By Expressions, Learning English

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

"instances of ironic speech" "conversational irony" My problem in trying to make sense of this is that I've never thought of a sentence (or even a statement or an expression) as being ironic. I think of situations as ironic. (It may fall to people to point out the...

Hi,I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory, and...

Needless to say, I'm learning English as a 2nd language. One of my difficulties concerns "expressions", I find that I really have to learn all aspects of the expression before I feel confident to use it, such as its origin, the corelation among each key words and of course the exact...

Hi Jackson, 1: We say, "I'm learning English; I'm studying the English language." You could say, "This is an English Language Dictionary," but you'd say, "This is a dictionary of the English language. Are you gonna make me tell you why? I hope not! And yes, your example is incorrect with no...

Hi beloved members! Could you please proofread my writing. I do expect that you will give some general comments in terms of word choice, expression, and structure. It seems that I am too demanding but it will help me to see if my writing has been improved or not. Thank you very much! Care and...

Hi, Actually, I am learning English and wanna improve my expression in any kind of writing. So I want someone to comment on this in terms of using the language, not in terms of content or emotion. Could you please help me?

I've used both audio and video in my classes. I prefer to use older movies, because the pronunciation tends to be clearer, although some of the expressions may be out of date. I sometimes use TV show episodes because they are shorter. Music can be difficult, and once again, I think older songs...

Pieanne wrote:I think "he made me angry" is the most frequent expression, though "he got me angry" is more used than "he got me happy" And I, as a native speaker, have absolutely no idea why that is true, but it is. Just one of the joys of learning English!

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