672 Answered Questions for the topic ESL/ESOL

Esl/esol Speech

07/02/19

Oscar needs to understand that X is highly unlikely?
A little scenario: > Bobs computer is behaving weird, so he asks Alice about it. > Alice thinks Bob has a virus, she gets help from Oscar, who tells them to run an anti virus scan. >... more
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Esl/esol

07/02/19

What are the major improvements in your English you think benefit you most and how did you achieve them?
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Esl/esol Speech Word Usage

07/02/19

Use of the word 'relishing'?
Recently when talking to a friend about the lack of elevators in Asia he told me. > You should be relishing stairs As a native English speaker the use of the word 'relishing' here sounded... more
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Esl/esol

07/02/19

U is for "Umbrella," but what are some other words with strong images that could represent the letter U for adults learning to read English?
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07/02/19

What's the difference between will and going to?
I have no idea what the difference between these are. I have heard that they have the same meaning, but how do they?
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Esl/esol

07/02/19

What's the difference between "for your information" and "I tell you"?
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Esl/esol Speech Vowel Length

07/02/19

What's the correct way to write drawn-out vowels?
How should I denote drawn-out vowels in English? If I have a character with speech disorder or with a very unique accent, what is the correct way to express, in written form, this quirk of their... more
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07/02/19

Is there a word that means news or delivering news or searching for news that starts with "s"?
I am looking for a word that means news or related to news that starts with "s". Are there such words? Thanks.
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Esl/esol Speech Punctuation

07/02/19

Punctuating a quote of multiple answers?
Consider the following: 'The lecturer asked the students a question. A chorus of "yes"es was heard.' I know that the second sentence is incorrectly punctuated, but am not sure how to sort it out.... more
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07/01/19

Should the abbreviation 'i.e.' be used in speech?
I often hear people use the abbreviation 'i.e.' while speaking. It does not seem right to me. Similarly with 'e.g.' — I would always say 'for example' rather than 'e.g.'. So is it appropriate to... more
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

Why do we speak English, and not French, or German?
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Esl/esol Speech

07/01/19

So, in connected speech, we can only connect A with B if A is "a strong or weak word" & B is "a weak word", right?
I discovered this rule in connected speech. I asked this question many times but seem no one has a proper answer. See this saying at **11:45** in [this... more
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

Why did English stop sounding like Shakespeare?
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Esl/esol Speech

07/01/19

Present perfect continuous?
I want to know about origin and duration and present perfect continuous change into past simple,by using origin and duration. For example, >she started playing the trumpet two years... more
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

There is tons of English words to learn, as a native speaker have you ever got problem, not knowing certain words or phrases and get confused?
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

What are some best tips for becoming an expert in Spoken English?
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07/01/19

Why/When need some kind of short spelling or pronunciation?
In regular usage, nowadays we use short spellings of words in speaking or writing. For example: - They are in the cinema. => They're in the cinema. - We have been waiting for me. => We've... more
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

Which are the things required to speak English more frequently and does English require grammar to speak?
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

When do we use article 'an' in English?
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Esl/esol

07/01/19

Which language is harder for English-speaking individuals, Chinese or Japanese? Why is that one more challenging?
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07/01/19

Is there a phrase, word or saying when one 'has the thought or feeling of causing hurt of mischief" despite never dreaming of acting on it?
For example I was assisting my sister in photographing a wedding. We were taking pictures as the bride was getting ready and I noticed a ketchup bottle on the kitchen table and the following popped... more
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07/01/19

Punctuation of direct speech, edge cases?
I recently learned that I have developed a consistent, but entirely wrong approach to punctuating direct speech in fiction. I am in the unenviable position of trying to relearn. Previously I wrote... more
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Esl/esol Speech Salutations

06/30/19

Is there a more eloquent way to say this?
I'm writing a Salutatorian speech, and would like to say something to the effect "I'm up here and I don't know why." However, I don't know how to say it without offending anybody or seeming rude...... more
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Esl/esol Speech Phrases

06/29/19

you are vs you're (informal speech)?
In some common phrases like, "You are what you eat", "Your actions reflect who you are". Is there a reason (besides it sounds funny) to not use, "You're what you eat", "Your actions reflect who... more
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06/29/19

you wouldn't know it to see it vs "you wouldn't recognize it to see it"?
Is it more correct to say, "you wouldn't know it to see it" or "you wouldn't recognize it to see"? I have tried looking both up on google, and only the first return's actual usage. Also, the... more
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