| Last month | Last 3 months | All time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completed lessons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
- so if I understand correctly your question is, is it correct to use: (a) than we ever conceived of a generation ago instead of: (b) than we would ever have conceived of a generation ago and what is the difference in meaning. Well I see no issue with it really. Some might argue that you need have because the conception of the idea is linked until the present time, but really both choices are fine. The use of would have however qualifies the statement as being more opinion than fact. It's common to do this because he can only factually talk about what he conceived (than I conceived of), but he wants to use we in order to engage the reader, and so needs to qualify the statement more as opinion else a reader may disagree.0 votedJanuary 24, 20171
- Ok, you haven't included everything you say in the written version. Some of the problems I noticed... /w/ you pronounce like /v/ e.g. awake The vowel sounds in water (sounded like waiter), tousled, thoughts, cute (I think thats what you meant to say) Your rhythm is off - you may need to think more about sentence stress in order to get better at this. That said I understood about 90% of what of you were saying without reading the script, so not a bad effort... keep up the good work!0 votedJanuary 20, 20171
Ok, firstly accept that the chances of a native or native like accent is unlikely, and not necessary anyway.
What you need is accent reduction - to reduce the unwanted effects of your native accent on your English pronunciation so that you can be understood.
I'm not an expert in this area, but from students I've taught before, working on the individual sounds seems to be a good starting point, however making the sounds in isolation is completely contrived.
Firstly find out which sounds are different, and if possible which sounds you substitute in. Next check the mouth position for that sound... there are many useful videos out there. Once you have a feel for that, find words containing that sound. If possible find minimal pairs - 2 words with one sound different. For example bad and bed. Practice listening to these and producing them.
Finally, put these words into sentences and practice saying them.
Hope that helps.
0 votedJanuary 20, 20170- In Peep Show, you are right... Jeremy is using massive in a slang way. There are at least two ways to use it as slang... as an adjective which yeah I guess is similar to great. Another way is as in a group of people from a place, e.g. the Bristol massive. So no, not common, and I definitely wouldn't say it about a film or dish.0 votedJanuary 19, 20170
- A dull dog... It's not particularly offensive or friendly. Generally it's a bad term, especially in phrases like dirty dog or just he/shes a dog (ugly). Some groups (black Americans I'm thinking of) use it in a positive sense such as he's my dog, or what's up dog, in which case it seems to be more like friend, but if you're not in this group, then don't use it this way.0 votedJanuary 18, 20170
