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What is the purpose of the "a"s here?
Source/Book shown in the screenshot: "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
I can’t understand this sentence, someone can help me, please?!
There’s no doubt about it if you compile, as I do, dictionaries of slang for a living, ONE IS DRAWN INEVITABLY NOT ALAS TO THE GREAT CLASSICS, who are on the whole rather light on slang, but to someone like this fellow who has this amazing ability… I have no idea what the man means by this sentence, especially that part with capitals isn’t clear at all. I understand every single word but not the whole concept.
Am I being delusional for wishing this or is it actually possible?
So, I just started learning English last year, and I'm still not very good at it, but I love this language so much for many reasons. I even want to use it as my main language. The question is: is it possible to become more fluent in it than in my native language? The thing is, I'm 19, so I'm already an adult and I don't have that natural acquisition ability that kids have (for things like accent and that sort of thing). So, do you think that if I immerse myself deeply in the language, I could become more fluent in it than in my native language? to the point of becoming this language like a native being more fluent than in my original tongue? even though I've used my native language for 19 years straight and I'm already an adult? Or is this just impossible, and you'll always be more fluent in your native language than in a second one if you started learning it as an adult, no matter how many hours you put in?
What do you call this leg movement in English?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gatos/s/swkLpl8h02
Is there something wrong with these sentences?
Hello all. Last year, I had an argument with a friend of mine about Trump's immigration policy. Instead of debating the merits of his policy proposals, we spent a whole hour arguing back and forth about the term "liberal". At one point I felt like we were actually in agreement about what the term means, but for some reason, we just couldn't stop arguing. So this is what I texted him: >Look, I feel like we're just splitting hairs here. (2)Your definition of the term is really not as different from mine as you're making it out to be. (3)Anyway, I don't want to **spend another second getting stuck** in this semantic swamp. Enjoy your evening. For the second sentence, is there anything in it that might come across as unnatural? A BE speaker said I should just end the sentence with "as you're making out". What do you think? As for the third sentence. A BE speaker from another forum suggested that I drop the "**getting**" in the third sentence and it'd work just fine, while an AE speaker had a different idea. He thought I should simply rephrase it as "I don't want to get stuck in this semantic swamp for another second". Now I'm really not sure whose suggestion I should go with. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Why do we say “I’m broke” not “I’m broken” ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1ivnuxn/why_do_we_say_im_broke_not_im_broken/
Daily idiom: have someone pegged
have someone pegged >!to understand someone well!< Examples: - When it comes to politics, he has the candidate's true intentions pegged. - After meeting her, I had her personality pegged within minutes.
Would you like to try ??
https://i.redd.it/m244yicqd2fe1.png
Why 'W' is double U
Not double V
Is "write me" incorrect?
A lot of learners use the verb to write to mean to text or to message... i used to say it but the native speakers never corrected me and then i realised that the native speakers dont really say that