Community Discussions
Is inversing the phrase “I have not played the piano” into “Not have I played the piano” grammatically correct?
I learned this in English class. I’m not from an English speaking country
Does “social butterfly” have negative connotation?
My friend just told me that this phrase usually conveys disapproval. Is this true? I’ve got mixed results when consulting Google
Saw a debate on the pronunciation of one and won being the same. Are they the same?
I feel like at the end of "won", the mouth is a bit wider than "one"
Does "amount of drinks" sound stupid in English?
Hi all, I recently submitted a video assignment for my masters. It was a counseling session with a fake client presenting with an alcohol use problem. Before submitting, I noticed that I kept repeating " reduce the amount of drinks". I included this quote in my essay, and Word highlighted it as a mistake, suggesting a "number of drinks" instead. Is it considered to be a really stupid mistake in English?
"Evidence" is pronounced as "eh-vidence" or "ih-vidence"?
I'm a 10th grade student from the Philippines, and this particular word bothers me. I pronounce the word evidence as its American pronunciation, but my English teacher pronounce it as "ih-vidence". I browsed the web, and it looks like the correct pronunciation is "eh-vidence". Why does my teacher and even my classmates say that it's the correct pronunciation?
Is “costed” correct?
I just heard someone use it in a sentence and realized I’ve heard a few people use it on social media platforms. As a past tense, is it correct?
Lyrics - Should we own this mistake? How bad is it?
Hi everyone. I have a band and none of us are native speakers. We recorded this song which we really like and just 1 week ahead of its release we realised we've made an english mistake. We mixed two phrases: "Going to end" and "coming to an end" and the result was: "It seems like this is going to an end. Going to an end. Going to an end." Again, for us, no native English speakers it sounded correct but of course we failed since we did not double check. Lesson learned! Unfortunately we can not re-record this part or the song with the singer anymore for multiple reasons. We need to release it as it is. The only thing I could do is to write "coming to an end" in the lyrics regardless what he says in the record. But I don't think this will convince people (the part is scream vocals tho so it could work...) But tell me. How bad is it for a native speaker? Thank you!! Edit: typos
Past tense verbs for swim, run, and jump.
I've always been confused by the past tense for jump. After you swim, you say that you swam. After you run, you say that you ran. After you jump, I would think that you jamp. Why do we replace the 'i' and 'u' with an 'a' for swim and run, but not jump?
Is it acceptable to use “could” with a specific event? For instance, “I could make it to the party yesterday.” “I hope I could get a higher grade last term.” “I hope I could swim last year.”
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Can you guys give me a slang/informal words that you think are essentials or you think that non speaker would never heard of this type of words?
Not like brainrot words like huzz, rizz, goon, kai cenat, skibidi etc. It should be something like red mist, aint, wanna, gonna, lowkey etc. Like informal words that you have to know (it can be complex or never heard before)