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

Advantages of working abroad Working abroad in a sunny and warm climate. That sounds good for many people who consider this step. Here are some advantages of working abroad. Firstly, you can learn a foreign language very well, when you are working

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

That doesn't mean you have to post 18 times. You shuda combined them into a single post. Since we're preaching up proper English here, please, don't post "kind-of-chat" language here. I don't belong to the set

Good evening, Mister Micawber, the pressure of other work has deterred me from replying to this message of yours as promptly as possible, so I intend to do it in the present post in order to shed light on some important questions.

The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

Hi, It's fine. The poor humble word 'got' is used in this way all the time in speech but tends to be sneered at a bit, and avoided, in formal situations. Clive

Hello, this is my first post here but I've been visiting the site for at least several months since I have found some very interesting discussions here. My question is going to be really complicated and it will take you some time to read