Community Discussions
"It's very hot in this room". Why "it" is used in this text?
I don't understand why "it" is used in this text. What's "it"? Could you tell me the grammatical rule used in this text?
Does this name sound weird to you?
Hey guys, im not a native but need to have an english name because im gonna work for multinational corp. Normally, they would take some common names like "cherry, philip, mike,..." but to me these are pretty boring and i wanna a cooler, less familiar name. Im thinking of "Maybe". This name sounds cool to me but im worrying natives might be confusing So how weird sound weird to you. In real life i have seen some other strange names such as "Drinkwater, Booty,..."
What type of english words are hard to pronounce to you? For example. Th words, glottal stops.. etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jgi8a5/what_type_of_english_words_are_hard_to_pronounce/
Why is there no "an" in front of "English Writer" here?
https://i.redd.it/9thjxr58gepe1.jpeg
Does "amount of drinks" sound stupid in English?
Hi all, I recently submitted a video assignment for my masters. It was a counseling session with a fake client presenting with an alcohol use problem. Before submitting, I noticed that I kept repeating " reduce the amount of drinks". I included this quote in my essay, and Word highlighted it as a mistake, suggesting a "number of drinks" instead. Is it considered to be a really stupid mistake in English?
Do such tasks make sense to natives? (the task is in the body text)
"Read the questions and answers a-e and choose which of the words (1 or 2) is stressed in the answers" There are keys below the task
Lyrics - Should we own this mistake? How bad is it?
Hi everyone. I have a band and none of us are native speakers. We recorded this song which we really like and just 1 week ahead of its release we realised we've made a english mistake. We mixed two phrases "Going to end" and "coming to an end" and the result was: "It seems like this is going to an end Going to and end Going to and end" Again, for us, no native English speakers it sounded correct but of course we failed since we did not double check. Lesson learned! Unfortunately we can not re-record this part or the song with the singer anymore for multiple reasons. We need to release it as it is. The only thing I could do is to write "coming to an end" in the lyrics regardless what he says in the record. But I don't think this will convince people (the part is scream vocals tho so it could work...) But tell me. How bad is it for a native speaker? Thank you!!
Past tense verbs for swim, run, and jump.
I've always been confused by the past tense for jump. After you swim, you say that you swam. After you run, you say that you ran. After you jump, I would think that you jamp. Why do we replace the 'i' and 'u' with an 'a' for swim and run, but not jump?
Water off a ducks back and fall on deaf ears? Interchangeable or no?
I've been working really hard to get better at using idioms. But I often come across idioms that are very similar and that's when I get confused. The title being an example. Another would be "slip of the tongue and let the cat out of the bag". Really curious to know how natives use idioms so naturally.
What are YOUR guys' morning routines?
Why 'your' instead of 'you'? It sounds so unnatural, for ex, 'It was your guys' idea'. Do people actually say 'your guys'? or do they just drop 'guys' and stick with 'your' to avoid sounding weird?