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For me the most difficult part is undoubtedly spelling. I can handle most common words but when I have to spell maneuverability, I hit a dictionary. Especially if I have to be sure I'll be using the correct British or American spelling.Pronunciation, rising and falling intonations and things...

Francesca wrote:For example: the word 'plus' is Latin, so it must be pronounced as 'pl-oo-s', at least in Italy! Most people pronounce it in the English way, because they really think it's an English word or simply that the English pronounciation is better Hi FrancescaMost interesting! As I am...

I would write: 1.Sara bought some apples, oranges and grapes from the store. Because a comma before an and sounds to me like a repetition since 'and' is already something which 'breaks' the sentence The second sounds fine to me! Some advice if you don't mind:1. try to put different titles to...

I think that there are two issues being confused here with 'standard' English. Standard English with regards to grammar and so on, and a standard English accent. We may speak a regional (non-standard) English accent (this is what the only 12-15% figure is talking about) but most people still use...

ok.. I would just like to clarify something - I do in fact make my students aware that zero is commonly pronounced as the letter 'O'. I teach to German people, most of whom are already aware of this due to years of English courses in school, etc.. In German, the word for 'zero' is 'Null' and...

Speaking in terms of English grammar: when writing, how does one abbreviate the formal title "Maestro"?While I'm eager to know if there is a correct manner in which to abbreviate the above term, it also occurs to me at this time that it may be a matter of referencing the original language, or...

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

well first i'll explain.i'm french 21 years old .have trouble with grammar .i need to re-education myself in english grammar .i just forgot alot. i just don't want to be treated like a moron. ok.parts of speech i know them very well. my biggest problems area are punctuation & spelling . so...

mistakes in your texts If remember 1000 2000 English words and understand essential grammar I think

Hello Julielai Thank you for the link. I had known the website when I put the previous posting. That project is really excellent, but I feel its modern translation is too elaborate to parse the original text grammatically. What I found better in this respect is this one, but it is also a bit...