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Over the past two years, 20 staffers have left.
Which of the following sentences work? **Over** the past two years, 20 staffers **have left**. **In** the past two years, 20 staffers **have left**. **During** the past two years, 20 staffers **have left**. **For** the past two years, 20 staffers **have left**.
Teaching kindy kid English and learning along the way
Hi everyone, We are a family based in Australia , born and brought up in Asia. I would love to be able to speak and write like locals. I have a kindy going kid. Considering he will learn a lot at school , I want to be able to understand and do my best to assist in the journey and would love to read lot of books with him. (He has attended daycare so speaks quite well) I work in IT so I have a fair bit of exposure to speaking in English. But I do struggle when it comes to keeping the conversation going and also understand the context behind the ongoing conversations. What can I do to help myself and the kiddo? Thanks a lot!
Which sentence sounds more natural to native speaker?
I have this sentence need to change to passive voice: >We haven't move anything. I figured 2 possible ways: >1. Everything hasn't been moved. >2. Nothing has been moved. I chose #2 since it's shorter. But the teacher correct me with #3: >3. Anything has not been moved. \#3 sounds a bit strange to me. Since we're not native speakers, I want to ask your opinion. Thanks!
Native English speaker, hoping to learn what English accent I have. I’ve moved around a lot in and out English speaking countries.
https://voca.ro/15DyQW1WqLgf
Judge my accent please
https://v.redd.it/8dmhjm8bysde1
How does people who actually gets better at english while live in non English speaking countries spend a day?
I have been studying English for almost 5 years and still not safe to say I’m proud of my progress i made so far. I ‘ve been really trying to put myself in a situation where I can only consume contents in english, but tbh I don’t think I did as much as I should have and now that i regret that I couldn’t be bothered to make myself put all into it, thinking I would have been so much better at it if i had done it more efficiently. So I was wondering how long does people who study language so seriously spend a day with the target language. it can be not your experience but someone you’ve heard of or anything, I’d like to do the same
"He is stupid or lazy" grammatical?
The sentence "He is either stupid or lazy" sounds correct and I know it's grammatically correct too. What about omitting "either" in the sentence? "He is stupid or lazy" It doesn't sound right but I don't know whether it's grammatical or not. Is it? And if it isn't grammatically correct, why? Your answers are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Some pronunciations from listening materials are odd.
Some pronunciations I heard from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpuIzzzIqjE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpuIzzzIqjE) are odd. Like "Discussion"(from 2:10) : >"We've been discussing what to do here and we’ve decided to plant a poplar tree in the museum gardens." And "Done"(from 2:30, sounds like Don to me): >In terms of fundraising to support our activities, we’ve done very well. I wonder whether it is normal or just misspeaking.
sequence vs follow up
which one sound more natural when you refer to series or show that has more than one episode following each previous chapters. and what is the difference? thank you
"put it back" and "replaced it"
In the following, are "put it back" and "replaced it" interchangeable? While he was in the bookstore, a book caught his eye. After scanning its table of contents, he **put it back/replaced it**.