Does it always have to be like that? I'm asking for the condensed quick speak version.... I mean when I'm chatting online I think it's okay to just say: Hey, you speak to mom recently? Or Hey, you spoke to mom

Are there any examples where we mix and match present tense, past tense, or even future tenses? I think I've recently heard some and it's messing my logic up. Or ppl around me were just not speaking proper English?

That's the general idea. Part of "hearing" what people say -- in any language -- is anticipation. I'll say ! In my native language, when I hear someone say something real fast, I hafta guess what was said, and usually my guess

Hi I'm from Thailand and looking to make friends to chat in English. I want to study abroad. I'm studying engineering. I love playing guitar maybe we can share some views and experiences about these things.

I don't hear the words "Can I" clearly by any means. However, I hear two quick, "swallowed" sounds there that would be pretty typical for a question beginning with "Can I" in everyday spoken English. For me the

"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

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Sorry, you beat me! ". . . live by/with/under this anachronism," as we would say "live by/with/under this law."

Thanks. But what would be the right thing to say?

Hi, We live in a period of time. An anachronism is not a period of time, but rather some quality or characteristic of that period which is fundamentally out of sync with the rest of it. So I don't think "We are living in an