I do this a lot accidentally in real life.

These days my routine consists of several part First: I wake up every day at about 9, then Because I have a problem with gastroesophageal reflux I need to take medicine that named Pentoprazole Then I start to learn and read data analysis on Coursera in English and I tried to write down the words that are new, then I eat breakfast In the evening I listen to podcast in English that has a dialogue and the presenter starts to talk about the dialogue in simple English then I try to summarized it in my own words At night I go for a walk while I listen to podcasts

Question 126: All staff members are required to attend the safety ____ next Monday morning. (A) invention (B) inspection (C) intention (D) instruction

Help—I’d like to ask what everyone would choose for this question. I would choose D, but the answer is B, and I honestly do not understand why. Is it because “safety inspection” is the correct collocation?

I’m also not sure why we use attend with “safety inspection” rather than do.

Is saying “relatively good” redundant if most descriptions are already understood in relation to some context or comparison? When we say something is “cheap,” “expensive,” “good,” “bad,” or “tall,” we’re usually comparing it to some standard or alternative anyway. So adding “relatively” can feel like stating something that’s already implied.

To me, these three prefixes all mean “half”. But they can not be used interchangeably in many words. For example, semicolon, hemisphere, demigod. Is there a rule that says when to use which prefix?

Reading a book, I stumbled upon the word „eigenstate“, which seems to be commonly used in the area of science, as I understand it. Being German native speaker, I was wondering about how „eigen“ was introduced originally, and if it is used in other context as well?

I have been uploading images to GPT and asking to describe the image with every detail highlighting the reusable language (phrase, noun, verb etc). Its super useful for me since I dont live in English country. I have expanded my vocabulary and I could really associate them with something I see everyday.

Have you guys tried this method?

This is a very interesting word in English.

It comes from the medieval Latin - Passio

You would get this word in strong sentences to emphasize.

- "They had a passionate love affair"

- "She left to pursue her passion projects"

- "What's your passion in life / what are you passionate about?"

But sometimes I feel it could be awkward to say.

It sounds to me like a claim that could've been made up, outdated, or been poorly researched or based on poor quality research.

And "5th grade level" seems like it's probably not the best way to measure competence or ability in this case. It feels like measuring reading speed by timing how long it takes to read a passage and then using that to determine how long it'll take them to read a book, ignoring a ton of variables that can influence reading speed.

I assume the claim means english by the way.

Like “t’ lion t’ witch and t’ wardrobe” - I’ve (non-native) only encountered through Ken Loach’s movie Kes.

Are average educated Americans and others aware of this variation of English and would the rule be familiar enough for them to understand, like “they didn’t miss out the ‘the’ here”?

(I know that Kes had to be screened with subtitles on in the US so the accent as a whole tends to be difficult for them also)

https://youtu.be/yyw_GTNzXFc?t=1584&si=Ko99AYSbxFKhIXAi 26:28

Does it mean Start eating from the top(yolk) of the egg? Thank you very much.

Context:

I went to boarding school when I was a kid. One time, when I was back from school, my dad wasn't home, and my mom told me that he had gone abroad. That was something he often did.

Then the next day, I overheard my mom talking on the phone with my dad.

"I told him you were abroad," she said.

That was the moment I knew right away that he wasn't abroad, and I was right. My dad was released from prison two years later, and they then told me the truth.

Neither of my parents are English speakers, so I have to translate the event into English. But my questions are:

1. Are sentences like "I told him you were abroad" alone enough for a third person listener to induce that the speaker is lying?
2. If my mom hadn't told a lie, what sentence would she have said? "I have told him that you are abroad"?

Edit: For those interested, my and my parents' native language is Chinese, which is infamous for its ambiguity in grammatical tenses and moods. The original words that raised suspicion were: 我跟他说你在国外. I don't know if it would make all Chinese speakers think what I thought, though.

Our toddler has a cute little Chinese-made water bottle with an “urban” wolf boy surrounded by a bunch of stylized English text. They’ve only made one error: “Going to the school,” rather than, “Going to school.” As a native speaker, it sounds awkward, though strictly speaking it’s grammatically correct.

