By Conversations, British people

.I have underlined some problem areas. There is a tension in Western society between people who think that everyone should have legal equality and people who think that we have to make people equal in every way. Most English people share the first view whereas most of the French share the second...

Hello, I have to do an essay and I would appreciate if you could tell me if the the sentences are grammatically correct. The topic is: The British poet and essayist Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) once wrote:“As to the duty of pursuing equality, there is no such consent among us. Indeed,...

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have used an intonation stress to emphasise those...

SillyMe wrote:There is no need to improve an accent. Sometimes some work on pronunciation is required, but no more than that. Everyone should just make sure that he could be understood and that is enough. I've seen a lot of people who thought they were fluent in the language enough to imitate a...

3) How did the incident affect Rene and what did she learn from it? Rene seemed to be slightly hurt “I thought that was so rude after making that effort” and rather surprised by her attitude In literary usage, you might find adjectives presented thus; but in ordinary usage, you would be more...

Dear teachers, I have done the work again and answered the comprehension questions. Would you please have a look at it and give me your corrections? QUESTIONS: 1) How does Rene describe the old lady? “a crusty old stick” + “This is going to be a bit of an effort, and I plucked up courage and...

Dear teachers, Would you please correct my answers? But before that I’d like to ask you if I understood the meaning of the underlined expressions or ideas. Furthermore, I’d like to ask British teachers if they confirm what she says about the “British thing” and give me more elements about this...

This is interesting. Anyway, we haven't get an opinion from a British English speaker yet. But if I get it right, when Americans watch British movies, they watch them in British English (that is, they watch the original movies, as thet were made). And British people watch American movies in...

It's interesting to see the conversation between Americans and British people in terms of expressing time. I 've learned, thanks. LCChang

QUOTE: I am living in Saudi Arabia, which there are few native English speakers it is hardly to find them easily. There are lots of English people in Riyadh. If you live in or near Riyadh you should be able to find English companies. Speak to them and tell them that you want to practice speaking...