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British Accent Feedback
I'm not even sure if it's British. People often say I sound like an American trying to imitate a British accent or that it is a mixture of both. Anyway, I have a few questions about it. 1. Does it sound amusing or irritating? 2. Does it sound too posh? 3. If you had to guess where I come from, what would you say? 4. What's your personal opinion on accents? Do you think people tend to look down on those with a strong accent or treat them differently?
Probe vs. investigation
What is the difference between "probe" and "investigation"? I'm guessing that "probe" is a tool or device used to investigate? I don't know what kind of tools are used in investigations..
some money in an account that he'd set aside
In the following, is "that" optional? He had some money in an account **that** he'd set aside for his kids.
Judge My English Accent (also, why do I keep getting these results? What about my pronunciation gives the impression? I am not a native speaker of any listed language)
https://v.redd.it/ztwlban2mwce1
What accent and age do I sound like?
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Is there a rule about where to place "by + agent" in a passive sentence?
I wonder if there is any rule that make the position of "by + agent" is always wrong? Or it can be placed anywhere (from after the verb to the end of the sentence)?
We'll be traveling in breaks for this trip of 7 days via road.
Is it correct to say the *in breaks* part while explaining to a brand of hotel if they've hotels along a long route from north to centre of India? I wanted to tell this person since it's impossible to cover 1200kms in one day so we'll be taking break after 500kms. We're planning a trip and for this reason I'm forming the itinerary. Actually, I recently found the meaning of *in* as shown in the picture and thus used it the way I did with the hotel management over call. I keep experimenting with English as I want to sound natural and flexible. I've hackneyed *taking break* phrase to a point that I feel that I sound dull. And natives are welcome to advice any other sentences to speak in this situation. Also, let me know my mistakes in this post. Thanks as always!
Help to understand
I have a little question. Let me let you know that I'm from Mexico, my native language is Spanish. I can be able to understand English because I’ve been learning since few years ago. But as you maybe can imagine there are slangs that I don’t understand; For example, what’s the meaning of: how fast would you 🥜 (nut/nuts)? It doesn't make sense to me, but I know it means something and I wanna learn. I suppose nut refers to a man's balls, but as I said before It doesn't make sense to me, this refers to the movement of the testicles? 🥴 Could you please explain and help me to enhance my informal vocabulary? Thanks in advance, greetings from Mexico.
Southern American accent
Where can I look up transcriptions of common English words in this accent? I know the IPA but I only took British English classes in uni (I study Anglistics) and I‘d really like to learn how to do this accent. I know TV shows etc can help a lot but I find it really helpful to learn with transcriptions as well. Is there anything like that? (I know there are several different „Southern“ accents. I‘m not trying to perfect one, I just want to know the basics of how they work in general.)
Do these sound natural?
It's not enough to seem fair, one must be fair. It's not enough to seem to be fair, one must be fair. Seeming fair is not enough. One must be fair. Seeming to be fair is not enough. One must be fair. We needed someone tall. He looked tall enough. Then and there looking tall was enough.