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What does "Sure thing" mean in a conversation?
I am from Asia, but I have worked extensively in an English environment. Recently, I noticed that my clients or people in general (mostly from Europe) use "Sure thing." For example, we have a conversation like: Me: Can we have a meeting on Monday? Client: Sure thing, let's do it. I am so (psychologically) curious and impressed with people using this term. Is it a trick to impress people, make the conversation less formal, or something like that? Thank you for sharing.
Not conjugating 'To be'
In what cases I can dismiss the conjugation rules?
Gamers only please
Hello everyone! I'm an English teacher. I want to create a YouTube channel for teaching English and use various games to teach the language. Additionally, I plan to stream games and during the stream, break down the grammar of each part of the conversation and explain it accurately. I was thinking about doing it for a while but I felt a bit lost, I don't even know if this is a good idea so I decided to ask language learners. I wanted to ask: 1. If you were my audience, what game would you prefer for this purpose 2. What are your suggestions? 3. As a language learner, would you like to subscribe to such a channel?
Question - how do I begin to understand the language of Shakespeare (and English poetry at large?)
For almost 15 years, I almost exclusive use English in all my walks of life, yet I simply have never read Shakespeare (and other poets) because their language is simply incomprehensible to me, and I don't understand where I can even learn it (dictionaries don't help). Examples: 1) *your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty* (what is "to admit discourse to sth"?) 2) *Could beauty have better commerce than with honesty?* (what is "o have better commerce than with sth"?). And so on. Literally every line is such that I simply cannot read. Is there a translation into simple English? Or is nobody interested anyway if he can't read that text already?
Why is this question considered ‘awful English’?
What is the proper way to ask that same question?
Test for taiwanese highschool teachers.
How hard are these words for regular native speakers? I only recognize a few lol. Btw, is it normal that when I do these questions, I might not necessarily know what a word means, but I just know it's the correct answer and what it makes the sentence mean?
Native Speakers- How hard is it to actually master English?
hi ! exactly what the title says. i want to know how hard it is to truly master English. I attempted my IELTS and got a fairly good score (band 8.0+) but i still struggle to grasp the language despite that. it's always been a dream to master a language and as i, as a student frequently participate in events that require the main medium of communication to be english ( MUNs, public speaking, workshops etc.) i do want to be able to fully grasp the scope of the language itself. any tips or words of advice i can take ?
Rate my handwriting please
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Do we pronounce the "h" in this particular case?
"It was going in his direction" Do we drop the "h" or not?
what english words always mess you up?
English has some words that are really confusing. For me, it’s "borrow" and "lend." I always said "Can you borrow me a pen?" and didn’t realize it was wrong until someone corrected me. Another one is "fun" and "funny." I used to say something was funny when I just meant it was fun. It still gets me sometimes. What about you? Are there any words in English that confuse you no matter how much you practice? I’m curious if we share the same struggles