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Do you think there is a specific time to learn English
Do you think there is a specific time to learn English or any language in general, in order to be able to use the new language for studying, communicating, and working? Or is it something that requires constant learning and a long time?
Help me with strange sentence.
Why did he use follower thinking. Is I were him I would use follower's thinking or is thinking. Am I right? P.s. Write me if I have mistakes
What is the purpose of the "a"s here?
Source/Book shown in the screenshot: "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
I canāt understand this sentence, someone can help me, please?!
Thereās 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 abilityā¦ I have no idea what the man means by this sentence, especially that part with capitals isnāt 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?
which my level of english?
wrote fast, just as thought: ļæ¼āwell letās start with a dark side, which revolve around theories that suddenly weāll be unemployment. FR, these glances throw moronic people, which absolutely donāt understand how AI work. that aināt kinda nuclear bomb in monkeyās hands, all that shit was produced by people. however it couldnāt fucked up if duded wonāt fucked up, feel me? so all this evolution ābout humanās adaptation, who couldnāt move through it and push it forward would be destroyed, damn, all life is about pushing and stumbling, either u walk and talk or u die. also here, about creativity and humanās unique, weāre not(however there aināt randomly shit in the word, allāll produce and born new and new things, aināt focus, just mechanics), i think, moreover i believe that human just a complicate mechanism, and heās complicating while he is alive, feel me? so the AI can contain the same logic. otherwise the āwhite pageā of AI is able to give us whether white then grey future, with +- stable situation. kinda iron man, figure? more white than black
How many grammar lessons are there in English?
Just wanna make sure that I didnāt miss anything.
Why Do āYesā and āNoā Seem Switched in Responses to Negative Questions?
I've noticed something interesting about how people respond to negative questions, and I'd love to get your insightsāespecially from English teachers! In a video I watched, a man was asked: "Do you like dogs?" He answered: "Yes." Then he was asked: "But you don't want to save one?" He responded: "Yes," meaning "No, I don't want to save one." Grammatically, this doesn't quite align with the rules I've learned, but it somehow feels natural. Another example I thought of is: "So you're not going to eat dinner?" "Yes." (Meaning: I'm not going to eat dinner.) "Aren't you going to eat dinner?" "No." (Meaning: I'm not going to eat dinner.) It feels like the response to negative questions sometimes flips the expected "yes" and "no." Is there a specific rule or nuance behind this? How should I understand this pattern, and are there better ways to respond to avoid confusion? Thanks in advance for your insights!
Why do we say āIām brokeā not āIām brokenā ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1ivnuxn/why_do_we_say_im_broke_not_im_broken/
Do I refer to a letter with he or it?
Iām practicing my English skills with Duolingo and it keeps correcting me, when I refer to āthe letterā with āitā. I thought that things are always gender neutral in English, so why is a a letter supposed to be āheā? Am I wrong and if yes, can someone explain why?