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How do you ask someone who is laying down to go into a seating position ?
I feel like asking them to "sit down" is implying that they should go "down" or lower. So should I use the verb "to seat up" or just a whole other verb ? I don't know if I managed to make myself clear, if I didn't let me know. Thanks in advance !
Teachers do not correct my mistakes and say it is normal practice
For the last two months I have been constantly trying to find a good English teacher or language course. All of them didn’t correct my mistakes during lessons and didn’t provide any feedback at the end of the lesson, thus I usually didn’t know what grammar topic has to be revised or what lexical mistakes should be corrected. Some of them just said that I am fine and they were able to understand me, that is why I should not bother. Moreover, they insisted that such corrections can disrupt the flow of the lesson and cultivate the fear of speaking. This argument sounds ridiculous to me, because I have a certain speaking experience with natives from the UK and USA (working professionals, PhD level) and I didn’t have any fear while communicating with them. I always notified every teacher about my experience and told them that I really want to rid off many basic mistakes. The answer always was “you don’t need it”, “you are fine”, “B1 level is enough” and so on. Some of them even told me that after some practice almost all mistakes will magically disappear. Honestly, I feel really gaslighted by this. Having several hundreds of speaking experience with natives and still making a lot of basic mistakes, I always feel perplexed, when I hear that everything I need is just more practice. Has anyone had a similar experience? And a question for English teacher, do you agree with this approach of not correcting your students and providing the feedback?
What do you call this position and how do you describe it or write in a sentence? Thank you .
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Are “can” and “can’t” stressed in these two questions in General American speech? Do they sound the same here if stressed?
1. “Can I borrow that book?” 2.”Can’t I borrow that book?”
Do people still say "dassent" in the rural Southern US?
I was reading William Faulkner's *As I Lay Dying* (1930), and a character from Mississippi says it. Here's the sentence it is in: *Pa* ***dassent*** *sweat because he will catch his death from the sickness so everybody that comes to help us.* I wonder if anyone still says it in the South.
Why "He looked at me as if I was a spawn of Satan because I was smoking a cigarette." and not "He looked at me as if I were a spawn of Satan because I was smoking a cigarette."
It's "if I were", so why is it "as if I was"?
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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saying it's ok instead of i'm good
Can I say "it's ok" to say no when someone offers me something instead of "i'm good" (Chatgpt) Yes, but **"It's okay"** can sometimes sound like you're rejecting the offer rather than accepting it. Here’s how they differ: * **"I'm good."** – A casual and polite way to decline an offer. * **"It's okay."** – Might sound like you're refusing, but it depends on tone and context. If you want to accept the offer, say: ✔️ "Yes, it's okay." (if confirming it's acceptable) ✔️ "Yes, please." (a clearer way to accept) If you want to decline politely: ✔️ "No, thanks. I'm good." ✔️ "No, but thanks for offering!" Would you like some more examples based on specific situations? 😊
What is this called and for?
On my way home, I saw this machine. What is its name, and what is it doing here?
I am looking for people to practice English with
Hey everyone! I (F) live in Poland but I speak Russian and am learning English 😅 I am looking for connection partners to practice English because without regular communication my speaking skills weaken very quickly. I am open to discussing and supporting any topics