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Hi guys!! Koyeen, CJ and verybody else So Kooyeen ,, looks like both of are trying very hard to aim the very goal, that very dream and that is to sound just like American English Native Speakers. Well,, I think I did it, in fact ,everyone that hears me speaking English thinks I'm...

Hi Thorhath,it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,...But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"? Do you mean the phonetic? If so, then I'd say, that French and English don't...

So anyone moving to America would be wise to learn American English - the native language. Actually, in some instances learning RP would actually be better. If you can speak with a nearly perfect RP accent, you will be perceived as being a native speaker of British English, on this side of the...

Anonymous wrote: coburn----------------- This is for all users of Indian English: Please speak SLOWLY when calling business partners in Europe and the US. Most people I know have a hard time understanding people from India. Sometimes it took me more than ten seconds to figure out they were...

Hi Kanonathena, You asked: Should we use gotten here or is this way of using got is only allowed in speaking English? get, got, got (AmE gotten) As you can see above, 'gotten' is American English. It's no longer standard in British English to use 'gotten'. So the choice is yours; yet I'd like...

Corrections - I suppose it depends on how powerful a country is, and not simply because it's American. Nowadays the U.S.A is the most powerful and is also a very rich country, many people the world over want to learn its language. If America was a small and poor country, then this would not be...

Reapply to inissial poughst. (though - poughst!) Is this "arogant", or is it "arrogant", or is it "a-row-guant"? To ask the question is to answer it! The united statesians kept that trait from their "fore farthers". As did the Quanadians. With enuff information (spoken in French gives...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

Hi guysI have no intention to offend anyone, but the article below is the one I found online. Do you believe this is a true story?The use of "the" in terms like "going to hospital/the hospital" is usually ascribed to the influence of Irish English on the American language in the 19th century....