By Idioms, Learning English

Hi, CalifJim,Actually, I do not know about it,I am still a learner who is working hard everyday on learning English...Anyway, thanks for your help, you guys.

Hi Osee,I don't understand what "saving Mother or Father question" means. It interests me to know and learn a new (to me) idiom. From what you've said I understand that, as a non-native speaker, you perceive the "I miss you... miss you a lot" do have "flirting" implication/connotation. That's...

In my opinion the phrase 'native speaker of English' gains more relevance when referred to in a specific context such as that of a non-native speaker of English like me, who lived for two thirds of my working life in a non-English speaking country, and all of a sudden my life changed dramatically...

hey guys. i just blundered over this homepage and as i`m presently learning english, i thought, this is a great idea. okay, to get to the point: i am learning two languages at the moment. one is, as you might guess, english. i want to get to a level where i can not just understand everything but...

Hi Mikaela, I think that it is more proper to practice english words than to study idioms The problem arises when learners are exposed to native speakers, who use idioms freely. I've had people say things to me like 'I've been learning English for 10 years, but when the person beside me on the...

Englishuser wrote:I couldn't agree more: English idioms and spellings tend to be difficult even for many a native speaker! I would also like to add that the size of the English lexion makes learning English relatively difficult. Just out of curiosity: What exactly do you try to sound like on...

Hi Cool Breeze, You wrote: What is difficult about English are the countless idioms and spelling.By the way, when I am abroad I try not to sound British or American even though I have been told that I am able to mimic the American accent quite well. I couldn't agree more: English idioms and...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

Anonymous wrote:Hello,I'm Andrea...I'm from Peru and I need some help to present a Research Project about slang...You're a native english speaker,aren't you?...If you are,tell me : do you think that a person who is learning english as a foreign language should learn how to use slang also? I...

Thanks for the props paco! I know the use of the articles is one of the most difficult aspect of learning English. That and the idioms. I know through personal experience since I am a Korean-American and I've been living in the U.S. since I was 13 years old. And let me just say that was a...