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There is THIRty, then there is THIRteen. So if there is TWENty, why is 12 twelve instead of "twenteen?"
Who chose 12 to be twelve instead of "twenteen" and how come?
What is "背心" called in English? Photo attached.
I did some research on it and can't have desirable answer. So I just leave a question here. Is it really called "vest"? If so, then what is the third picture called? [https://www.langsbook.com/post/qmjwqwghmakjjokqrb](https://www.langsbook.com/post/qmjwqwghmakjjokqrb) https://preview.redd.it/y2qdl617v7qe1.jpg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13cc783c1e1d43b0547cda69f1256b5171c493f6 https://preview.redd.it/sfuq6oc6w7qe1.jpg?width=1120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0cc74036897889bb1c3e2f812c843b427332ee9 https://preview.redd.it/mb0nmjv5v7qe1.jpg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2ea0e5cec4e09815576e7f48b927f258b1a0800
Why “is” using here?
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How do you pronounce “of the” and “or” sound in US accent
so this is two separate questions but when it comes to “ of the” i always stumble over bc of the transition of f to th. “or” i meant inside of words like wORd, or wORk Thank you everyone! have a nice day:)
Made Fun of For Using Grammar (Not Joking)
Just today, someone made fun of me for using grammar in-game chat and on Discord. I couldn't really make sense of this since it doesn't make any sense to me. I am not a native speaker of English; English is my second language, but now it is the only language I communicate in. After being made fun of, I tried to make sense of why I "chose" to type with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. And I tried rationalizing it like this: In high school and college, I wrote many essays and always got B+ and A's on those essays. So after many years of writing essays for school, I've gotten more used to typing in proper grammar, punctuation and spelling. This is not exactly an isolated incident since even then, the people I communicated with asked me why I typed in proper grammar, punctuation and spelling. Is this just me????????????
Why is it ‘the car ride’ not ‘a car ride’
This might be a dumb question but article usage really confuses me😭 would it be grammatically wrong if it said ‘a car ride’ instead of ‘the car ride’?
What does "Molester" "Molest" mean in english?
Apparently it haves another meaning that is not "annoying". Can you please help :)
Actor vs actress, when talking about a woman acting
The English-speaking world is getting more and more rid of unnecessarily gendered nouns, something I personally see as a good thing. For example, we talk about fire fighters rather than firemen, and spokesperson instead of spokes(wo)man. And some other examples I can't conjure right now. But I've seen that there is at least one are that is stuck: I often see female actors being generally called actresses rather than just actors. It's not annoying to me, but seeing the other development, it strikes as odd. Why term "actress" is still in use? Why gendering?
How often do Americans use the stucture adjective + though + noun/pronoun + verb?
https://preview.redd.it/ufjkackh4she1.png?width=887&format=png&auto=webp&s=e50210b9c73f6bf9d001d81cf21fb323999dd4d9 Hi, I'm still going through the Grammar in Use. So I found this rule. To me, this structure seems strange (the first example on the screen) since I haven't seen anyone on the Internet use it. Do Americans use it from time to time?
Does this sentence make actual sense? (That "than someone else" part looks unnatural)
https://i.redd.it/zx6k525zakhe1.png