@DamkerngT. Yeah. Poor [Insert an organization that is so profitable in a year that our swear words don't even count].
@Freddy He himself is a Damkenovian. MWAHHHAHHHHA!
His real face
How else do you think he's made a site worship him?
> A place for learners and non-native speakers of English (along with native speakers and teachers who want to help these people) who are on their own quest of mastering their English.
I was a little confused by the meaning of the adverb in here:
And yet he hesitated before taking his first step toward his destiny.
I expected still instead of yet in that sentence. Does it have the same meaning here?
> Hey, I'm reading this sentence: "And yet he hesitated before taking his first step toward his destiny." I wonder if I can replace 'yet' with 'still'.
Hacking is also fun, but it could be harmful, imho.
For example, still using the same sentence: I wonder if I can remove 'And'? I wonder if I can use 'has hesitated' instead? What about 'is hesitating'? Should it be 'was hesitating'? How about 'has been hesitated' or 'had been hesitated'?
And that's only the first 4 words of the sentence.
So, actually, we can say that for each typical sentence, we (non-native speakers) usually have to choose one out of possibly thousands possible alternatives!
Which is why learning a second language is challenging.
According to a Chinese website (which is one of the 5 hits), "This text is taken from Close to home, which was published by the Boston Globe Newspaper Company/Washington Post Writers Group in 1979."
Arguably, I can write a novel and use any of those choices in my novel. :-)
It's like those math questions, which are quite popular among some teachers. It goes like this: What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___.
Could you help me to figure out one thing?
My task is to comment on the modifications of consonants by the neighbouring sounds(assimilation,ellision). But there are some words in the task where I don't see any modifications of consonants:
bright [braɪt]
great [ɡreɪt]
duty [ˈdjuːtɪ]
bea...
I was a little confused by the meaning of the adverb in here:
And yet he hesitated before taking his first step toward his destiny.
I expected still instead of yet in that sentence. Does it have the same meaning here?
Could you help me to figure out one thing?
My task is to comment on the modifications of consonants by the neighbouring sounds(assimilation,ellision). But there are some words in the task where I don't see any modifications of consonants:
bright [braɪt]
great [ɡreɪt]
duty [ˈdjuːtɪ]
bea...