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Re: AMERICANS PLEASE HELP!!

First of all, you need some grammar too, because I noticed typical Asian mistakes, or non native constructions anyway.Here's the best tips I can give you:1 - Get a grammar book, and read it, learning the most common structures. "English grammar in use" by Cambridge University Press...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 75 days ago Vowels Accents Accent Training American accents Grammar English grammar Universities Constructions
Re: can't;can

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 different British accents, the RP norm is /kɑː nt/. there is...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Anonymous 180 days ago Accents Pronunciation Numbers Grammar English grammar Negations
Re: Which of the following dictionaries would you recommend?...

Hi,my English is not good at all, really, but I'm improving. If you want to know how I improved and how I'm improving, then... let's just say I used to read some stuff in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan and English Grammar in Use (Cambridge University Press), but then I stopped relying on...

Topic of the Moment! by Kooyeen 318 days ago Universities Accents Vocabulary Grammar American accents English grammar Accent Training
Re: Language-related misunderstandings

I took a summer job in England to learn English after I had graduated from school. My duties included serving drinks from the hotel pub to people who preferred to have their drinks in the lounges next to Reception. I had been there just a few days and was getting accustomed to many things that...

Topic of the Moment! by Cool Breeze 1 yr 11 days ago Accents Vocabulary Learn English Grammar English grammar
Re: Standard English is an elitism of one sort, do you agree?

I think that there are two issues being confused here with 'standard' English. Standard English with regards to grammar and so on, and a standard English accent. We may speak a regional (non-standard) English accent (this is what the only 12-15% figure is talking about) but most people still use...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by nona the brit 1 yr 195 days ago Regards Grammar Accents Dialects Spelling English grammar Glottals
Re: Native-speaker intuition.

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Cool Breeze 1 yr 272 days ago Nouns Tenses Grammar Accents Idioms Spelling Inflections Vocabulary Present tenses Literature English grammar American accents
Re: ways to imrpove my english

Friendshipz wrote:hi all, i am from singapore, currently studying in polytechnic, in other terms if i am not wrong, it is called a college. i came from a chinese speaking family,where i speak chinese all the time at home which makes this one of the main reason why i am not fluent in english,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 1 yr 273 days ago Grammar Sentence structures Intonations English grammar Learning English Accents Pronunciation

Re: :::::: HOW TO SPEAK AND LEARN EGNLISH ::::

Part I: Want to 'neutralise' your accent? Many deserving candidates lose out on job opportunities because of their vernacular accent. Can I 'neutralise' my accent? Yes, you can. All you need to do is train yourself to speak English as comfortably and perfectly as you speak your mother...

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Re: GIRLFRIEND-TO-BE

1. For wife-to-be/husband-to-be we typically use "fiance(e)." The version with a single "e" is for a male and the version with two is for a female. Note that there's an accent over the first "e" which I can't post because the forum doesn't allow the use of copy/paste (English keyboards don't have...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Thethenothere123 2 yr 126 days ago Grammar Verbs Conversations Expressions English grammar Accents
Re: Inferior dialects?

I am not quite close to 'homeless'. I am living at my aunt's home because my granny invited 3 of her siplings to stay... aiya, according to my parents this is going to last 2 weeks or more. I am currently using my uncle's PC just to get here and take a look at what you say. Though I cannot come...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Randy_Tam 2 yr 213 days ago Essays Universities Grammar Accents Dialects Genders Phonetics Literature English grammar Jokes Formal letter Formal letters IELTS