I see that native speakers "just guess" very often. That's the general idea. Part of "hearing" what people say -- in any language -- is anticipation. The more familiar you are with a language, the better you can anticipate

Speaking from experience, Yes, it is possible for non-native learners to develop the ability to think in English. The key word is "develop". One must be disciplined and determined during the process. I deliberately found a job 15 miles

I think this article basically has sound grammar and a natural tone. I made a few A few minor suggestions for comparison. Hope it helps . William Caxton introduced printing in to England around 1477 ( no comma) when he set up his press in

I don't fully understand what a contraction is. So if I put an 's, 'll, 'd, 've, etc after any word does it make it a contraction? Only in spoken English. But in written English, some contractions are not usually written that

You definitely would not use "that" if you are referring to something that you know is fact. Hi, was there a mistake there? Did you mean "You definitely would not use IF"? Well, what I was saying is that I suspected that

Ok, thanks for that MM, when you say South London, does that mean that North London dialect differs substantially from that and how exactly? Best regards Ivan

South London, but "The Only Fools characters speak in a special language, some of which is Cockney Rhyming slang and some of which are pure inventions sprung from the mind of Derek Trotter. From time to time Del also employs some unique foreign

Very interesting. Phonemes helped me a lot, but if I had known the expression "un" I might have understood correctly. From Longman: (BrE spoken) a short form of 'one', used to say that someone or something is good, bad etc. As

Apon is a Middle English spelling of upon . Many u- prefixes were spelt a- in Middle English. However after spellings were standardised, the a- prefix largely fell out of use. The correct spelling in Modern English is upon . Although, in many

Are you sure they speak standard American or British English? It sounds like it might be from a sort of dialect of English. Where I live nobody puts that pronoun there. The only meaning it might have, to my ear, is a sort of enthusiastic emphasis,