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Does anyone say “press the light on”or “press the light off” to mean “press the button to turn on/off the light”?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jg3uhs/does_anyone_say_press_the_light_onor_press_the/
What do you call these?
I sometimes have to talk to foreigners at work and I stumble when I try to explain these to them. I get by just fine and can make myself be understood but I'd prefer if I had a script to follow. First image: would we call it a turn? Turn number? Your number??? Second: Cubicle?? It's where you go to see a representative (?) that will help you with your personal procedure (????) Third: USB??? Flashdrive???? For context, most foreigners I see are american seniors. And also I need proof of their address. So should I say "can you show me a home bill? Utility bil? Proof of address???"
In front vs behind a car dilemma
Hi there, I just have had another heated argument about if something is in front or behind a car. Yes, sounds silly but: Think of typical parallel street parking: If cars are parked and I say I want to park behind the next car. Does that mean I will park after I surpassed the next car or do I park at the rear side of the next car. For me both makes sense and for whatever reason I always apply "my perspective", that smth is behind once I surpassed it. But a car has a frontside and a backside so it makes sense as well to identify "behind" as the rearside of the car. What is correct & is there a name for that dilemma?
Do native speakers hear the difference between -ing and -in'?
I have no idea what the difference is.
Little question regarding an article. Is it correct to call it incident when it was an “attack”? I’m not a native speaker but I don’t know if in English you call this “incident”. In Italian “incident” is something happened with no intention
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Why do you guys indentify ships and boats as women?
https://i.redd.it/zp4eyw71qage1.jpeg
Is there such animal that’s called ‘joy’?
I’ve encountered a T-shirt that my friend has which has lots of different animal footprints in the back. I got them all but that ‘joy’. It seems to belong to a feline of sorts. Or is it a short form of something? Seeking help
Why "Got lost" is the answer here?
The first thing I thought about was "She often gets lost". "She often got lost", seems wrong for me even though I am not a native speaker, Can someone tell me the right answer?
"What next?" Why don't people use "is" here?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i5cent/what_next_why_dont_people_use_is_here/
How do i improve my accent?
not sure if this is the right flair or the right sub for it but I have a very typical Indian accent whenever i speak in English, i have tried videos and some apps to try and mimic what they say but i can only do that for words, i keep failing whenever i have to speak in sentences. for example, i can say *bo'ohw'o'wo'er* but when i have to speak a sentence, it automatically becomes "bottle of water"