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what without the T?
Recently I’ve noticed that a lot of Americans don’t say the ‘T’ in what. The only time I really hear the T is when they’re really trying to emphasize the word. Why do they do this?
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?
Is "last Monday" ambiguous?
If today is Thursday, the 13th of March, what would "last Monday" refer to? The 10th or the 3rd? Any US-UK difference?
Does “going” mean “available” here? Is this a common expression?
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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)
What does it mean to “raw dog”?
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Is it true that the word "too" is used to express an excess of something negative?
I came accross a YT video where the presenter said that the word "too" is used to express an excess of something negative, and the use of the word before "good" is wrong, for example - "This place is *too* crowded". We use the sentence - "Too good to be true" very commonly, but then it implies something negative, so this very likely might be true. I am not a native speaker.
This feels like an odd sentence structure to me, is it correct?
I'd think it should be 'But the more time went by, the less response he became', or 'But as more time went by, he became less responsive'. Something like that.
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?
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