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What is the logic behind this?
I often watch YouTube videos in English, and I've noticed phrases like these very often. For example, if the video is about a dog eating, a comment might say: "Not the dog eating faster than Olympic runners 😭" Or "Not the owner giving the dog a whole family menu to eat" Why do they deny what’s happening? I think it’s a way of highlighting something funny or amusing, but I’m not sure about that. I’ve also seen them adding -ING to words that are NOT verbs. For example, if in the video someone tries to follow a hair tutorial and fails, someone might comment: "Her hair isn't hairing" "The brush wasn't brushing!"
Is inversing the phrase “I have not played the piano” into “Not have I played the piano” grammatically correct?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jhbcox/is_inversing_the_phrase_i_have_not_played_the/
Can someone tell me what's the name of this object in english?
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Did this student write “sung” or “sang”?
I am not sure whether that is “sung” or “sang”. Any ideas?
Saw a debate on the pronunciation of one and won being the same. Are they the same?
I feel like at the end of "won", the mouth is a bit wider than "one"
Does “going” mean “available” here? Is this a common expression?
https://i.redd.it/bg67exdz8ele1.jpeg
How to lower using pronoun "I" in speech?
It seems to me that in speech I very often use pronoun "I". If I want to say something about myself, I always use it, because if I try to love put it, sentences is starting to look not so good. For example "I like this music" looks better than "like this music". If I try to express my opinion "I think.." looks better for me than "think..." and I can't see any alternative expect "In my opinion...", but it looks so oficial. In the result in dialog if not in each, then through the sentence I use "I". May be I stress out overly much? Have any construction to lower use of this pronoun? Can make example in this text? ( used this pronoun seven times without citation in nine sentences including this)
Can you guys give me a slang/informal words that you think are essentials or you think that non speaker would never heard of this type of words?
Not like brainrot words like huzz, rizz, goon, kai cenat, skibidi etc. It should be something like red mist, aint, wanna, gonna, lowkey etc. Like informal words that you have to know (it can be complex or never heard before)
What does it mean to “raw dog”?
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If it hadn't been for her (grammatically correct) why did you use "if it wasn't for her"? is this how native english speakers say it?
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1hqm3kh