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how many years do I need to sound and write like a native?
I'm was rated B1 level at seventeen, but I didn't practice in two years. I want to improve my english to native level, any tips?
Is this a mistake?
I've never seen the word "Opportunity" with only one P.
How to get better at writing?
Hey all, I am happy with my speaking / reading and listening level of English. I got a 7.5, 7.0 and 8.0 in IELTS in those areas (C1). But my writing is a 6.0, and honestly, it seriously is bad. Especially the last 2 years since ChatGPT got introduced I constantly use AI to fix my sentences even if its a basic email. My question is, how does one get better at writing? How do you even practice it?
The context is I ran into my friend at school.
1.”I just finished my math class.” 2.”I just came from my math class.” 3.”my math class just finished.” 4. “I just got out of my math class” Which sounds natural? Thanks.
Grammar check, just one sentence.
The sentence : "I love it whenever I succeed in clearly expressing my intended thought in English." How would you guys write it? This is not awkward right ?
What does "ugly duckling" mean?
What does the ugly duckling mean like when they say this is the ugly duckling of the family or when someone says this is a real ugly duckling story
as....as was not a problem
Hey native speakers as I said in the title it was not a problem for me until seeing a weird sentence including 4 as. I'm so confused and can not handle it. The sentence is "Thanks to sophisticated sensors that will all but eliminate collisions, as many as eight times as many cars will be packed onto highways as can currently be accomodated safely." Firstly, I don't have any problem for as adverb as or as adjective as but can we put a sentence into "as...as", like the example? Secondly, can I write this like "As many as eight times as many cars as can currently be accomodated safely will be packed onto highways" Last but not least: I could not understand which "as" attached to other "as" help me make it look easy
i native sothern accent?
some say i speaking sothern accent. Rate the accent its native sothern?
What are 'SWEETS' called in British English? (food with a lot of sugar in it - ice cream, cakes, pies, percy pigs etc.)?
Hello everyone, I've done some research, and I feel like 'sweets' in British English doesn't really mean 'food with a lot of sugar in it' like ice cream, cakes, etc. It might mean 'sweet food eaten at the end of a meal', though. Am I right? I would really appreciate your thoughts, wonderful people. Thank you very much!
What gives it away?
Hi, Hello, Welcome I come from a non native English speaking country and by those around me I've been told that I speak English well. My whole life I've believed that I had a non discernible English accent, however one go of the **Oracle Accent** and suddenly I'm questioning all of that. Id like to have a non discernible English accent. There isn't much of a deep reason behind that. I think it would be cool. So if you can, help me understand what gives it away, and how I can improve upon my accent so that it doesn't sound discernible. I listened to the audio, and oh boy there's a lot of lip smacking. Sorry about that. [https://voca.ro/1ojeaYFiuAm6](https://voca.ro/1ojeaYFiuAm6) here's a clip of me talking Thanks in advance! **Transcription:** \[Lip smack\] Hi, Hello, Welcome \[Audio strangely decreases\] I'm new around here. I tried accent oracle the other day. Its uh... thing where you *sss*ay a sentence and then an AI guesses where you're from. I was crushed... It guessed first try exactly where I was from **just** from my accent. And I thought I had a pretty good- \[relives pain\] -non discernible English accent. So it crushed me a bit... Uhhmm, I'm hoping that someone... uh (well) to see if... \[Nervous exhale\] anyone can explain to me what it is that's discernible about my accent and if anyone can even guess, where I'm from based of my accent. I hope to learn what **exactly** is giving it away. \[Lip smacks\] Now I'm gonna read some things here! \[Obligatory throat clear before reading\] *A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives* ***precisely*** *when he means to. - (Gandalf, Fellowship of the ring.)* *Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. - (Gandalf, Also Fellowship of the ring.)* *All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. - (Gandalf, also also Fellowship of the ring.)* \[Pause\] There you go, my mouths a bit dry I hope that doesn't... Impact anything. **End of transcription**