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Do natives really take into account the difference between "will" and "going to" in daily talk?
I'm always confusing them. Do natives really use them appropriately in informal talk? How much of a difference does it make in meaning if you use one over another? Thanks.
Do people actually use the word "skort"?
Do people use the word "skort"? - the kind of skirt that has shorts underneath?
Why is there an “a” in the sentence?
Can’t it be “as her manager”?
Some 'y' and 'ty' at end of words are impossibly difficult to pronounce.
I've been tring to learn American English pronounciation and those 'y''s at the end of **some** words have been the absolute hardest part for me bar none. I have no idea how you make that sound. When native speakers pronounce the word with '**loyalty**', the 'ty' at the end is both audible (not omitted) and at the same time does not raise the intonation, so the overall falling intonation is still there. I've been training with the word '**loyalty**' and haven't managed to pronounced it right consecutively in a span of two day. Whenever I have to pronounce the word in a sentence it's no problem, the following word forms a nice bridge with 'loyal' and the 'ty' goes smoothly. However, when I have to pronounce the word '**loyalty**' separately I am either starting to put a second exhale through the 'ty' which ends up sounding like 'loyal tea' or end up chewing it up completely to the point I pronounce something like 'loyald'. I just can't figure out how to pronounce the whole word in one single exhale (WITHOUT any following word) like Americans do. This is very strange because I didn't have this problem with ANY word ending syllable but THIS one.
Does "black people" mean offensive?
I wanna say something like black people accent is harder to understand for me than the white people one. The problem is im not sure if my word choice is racist, or should i change to another word like colored people. I asked Gpt and it said i could come up with some thing like "people with AAVE accent" but its about africa america people while im talking about the black people born in america accent. So how should i say here?
Dear Americans, how do you pronounce the word “interim”
I’ve always pronounced it as “in-te-rum” but recently I heard my American manager say it like “intrum” is this how Americans pronounce this word? Which pronunciation is more widely used?
native English speakers, when you pronounce the s sound, is the tip of your tongue down toward your bottom teeth or up behind your top teeth?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1izmy0j/native_english_speakers_when_you_pronounce_the_s/
Native speakers, how did you learn English grammar at school?
This might be an odd question but I'm always curious about how native speakers learn English, especially grammar, at school. Obviously, a native speaker master grammar before they "learn" it. So do you still have grammar course at school. And if you do, what's it like? What's the order of learning and what's the textbook like? Do you have any English textbook about grammar you recommend? Thanks!
American English or British English?
I'm learning English, but I don't know whether to focus on American English or British English. Which one do you recommend?
I'm a native english speaker and I have this question on some English homework. I swear either of the options would work. Am I wrong?
As said in the title, I swear that both of these sound correct. I've spoken english for most of my life and this question has stumped me because it seems that both of these options would work.