Community Discussions
Why "wipe THEM tears" and not "wipe those/your tears"?
Is this done to emphasize anything? I know this could just be a slang/colloquial thing, but is there a grammatical explanation? I'd love to understand this from a grammatical standpoint so I can explain it to others. Thanks!
Is my accent understandable and do I sound gay and have a lisp?
I always get comments that I sound gay/twink and that I have a lisp so if you guys were to be honest is this true? I don't really care about these comments either so its all good to be blunt, I was just curious. Also as I lived in Los Angeles my whole life, is my english understandable? if you couldn't understand my accent im 16 years old and I'm asian american, specifically korean-american. [https://voca.ro/1n7Lcxve10vb](https://voca.ro/1n7Lcxve10vb)
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.
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?
Is the sentence "where them girls at" grammarly correct?
I was listening to the song "where them girls at" and was wondering if it's the correct sentence
Why is this question considered ‘awful English’?
What is the proper way to ask that same question?
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 ?
Do we pronounce the "h" in this particular case?
"It was going in his direction" Do we drop the "h" or not?
Do those sentences depend of the context?
I understand that the second sentence implies that the father die and thats why the action doesn't continue (by the meme of course). But native speakers automatically think like that or you would say that u need more context and so you think that the father did something and that's it? I'm trying to understand if the meaning by sentences like that (without the image of course) could be misinterpreted