Online speaking ? Reading ? I think need more practice but it impossible in country where not using this language.

Instead of saying 'you are not welcome' we should say 'you are illcome'. It makes for a nice, satisfying symmetry. It might not have that much usage, but what do you think?

Which one sounds more like an option becoming available that B has the freedom to choose to do given the condition being completed in the following conversation?

A: What are you going to do after the meeting?

B: The forecast says the weather will get better soon. If it stops raining, I___play baseball in the park on Tuesday night.

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Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but is there a name for the kind of voice that you hear with people/characters like Harold Ramis, Ray Romano, Kermit the Frog, and so on?

Just as most of us know, the way “suppose” is pronounced is /səˈpəʊz/ (British accent). But is there any likelihood that the syllable “po” in this word sounds a bit similar to /pə/ when the speaker rushes a little bit?

Guys, please listen to this link. This is the BBC program. My English teacher gave me the task to listen this text and say what common between this text and Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song. Seems like the common should be in pronunciation. Please help me!! Thanks) Link on the audio you can find in comments

Let's say I just had a surgery and someone from my family is going to be in the hospital with me while I recover. This person is going to sleep on a couch next to me and help me going to the bathroom, eat and so on. I won't pay anything to this person. Is "caretaker" a natural word to describe this person?

I found this Riddle and its so hard to read. This is what I have so far. I would appreciate any help!

The Rich Man Grew Weary of Fortunes And Ease

He Turned To His Vessel And Head For The Seas

Departed From Land His Luck Felt Ashore

His ? Granted Yet He Still Wanted More

See, The Rich Mans Sea Legs Were Assumed At A Cost

Used To Pushing His Limits, The Rich Man Got Lost

To Make Matters Worse, For The Ships Inner Chest

Sparks Leapt From The Hold As Flames Swallowed The Rest

A Blaze From Within, As If Out Of The Air

Its Cause Fell ? But We Knew It Was There

For Three Days He Drifted No Corpse To Be Found

The Water His ? As Ash Settled Down

A Charred ? Adrift Off The Vast Ocean East

Returned By The Tide To The Land It Knew Least

? North ? Leaves And West A Quarter Wide

You Will Find It Is Nearby Where I Also Reside

Say for example, my nan told me and my girlfriend that the shop was closed - and then I’m in a room with my girlfriend and my mum. I then say to my girlfriend ‘She said the shop was closed today, my nan’ - would this be correct or incorrect English

Hi everyone. I've been studying English for 5 months, but I still don't know the difference between that, this and it in use. So, what is the difference? Thanks in advance.

I tilted my head when I realized that "show", in the context of TV for example, can refer to the program overall as well as a single episode of that program. That is, it makes the same amount of sense to say “today on the Ed Sullivan Show” as it does to say “on today’s Ed Sullivan show”.

“Podcast” and “program”, by the same token, seem to behave the same. A radio "program" is on the air every day in a certain time slot, and Tuesday's broadcast was one of its "programs". Your history "podcast" releases every week, and last Thursday's "podcast" was about ancient Rome.

It's kludgy, but I also squeezed "exhibition" in there very conditionally. "The gallery's rotating exhibition will last through the end of September, and this weekend's exhibition features George's latest scupltures." Kludgy because in the latter case you'd more likely call it an "exhibit" or a "display".

For a minute it felt like there were only examples from media, but a friend noted that "class" works the same way, as in: "This year's math class is fun. In today’s class we learned about permutations."

So far it seems like the few instances I could think of were examples of events that are in some way ongoing, where a single instance of that event can be called the same thing as the overall series of events.

I thought about "synecdoche" and "metonymy", but that’s not quite what I’m after. Is there a term for words that name an entire entity as well as a single instance of that entity? Are there some things that behave that way?

Hi there. Can someone explain me what's the difference between to be going to and present continuous? For example: I'm going to get a new haircut I'm getting a new haircut Is there difference in these sentences?

(used as a noun and as a verb)

It's a strip of color A, then color B and then color A, and so on.

https://preview.redd.it/1pjxsqyythyd1.png?width=1100&format=png&auto=webp&s=789c92f6a38a4280b5236f4f617346860e8024c7

Everyone, anyone, someone, vs everybody, anybody, somebody, is there any difference? I have slightly noticed that the -one construction tends to be more commonly British and somewhat more formal, whereas the -body construction tends to be more commonly American and somewhat more informal and more prevalent online.

How would you interpret the following sub question from an insurance form?

Any injury, disease or disorder of the back, neck, knee, shoulder or other joint, bone, muscle, tendon or ligament condition, including arthritis or gout?

The disagreement comes from how it is written.

My understanding: Injury, disease or disorder of the back, neck, knee or shoulder, or a medical condition relating joints, bones, tendons or ligaments.

My partners understanding: Injury, disease, disorder or condition of any of the listed body parts.

Basically, would a broken finger from an injury need to be reported here based on this wording?

Also, secondary disagreement: Are “injury” and “condition” technically the same thing or fundamentally different?

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Is there a word for talking about something that was made into something else because others said it was that.

Example: You have a group that have certain values, others outside the group make them out to be the opposite of what they are, so those that are the opposite way join that group because of what others said, and ultimately make the group into the opposite way.

I don’t know if this makes sense but it’s the only way I can describe it.

While preparing for my exam, I stumbled across a grammar unit that mentioned "Noun phrases." I read it but it seems to have so many exceptions and almost nothing is clearly defined. Should I learn this grammar part or with continual practice I will build the necessary vocabulary.

Anyone willing to review my recent essay submission via pm? It is a comparative analysis of Hamlet and Oedipus Rex:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ndKb3IeJeon6KHAh9qBkqlWh1Of-VkJ7l35mTePFvZ4/edit?usp=sharing