Community Discussions
"I'm dumb, aren't I?" vs "I'm dumb, ain't I?"
I can't get why so many people consider "ain't" as bad English while "aren't I" as a tag question is considered totally correct grammar. Do you use only "aren't I" as a tag question for the first person? As an English learner, should I never use "ain't"?
Is there a word that sounds offensive or weird in English from your first language?
The word that means 'you are' in Korean sounds like the N word. One of my biggest fear is getting stoned to death socially by humming a song containing that word mindlessly... π
"Parents paid for my college" meaning
If someone tells you that their parents paid for their college degree, do you assume that their parents paid money out of savings/cashflowed the tuition, or that their parents took out thousands in debt for their child under their name, so they pay off the student loans for years later instead of their child? Which one is more likely, since no one seems to clarify which one.
Is the word "float" used with aircraft/airplanes? I thought "float" was more used with ships, boat, etc. How do I use the word "float"?
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American English vs English Britain
I want to use British English instead of American English. Wonβt this be a problem? Since there are words that are the same but have different meanings?
Can we still use the word "tweet" now that Twitter has been rebranded as X?
If not, what should we call a post/entry on X? Simply a post?
Help!! What is this called?
Hello! I'm trying to do some homework and I need to write the name of this: It's for baking! Any help would be very helpful,thank you!
How do you read β540β here? Five forty? Thanks.
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Which language do you think is the furthest from English?
In other words, which language makes its native speakers face the greatest challenge when learning English, or vice versa?
How do you call the person who is ignorant/unskilled in his work?
Hello, everyone! We have an amazing word in Russian "ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΆΠΎΠΏ", it literally can be translated as "someone with his arms growing out of the ass". This is a completely unskilled, clumsy and ignorant peson, doing his work with terrible results, and he goes "I did it for the whole my life" or "It will be fine anyway". I discovered the word "cack-handed" but don't sure if it outdated. How do you call this peson?