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Question - how do I begin to understand the language of Shakespeare (and English poetry at large?)
For almost 15 years, I almost exclusive use English in all my walks of life, yet I simply have never read Shakespeare (and other poets) because their language is simply incomprehensible to me, and I don't understand where I can even learn it (dictionaries don't help). Examples: 1) *your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty* (what is "to admit discourse to sth"?) 2) *Could beauty have better commerce than with honesty?* (what is "o have better commerce than with sth"?). And so on. Literally every line is such that I simply cannot read. Is there a translation into simple English? Or is nobody interested anyway if he can't read that text already?
Is the sentence "where them girls at" grammarly correct?
I was listening to the song "where them girls at" and was wondering if it's the correct sentence
Why is this question considered ‘awful English’?
What is the proper way to ask that same question?
Test for taiwanese highschool teachers.
How hard are these words for regular native speakers? I only recognize a few lol. Btw, is it normal that when I do these questions, I might not necessarily know what a word means, but I just know it's the correct answer and what it makes the sentence mean?
Shouldn't it be "stands"?
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Native Speakers- How hard is it to actually master English?
hi ! exactly what the title says. i want to know how hard it is to truly master English. I attempted my IELTS and got a fairly good score (band 8.0+) but i still struggle to grasp the language despite that. it's always been a dream to master a language and as i, as a student frequently participate in events that require the main medium of communication to be english ( MUNs, public speaking, workshops etc.) i do want to be able to fully grasp the scope of the language itself. any tips or words of advice i can take ?
Do we pronounce the "h" in this particular case?
"It was going in his direction" Do we drop the "h" or not?
Do those sentences depend of the context?
I understand that the second sentence implies that the father die and thats why the action doesn't continue (by the meme of course). But native speakers automatically think like that or you would say that u need more context and so you think that the father did something and that's it? I'm trying to understand if the meaning by sentences like that (without the image of course) could be misinterpreted
Five alternatives to 'because'
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laughing in English is strange to me
so, in my country (Brazil) we laugh using "kkkkkkkk" or "kakakakakak" etc, and the classic "hahahaha" that is used in english, in my mind sounds like a villain laugh, and this is so strange to me, just want to share this difference