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British English for Americans A long time ago, I saw a comment made by an American that said there wasn't a word like "learnt" in English. I just remembered this all of a sudden, and now I wonder if it is usual or unusual that American people don't recognize British English. I'm sure that the opposite doesn't happen. FYI, I know it depends on individuals. Here, I want to ask about the majority.
September 3, 2015
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How do you feel when you hear strictly proper English by a non-native speaker

A friend of mine asked me to teach him English, but I don’t know where to start. He is a partying guy and wants to use English to communicate with English speakers in a nightclub, which means his English style has to be very friendly. In fact, I have an experience that one of my American friends asked me to speak frankly using lots of slang, because she found my English somewhat aloof. Also I feel the same when I hear strictly correct Japanese by a non-native Japanese.

 

My question here is how you feel when you hear strictly proper English spoken by a non-native in a pretty casual situation like a binge. Thanks for reading.

March 4, 2015
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‘Parks and Recreation’ finale I always hate the moment after watching a series finale of a favorite drama, even if a finale season is tend to be somewhat insipid, especially of a comedy series. Parks and Recreation was no exception. After reaching its peak at season 4, the comedy drama had been loosing its charm with each season, and this last season was almost like a self-parody nightmare which was barely deserve to watch. Still, now at this moment after the grand-finale, some certain feelings came up to me, and I’m totally wordless. What to say? I don’t know. I just hate this moment.
February 26, 2015
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If I Was Your Girlfriend Every single song of 80’s Prince’s never disappoints us. In ‘If I Was Your Girlfriend’, a middle-tempo funk pop song, Prince fantasizes if he were a female friend of his ex-girlfriend. Here, just with only a title, we can see through his genius. Unlike ordinary singers falling into a silly supposition as “if I were her best friend”, Prince turns his gender into female, and then begin to daydream. “If I was your girlfriend,” he starts, “Would you remember to tell me all the things you forgot when I was your man?”, pondering if he could give her comfort to open up and tell everything she wanted to tell. He continues, “If I was your girlfriend, baby can I dress you? I mean, help you pick out your clothes.” He explains he wants to do it just in the way as girls often do, when they have a date they can’t afford to fail. After he keeps on running his imagination a little longer, he takes a drastic turn, saying “I’ll undress in front of you. And when I’m naked, what shall I do?” “If I was your girlfriend… would you let me see you naked then?” Finally, he confesses his long-time addiction; “Would you let me give you a bath?” (Prince loves to take a bath with girls) After all, he can’t get out of being a man, can’t remove the urge to be a man. Some of you find the lyrics funny, or maybe disgusting, and some of you find it aching, at the same time, romantic. I, myself, am of course in the latter. Otherwise, I had never been an all-time fan of Prince. Happy Valentine’s day! The post is very suitable for the day. Just only the title is through.
February 14, 2015
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Run naked, sleep naked, cook naked, are these “naked” adverb? “Naked” is supposed to be an adjective, and however I often see it working as if it’s an adverb. Is it a sort of slung? Or is there any decent explanation for the usage?
February 12, 2015
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My buttocks, my butt, but no my butts? In my understanding, a buttock means one cheek. When I moon, I naturally show both of my cheeks, in another word, my buttocks. And even though butt is the slang word for buttock, butt counts both cheeks as one unit, which means butt equals buttocks. So it is odd to say ‘show my butts’, am I right?
February 11, 2015
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Do you place a period at the end of an incomplete sentence? Like when a sentence following a bullet point, or a sentence is something like annotation, and both case being without a sentence subject, do you think they should end with period? Is it done just by your personal preference? Please, let me know.Also, if you don't place a period, and what if some sentences let by bullet points have their subject? Do you put periods on just only them?Sorry let me add again. I should've dropped the question after I organize my thought, I know. What if a sentence followed by another sentence? After the first sentence, there's no choice but to put a period even if it is an incomplete one. Then, how about at the end of the second one?
February 3, 2015
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“though” at the end of a sentence as an adverb We can put “though” at the end of a sentence as an adverb in a less formal conversation, if I'm correct. But it seems some people don't like the usage probably out of the grammatical reason. I just wonder, then, there is any alternative word, which I can put at the end of a sentence, and which plays the same role as follows. It tastes great, smells awful though. Thanks in advance.
January 31, 2015
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