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I’m always fascinated by the beauty of English language.
As a non native English speaker, I love to watch TikTok. And I always envy the rhythms and sounds of English words. Taking my favorite one for example: the word *frenzy* please my ears and warm my heart. You wouldn’t believe how much I ADORE the sound of *frenzy* as a non English speaker. Let me give you an advice native speakers: be proud of your language. Don’t feel embarrassed or overwhelmed by speaking English because of the huge popularity of English. You can’t believe how many people across the world love the English language. These are some of my favorite words: illicit, peripheral, perplex…
Is there any difference in the usage of "you're not" and "you aren't"?
Just something my ADHD brain came up with. Not a native speaker.
size of animal shit
In English, we often compare something to animal shit to insult it, but is there a grammatical distinction between dog shit, horse shit, and bull shit etc.? Can we create new abusive expressions based on those ? for example, rabbit poop or elephant poop?
Does “impeccable flow” sounds unnatural or weird to you?
So i am having a debate with a friend. I think it sounds unnatural to define a musical piece’s/rap song’s flow with the word “impeccable”. They say it is not. Decided to ask here.
Is "Zuckerberg" a verb?
Basically, I am rewatching Rick and Morty but in English. In S1E9, Summer said that The Devil was "Zuckerberging her". Does anyone know what does it mean?
How to know the meaning of a word without translating it?
I've been learning English for many months now and I think I know 95% of the words, but when I find a new word, I still find it annoying to have to open the translator and figure it out. Is there any way to know the meaning of a word without having to translate it?
I have questions for native english speakers
I’ve often heard black people vocalization is distinct which makes them different from other races. Does this applies to other races too? Like, can you spot who’s asian or who’s hispanic just by their vocalization EVEN they are fluent in english?
Why "Toy Story" and not "Toy's Story"?
That's just an example. But I was wondering why sometimes the possessive " 's " is used and it sometimes just isn't there. In this particular case the story belongs to the toys, so it should be "Toy's...", right? PS: I know that the second word starts with an S and that makes it phonetically redundant, the same with singular or plural nouns ending in S just using an apostrophe...but it still confuses me. Thanks!
What does banter mean here?
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Do people know this usage in the states?
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