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The context is I ran into my friend at school.
1.”I just finished my math class.” 2.”I just came from my math class.” 3.”my math class just finished.” 4. “I just got out of my math class” Which sounds natural? Thanks.
Grammar check, just one sentence.
I love it whenever I succeed in clearly expressing my intended thought in English. How would you guys write it? This is not awkward right ?
Why does britney say Break the ice as “Break THE ice” not “Break THI ice”? Doesn't “The” pronounce “Thi” if the word after it starts with VOWEL?
I CRAZILY MESSED UP WITH MY PREVIOUS POST LOL HELP- I'M SO EMBARRASSED, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VOWEL NOT PLURAL HAHAHA 😭😭😭😭
Not learnt commas
Hello, I have a strong feeling that while I was learning English, all the teachers never said anything about putting commas after the words 'however', 'nevertheless' or 'therefore' when they are at the beginning of the sentence. Today when I write something in English, all the tools, which help to write, seem to convince me to put the comma in these sentences. Can you guide me what is correct? e.g. However, we did not like them. Therefore, he has decided to make different decision. With or without comma?
What are 'SWEETS' called in British English? (food with a lot of sugar in it - ice cream, cakes, pies, percy pigs etc.)?
Hello everyone, I've done some research, and I feel like 'sweets' in British English doesn't really mean 'food with a lot of sugar in it' like ice cream, cakes, etc. It might mean 'sweet food eaten at the end of a meal', though. Am I right? I would really appreciate your thoughts, wonderful people. Thank you very much!
What gives it away?
Hi, Hello, Welcome I come from a non native English speaking country and by those around me I've been told that I speak English well. My whole life I've believed that I had a non discernible English accent, however one go of the **Oracle Accent** and suddenly I'm questioning all of that. Id like to have a non discernible English accent. There isn't much of a deep reason behind that. I think it would be cool. So if you can, help me understand what gives it away, and how I can improve upon my accent so that it doesn't sound discernible. I listened to the audio, and oh boy there's a lot of lip smacking. Sorry about that. [https://voca.ro/1ojeaYFiuAm6](https://voca.ro/1ojeaYFiuAm6) here's a clip of me talking Thanks in advance! **Transcription:** \[Lip smack\] Hi, Hello, Welcome \[Audio strangely decreases\] I'm new around here. I tried accent oracle the other day. Its uh... thing where you *sss*ay a sentence and then an AI guesses where you're from. I was crushed... It guessed first try exactly where I was from **just** from my accent. And I thought I had a pretty good- \[relives pain\] -non discernible English accent. So it crushed me a bit... Uhhmm, I'm hoping that someone... uh (well) to see if... \[Nervous exhale\] anyone can explain to me what it is that's discernible about my accent and if anyone can even guess, where I'm from based of my accent. I hope to learn what **exactly** is giving it away. \[Lip smacks\] Now I'm gonna read some things here! \[Obligatory throat clear before reading\] *A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives* ***precisely*** *when he means to. - (Gandalf, Fellowship of the ring.)* *Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. - (Gandalf, Also Fellowship of the ring.)* *All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. - (Gandalf, also also Fellowship of the ring.)* \[Pause\] There you go, my mouths a bit dry I hope that doesn't... Impact anything. **End of transcription**
How to understand the phrase here
Is "the same fan" and "her" describing the same thing? Can I understand "that it was" into "that it was risible fraud"? I don't know the right way to ask. Can I recognise "…that it was" as"that it was risible fraud"?
To all English learners, can you share the story of saying something wrong that was funny or caused misunderstanding? My 2 stories are in the description:)
When I came to US 20 years ago, I had a very rudimentary knowledge of English: few words, some grammar understanding. One day, I didn't show up for work, and the next day, talking to my boss, I said: "You can throw me up, if you want to!" He laughed... and I kept my job:) (throw up = vomit; what I meant, of course, was "throw me out" = kick me out, fire me). During some other conversation, I was explaining that "I was *contracepted* in the dead of winter, and born in the dead of summer"... of course, what I meant to say was "conceived.” I will never forget the look on my interlocutor's face:)
Is the second usage understood or used in the US and Canada? I just heard it on a British drama. “How are you fixed for tonight?” “I’ve got something on.”
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is there an idiomatic expression to say something went fine, something happened without any trouble and with ease
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