By Speak english, Idioms

Compare these examples:Present your case now, or else you won't have a chance.Speak now, or else forever hold your peace. Be careful, or else you will make a mess.With these examples:Be there on time or else!Drop your gun or else!Give me your wallet or else!Speak English or else!

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...

Milky wrote:That is because you, though claiming your thoughts on the matter of English and easiness are subjective, seem to want us all to agree with you. Your posts on the matter, before you began backpedaling, seemed insistent that you were right, on a gemeral level, about English.I would...

La Rose wrote:me also i have proble in Listening .....but i began by good book called "Speak English Like An American " Amy Gillett its wonderful book to improve ur listening , pronounciation & know every day langauge. I get difficult to listen from BBC now because am just begginer Hi La...

Hi KooyeenThere is nothing to forgive! I am certainly not in the least offended by your post. In fact, I enjoyed reading it tremendously! I even agree with you to some extent on some of the points you made. I am the first person to admit that my knowledge of English isn't as good as that of a...

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...

I've read Peter Pan and Wendy. And found some idioms that I don't understand. What's it means in the sentence "Mrs.Darling was married in white." I thinks it's not mean that she wear white clothes isn't it? Please let me know. (I'm in the country that don't speak english in common life) Thanks...

Anonymous wrote: Hello! You should read more books. This way you can build up your vocabulary as well as idiom, phrasal verb and the like. I usually spend 1 hours everyday reading book or short stories that I have bought from bookstore. My favorite books are Thoughts and Notions, Cause and...

Hello! You should read more books. This way you can build up your vocabulary as well as idiom, phrasal verb and the like. I usually spend 1 hours everyday reading book or short stories that I have bought from bookstore. My favorite books are Thoughts and Notions, Cause and effect and Tooth and...

Listen to this radio station.... www.vaughanradio.com it's broadcasting from Madrid (Spain) but it's run by Richard Vaughan, an american teacher devoted to language learning for many years. They're giving English lessons all day long at an understandable pace, and all the time focusing on...