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Kooyeen  +  594689 Tue, 25 Nov 08 09:21 PM

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“Misunderstanding one another constantly suits the natives. I don't see why it shouldn't suit a non-native just as well.”


Hmm, what did you mean? I didn't mean to say non-natives should learn or be able to understand lots of different dialects perfectly... I just wanted to say that it seems there are a lot of different features to recognize, if a student is really interested. Of course that is true of American English too, but my impression was that BrE was more... non-homogeneous. Anyway, this was off-topic, sorry.
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MrPedantic  +  594751 Tue, 25 Nov 08 10:17 PM

Kooyeen
“ I didn't mean to say non-natives should learn or be able to understand lots of different dialects perfectly... ”

I should hope not! Mumbling and misapprehension are the secret keys to fluency in BrE.

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Anonymous, 188 days ago
The version of English I'm used to does not permit this. I'm from California. I think that in our dialect, the only time you can make a contraction using "have" is when "have" is used as a helping verb. For example,  "I have seen many people" can be turned into "I've seen many people."
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