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How to get a standard American accent?

I have a friend who’s Egyptian and wants to have a better American accent for when he travels to to states. He has a heavy accent but can speak English very well. I don’t know how to help him. It’s going to take time, but I’m willing. What are good to give him?

Last comment 11 days ago
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to sail with a motorboat?

In my native language Dutch we got separate words for sailing with a ship that has real sails and uses only the wind to go forward (zeilen much like the English to sail), and a verb used for to go forward in a boat in general (varen) but that's also translated with to sail. So, if I got my motorboat, and go towards a certain place, the motorboat is 'sailing' to .... ? There really is no separate word for this? Sailing is what you would commonly also use for ships that have no sails whatsoever? To me that seems kind of odd.

Last comment 26 days ago
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What was the hardest language skill for you to learn (reading, writing, speaking, listening, etc)?

I find that reading and writing come so easily to me. My biggest struggle, however, is speaking. I am not sure if it's the pronunciation or just the fear of getting judged. This has been my greatest challenge, but I am slowly gaining the confidence to do it. I've even opted to speak to myself. What's the hardest skill for you?

Last comment 27 days ago
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How do you pronounce Isaiah?

For native speakers in the English speaking world, I’ve heard people pronounce it as either Ai-Zai-Uh or Ai-Zay-Uh, I wonder if perhaps people also pronounce it as Ee-Sai-Uh? Before I knew about the more common pronunciation in English, that’s how I imagine the word sound like. I’m Asian so I would appreciate it if anyone with knowledge in English, European languages or Hebrew could enlighten me on this! Thanks!

Last comment 28 days ago
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Do you think English is easier to learn than your native language?

I have a few Chinese friends, and they always tell me they think English is easy. They always tell me that Chinese is much more difficult to learn (Ive been learning it as a native English speaker). But I wonder, Non-Native English Speakers/English Learners, Do you think learning English would be harder or easier than learnig your native language for the average person who doesnt know either one? (I know it depends on which language family theyre most familiar with but lets assume they dont know either one)

Last comment about 2 months ago
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Never hold urine / Never hold in urine?

Which one is right here? Are both acceptable? Why is there no "the" before "urine" in the first case? Thank you in advance!

Last comment 2 months ago
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I am confused with "kind of".

As this title says, I found many Americans speak "kind of + verbs or adjectives", which contradicts that only nouns can follow behind prepositions.

Last comment 2 months ago
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Why this structure? "By no means do we advocate to invent everything from scratch"

I've just read the following sentence: "**By no means do we advocate to invent everything from scratch**" Why does the phrase have "do we" if it's not a question? Shouldn't it be "**By no means we (do) advocate..."?**

Last comment 3 months ago
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why “was” instead of “were”

why “was” instead of “were”

the poster is native so he must be right, but I don't understand why when describing subjunctive things

Last comment 4 months ago
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Do native speakers still say "the" and "a" word

I just think that these words are unnecessary when I watch videos, anime, or movies especially in infromal conversation

Last comment 5 months ago
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