I agree with Planet Hopper on this one. Both choices are valid depending on the context.

Yes, this also happens to me. I have been receiving notifications from Vocabulary and Idioms, Speech and Pronunciation, but never from General English Grammar.

Well, I quoted Chuck Berry: «Now you can't catch me, baby you can't catch me 'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze» «The notifications work fine from this thread for me as well. But not from

i. Observe the mouth movements of those who speak English well and try to imitate them. When you are watching television, observe the mouth movements of the speakers. Repeat what they are saying, while imitating the intonation and rhythm of

Hi, according the British rules it isn't correct to use can't, there is only cannot. This is not accurate. Most Britons use the contracted form "can't" in rapid and informal speech. The British pronunciation differs somewhat between

Christanford wrote: When watching American dramas, I have trouble distinguishing between "can't" and "can". How are they different in terms of pronunciation? I sometimes can guess from the context, but when people say something like " I can't not

IvonneViovy wrote: Hello! That is a great forum! I am preparing myself for an application (one has to speak German, Spanish and English) My Spanish is very good..because it is my mother tongue, my German is good because I have been

Hello! That is a great forum! I am preparing myself for an application (one has to speak German, Spanish and English) My Spanish is very good..because it is my mother tongue, my German is good because I have been living here for almost 10

Milky wrote: Cool Breeze, is there any concrete evidence which shows that English was any more difficult to learn in the past than it is now? I don't think I can answer that question. There is only evidence that English grammar was more

The reason English is so difficult is because it's such a mishmosh language. Like a bad school-cafeteria casserole, it's got bits and pieces derived from many different languages, both existing and dead. It's primarily German, French, Latin, and