Community Discussions
What do you call these?
Bath ball or bath pouf?
Why is there an “a” in the sentence?
Can’t it be “as her manager”?
Do these learning apps really work?
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What mistakes are common among natives?
Personally, I often notice double negatives and sometimes redundancy in comparative adjectives, like "more calmer". What other things which are considered incorrect in academic English are totally normal in spoken English?
how many people actually learnt the international phonetic alphabet?
native english speaker here, born and raised in england. its occurred to me that the ipa was never mentioned in school at all, and i have no idea how it works. this seems to be a thing in england, yet most of my foreign friends seem to know it off by heart. is this just an english thing?
Can someomne explain to me why the To in the frist sentence, please?
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Why is it that people smile when I say such things?
I usually start with, 'Hello, I'm \[Abc\]. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance,' or sometimes, 'Lovely to meet you!' Then l'd follow up with, 'I'm delighted to have the opportunity to speak with you.' Surely, it isn't odd to say, 'Would you care to introduce yourself?' I'm rather curious as to whether I should make a few amendments to the way I speak. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
How common is "sir" as a pronoun said by waiters at restaurants?
I've now encountered multiple examples of waiters using "sir" as a pronoun, in sentences such as "What would Sir like?" And "Sir was blinking at me, is that because...?" Have you, native speakers, heard this used in real life?
what's the difference
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What are some expressions non-native speakers often use (not necessarily grammatically incorrect) that native speakers typically don’t?
I came across a post the other day that mentioned how the word “kindly” (as in “Could you kindly…?”) often gives off a vibe of non-native speakers or phishing emails. While it’s not grammatically incorrect, native speakers typically don’t phrase things that way. What are some other expressions like that?