have one, too. Perhaps what makes comma usage in these examples is that, in... more

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Esl/esol Esl

03/14/19

Does the phrase “I see” usually have negative inclination?

During conversations I noticed people respond “I see”. What exactly “I see” means? I feel that it is quite loaded response and could mean either of the following items: - I understand your... more

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Esl/esol Speech Syntactic Analysis

03/14/19

Which construction is more cormmon?

I know my question may seem silly to native speakers, but l am really interested in knowing which construction is more common in everyday speech: - He is married and has two sons. - He is... more

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Esl/esol Speech Quotes

03/14/19

Would you say "quote/end quote"?

> A girl said, quote, I want a lollipop, end quote, as she walked past the candy store. Would you say it like that out loud?

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Esl/esol Speech Politeness

03/14/19

Are the expressions "pissed" and "pissed off" inappropriate?

I've seen people go quiet when they hear one of them. I also remember hearing it bleeped on television. Are they inappropriate? To what extent? What audience could or should not hear it?

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Esl/esol Speech American English Slang

03/14/19

Is it okay to say "what ja doing?" instead of "what ya doing?"?

I live in the Midwest and it is very common to hear people say "what ja doing?" instead of saying "what ya doing?" or "what are you doing?". Is this okay? Is using the 'j' sound instead of the... more

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Esl/esol English Grammar Writing

03/13/19

Experienced in or "experienced of"?

What is the correct use of experienced, with *in* or *of*? For example, > I have experienced **in** system development. > > I have experienced **of** system development.

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Esl/esol Speech

03/13/19

Why do we say backwards but not forwards?

I have just realized that I've never seen movement descriptor "forward" written with an 's' like backward**s**

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Esl/esol Speech American English

03/13/19

All I know vs. Alls I know?

Are the two sayings proper English? > "Alls I know" and > "All I know" Alls I know just sounds bad to me, but while people agree, no one can tell me if it is right or wrong.

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Esl/esol

02/22/19

what are terms of contract

How many lessons must one sign up for?

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Esl/esol Speaking Language

04/09/17

If someone bighearted a dictionary ,can he/ she speak from that language?

Mohamed is a Maldivian.He doesn't know English speaking. He bighearted an English dictionary. He wanted to peak in English in this way. Will it be possible him or her to speak English in this... more

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Esl/esol College Interview

12/17/14

My friend wish to study abroad . he is weak in english , what can be the problems faced by him in the interview

My friend wish to study abroad . he is weak in english but good at studies , what can be the problems faced by him in the interview

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