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People when start to learn English don't understand that some expressions, depending on the context, can vary of meaning. Instead of answer in doubts, people, in this forum, can ask for further information about the context; but it can bring some difficults; sometimes the person is in a hurry for...

Thanks to both of you for those explanations! I'm beginning to see, from this thread, how difficult it must sometimes be to learn English! Even with the advantage of being a native speaker! CJ To be even more cantankerous, does this use of "spot" have anything to do with the expression...

Nona The Brit wrote:And teacher Brian...what do people in Scotland, Wales and Ireland speak? That is exactly the point I am making! By simply using the expression 'native speaker of English' the jod advert was not clear. One of my students had been speaking Chinese-English for many years....

chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />> Hi, I'm soon going to applying to college and I need help on correcting my essay. Can someone look for any grammar mistake and see if any of my expression is little awakward. My family moved to chemas-microsoft-com:officemarttags" />U.S. from...

Hello AnonI guess you are asking about sentence structures. But I'd like to make some comments on your sentences in regards to their meaning. First of all, I'm afraid you might confuse "naught" and "naughty". "Naught" is commonly used to mean "nothing" (or "zero"), although it could mean "a...

Medusa171 wrote:Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and...

Hi michelle, I'm 24 year-old boy from Rome, Italy. I'll be really pleased to chat with you about slang and expressions in english i've lots of questions for you My msn contact is fabio_mazzocchetti@hotmail.com pay attention there's an underscore between "fabio" and "mazzocchetti", don't forget...

Thank you Deryaa…. I hope I am… Why not…I'll be glad to be your friend but don't hurry maybe I'll disappoint you Let that for the time, you are interested in body language, so you know how the human can be in several faces… I prefer the email way, not because I prefer that, let me explain...

Medusa171 wrote:Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and...

I've learned English from early school days, forgot a little about it and started to improve it again some years ago. What a good thing to do! It seems to be the global language at this time, and why not, at least it has to be one...For me as a German it is quite normal to learn English (and...