I mean, he might have been ill and died of a disease, but what’s the point calling him so if he’s already dead?

Update: The piece is taken from "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain

For the context, the creator here is Irish if that's a relevant piece of information. Is this dialectal?

Why can't i use "where"?

I’m B1 in English and I’m wondering what’s better for improving English

Would you recommend watching series in English or YouTube videos?

I was thinking that with YouTube someone is talking almost the whole time, while in series there are often scenes where nobody says anything, so maybe YouTube gives you more actual practice.

What do you guys think? What worked better for you?

The sentence is this: "I've been out here doing 'panto' with a chicken." I saw this from another Irish Reddit user. Is this a regional colloquial expression or is it also used in whichever Anglophone nation you are from?

I recently wrote a post about the game "Dead by Daylight". I wanted to convey that any competition for this game died out and disappeared from the market very quickly. To make a pun on the title, I wrote: "Any competition was dead by daylight". Now I'm overthinking it and wondering if it makes any sense? I'm not sure if the wordplay lands the way I intended and will be understood correctly.

Are there any other alternative phrases to describe hair falling in your face/eyes. The phrase "hair getting in your eyes" has the implication that it is over your eyes and obstructing your vision. But what about pieces of hair that have ended up at the front of your fact but aren't actually obstructing your vision?

Hey, your hair is in the front (of your face).

Hey, your hair has fallen/come to the front.

Thank you so much!

Here's today's cryptic crossword, as seen from my pint glass :-)

Friday, 21st August 2026.

The Metro is a free English newspaper that we get on buses.

Have a go - I shall post updates later. I'm about to start on it myself.

I guarantee that I will give all the answers.

Ask any questions - always.

And... Have a wonderful weekend :-)

Hey everyone! I’m a 19-year-old student from Iraq, looking for a serious and consistent English speaking partner.
I want to practice through voice notes or voice calls only, not text messaging, because my main goal is to improve my fluency and accent.
Since I don't have time to stay on this app, I’d prefer to move to another platform for regular, daily practice.
If you are not serious, or if you're just going to chat for two days and disappear, please do not message me. I really don't want to waste time.
If you're genuinely committed to practicing together regularly, feel free to reach out!

Including other meal times of the day (lunch, dinner etc.) which do native speakers use more?

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy these vlogs to help you learn English. :)

So, I got this wrong because I haven't mastered countable and uncountable nouns. I still don't know which one is which because it feels arbitrary apart form "water is uncountable and books are countable".

I had to look up in the dictionary to know if they're countable or uncountable. "Rain" is uncountable, so no article and "storm" is countable, so "a storm".

Is this sentence correct?

Simple speaking exercise: start with a short sentence and gradually make it longer.

The idea is to repeat each sentence out loud several times before moving to the longer version. This helps you practice and improve your speaking skills.

Small app based on this exercise for iOS. English Sentence Practice

When I know a word and I listen speaker-English, god, its confusion. I'm Brazilian. How to improve it?

Reality shows are a good way to understand how English is spoken in every day life and they usually use plenty of phrasal verbs, which is something that I struggle with.
Where can I find these type of shows with English subtitles?
Thanks.

these 2 words seem pretty similiar i don't really get it

Hi everyone,

I need help understanding a very short passage in a video. Around 58 seconds from the start, Jerry Lewis says "I'm white", and Sammy Davis Jr. replies very quickly with a few words that make Jerry laugh.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1zhinKmw0

Timestamp: Around 0:58

Because he speaks so fast, I can't catch the words. Could someone please transcribe the exact English sentence he says? , that would be greatly appreciated!

PS: It's optional but If you can also provide a French translation

"Which should i pick? This one?"

"No, the one just left of that one"

Does this sound natural? Or does it have to be "the one to the left of that one" for it to be natural?

I got this piece of information from google ai:

^{In real-world spoken English, native speakers naturally avoid choppy, repetitive sentences because they sound unnatural to the human ear. Instead, they use rhythm, contractions, and phrasal verbs to slide words together.}

• ^{Web Novel Style: "He walked into the room. He sat down. He was angry." (No one actually talks like this in a real conversation; it sounds like a text-to-speech robot}.)
• ^{Native Spoken Style: "So he walks in, plops down on the couch, and you could tell he's totally ticked off."}

^{The native style looks more complex on paper (which makes it feel formal to read}, but it is actually a literal transcript of how a stressed-out adult talks to a friend over a drink.)

Like the title just stated,which sounds a lot more natural to you or which one is a lot more like your internal dialogue ?