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Do you "start" a fire or "set up" a fire?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1k1yhcf/do_you_start_a_fire_or_set_up_a_fire/
To British people: do you actually say 'trainers' all the time, or is 'sneakers' used too?
I'm so used to saying 'sneakers' that I totally forgot 'trainers' was even a word when I finally saw it once.
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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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)
Should I actually not put subtitles when I watch something?
I’ve seen so many english teacher online says about subtitles being not helpful when it comes to learning english in general. but for me I still find it difficult to understand everything what they say without subs. so I was wondering if i should stick with watching movies or youtube without subs even tho I don’t know whats happening in it or you think subs still have benefits in terms of listening comprehension
Pausing is crucial
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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.