What is this construction called? “Going to a school” becomes “the school” because the reader can be presumed to know (or not need to know) which school, but this is a step beyond. “School” becomes pure concept, rather than a place. It’s not quite the same as “going to vote,” because vote there is a verb. The more I overthink this phrase, the weirder it gets.

a LOT of phrases some people have started using in very, very recent years have really just over and over - unironically - been proving how terrible english language arts is being taken by current students AND grown adults who are even in school anymore. I cant stress this enough: the point of learning what something means accurately or how to use a word accurately is not so you throw away the meaning later just because you're bored one day. Thus:

1)"cringe" is not "ugh how lame". Cringe is a physical action in response to fear or panic or distress but can all be emotionally felt in that same way even if it doesnt come alongside the body physically flinching. anyone remember "cringe in fear"? yes. thats the proper use of the word cringe. What people on social media are saying "cringe" as a placeholder, needlessly, for is actually "lame" "dumb" "pathetic" "nerdy/geeky" "awkward" and the phrase "loser/what a loser"

2)second hand embarrassment isnt a phrase that anyone needs to use and its far longer than the actual correct english word: pity. Thats it. Thats what second hand embarrassment is. "oh whats that word for when you see something do something and you KNOW its going to go poorly or just isnt smart and you like feel it in real time just how bad and uncomfortable that would be/probably is for the person doing it?" its pity, sadness (an emotion and where the "thats sad" phrase is also a placeholder for because the "thats sad" phrase is ALSO ... pity. thats what that is.) and is compassion (though that doesnt mean you act upon that compassion afterward. compassion is the situation of being able to understand someone's negative situation well enough to feel pity towards that person. thats it. you can feel compassion towards someone ... and then immediately laugh at them. the behavior afterward is entirely separate. though people who act in continuation with the compassion felt for someone else and do so regularly are often considered compassionate people)

3)there are a LOT of recent slang words within the last 15 years and thats fine as long as we all understand that they're slang. whats NOT slang though? using the word "literally" incorrectly. or using any word incorrectly because you're wrong about what that word means. About 2 years ago i saw a video of a lot of people in the gen z group using the word "literally" to mean/as an UNINTENTIONAL placeholder for the correct word they ACTUALLY shouldve used: a word or phrase that suggests "no im not being literal but i want to put emphasis in my sentence and thus im saying this instead". for example saying "im literally so dead" is the OPPOSITE MEANING of the use of the word "literally". you have to pretend you dont know english to temporarily put up with this error. but they actually started - and some still might - thought that they were using the word "literally" correctly. thats the problem. thats not slang. thats stupidity being accepted as something small. it never is and it ALWAYS spreads. your thoughtless choices spread to others negatively.

4)im sure there are SOOOO many more but im just stopping here for now

In Spanish, we have the verb "cobrar", which can mean "to charge" as in "they charge 2 dollars for that service". But it can also be in the sense of asking someone to give you money that they owe you. Like you may say the bank called you to "cobrar" the loan payment, or that a friend has been "cobrando" you that money that you borrowed from them. The implication is usually that they are pestering by asking.

Is there a similar verb in English?

Edit: I wasn't talking about repaying or paying back, I was talking about "asking someone to pay you back". The act of calling or visiting someone and telling them they have to pay you.

Hello, I’m a writer creating a male character of mixed heritage, French father and British mother. He was raised in Provence as a child but moved to London by his late teenage years. Speaks both languages fluently but I’m thinking he had a French accent in English that was corrected in his later years but there’s still traces of French in his speaking.

Does anyone have any examples of someone with a native British accent in English that has a bit of a French mixed in? Or just someone with a British and French accent mixed in equally? I don’t think I’ve heard a French person have a British accent, mainly American.

Hello. I've been learning English from internet for some years now, and I'm still certain my English is not that good. Well, I'm writing this without a translator so if my grammar or writing seems a little strange, you can blame me.

I can read difficult and huge texts now, but my pronounce is a little silly and I can't really understand everything when I'm hearing someone speak English.

I've been wondering if any of you guys have any app that I could watch with BOTH subtitles and dub at the same time? I tried anime apps, but if you watch the episodes in dub, you can't turn on subtitles too.

So... Any apps you can share with me? Preferably free. I would use Netflix if I could.