Because, by the time a learner asked such a question, they already knew a variant of English, i.e. the English pronounced by their teachers, which probably wouldn't be native speakers.
And if one is told to listen to or imitate a song in an unfamiliar language, they will have no choice but to use a part of their brain they hadn't used for such a long, long time once again!
Hehe! Guys, apparently someone in Chemistry thinks I'm a chemist who works for organizations that deny global warming, because I asked him to improve the formatting of his answer.
So in the next ten years it will become clear to the Mob of ordinary people what a mess the chemists have made of things: they will be hanging chemists and oil people from lamp posts as the temperature in summer get really hot. The California drought :droughtmonitor.unl.edu is probably caused by warming,too. — Roger Bagula4 mins ago
We have a nickname for your type on the web: Webnazi. More worried about "form" than truth or facts. They edit everything and don't care about the consequences. — Roger Bagula7 mins ago
Sir, there are rules here and you're clearly repeatedly violating them. There are strict rules to this Q & A. It's not a clean and blank sheet of paper you can write everything on. I'm done. Calling a mod here. You can go on talking about sad facts about global warming, but not here. In a letter to your friend, maybe, but not here. If you don't want to abide by the rules, then please, for god's sake, leave. — MARamezani3 mins ago
I don't want to start an argument between some sites, but I want to an observation.
I also hope this is a fair use. (The fact that the site disables the text copying feature of my browser gives me a little bit of concern.) Never mind the copying, I'll type (so typos will be mine).
> Below is a model essay which illustrates how to agree with the IELTS statement. "The growing number of overweight people is putting a strain on the health care system in an effort to deal with the health issues involved. Some people think that the best way to deal with this problem is to introduce more physical education lessons in the school curriculum. To what extent do you agree or disagree?"
This is our OP in the comment section:
> Yeahia says: April 17, 2015 at 4:50 pm Assalamu alaikum, liz mam, i can not comprehend the first 2 lines of the question as well as 1st line of your answer.Would you please simplify it for me so that i could understand perfectly. Thanks in advance
To which Liz replied:
> Liz says: April 17, 2015 at 5:42 pm Unfortunately, you will need to practice understanding essay questions. All questions challenge your English so if you find it difficult, you will need to work on your English. All the best Liz
Which is fair, I suppose. You don't understand it, work on your English.
Now I'm not sure if Yeahia asked this to Liz first or posted this ELL question first:
> Yeahia says: April 17, 2015 at 6:33 pm In an effort to deal with the growing number of people involved in health issues is putting strain health care system. that’s the first line wants to say,doesn’t it?
Which is basically the same question Yeahia asked on ELL.
To which, Liz replied:
> Liz says: April 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm Due to the number of grammar mistakes, there is no clear meaning with the sentence. You will need to work on improving your English if you wish to get band score 6 or above. Liz
BTW, I checked this out after seeing this answer, which refers to me in the answer:
@Damkerng, thank you for giving us the source -- when I googled, I didn't find it. Yeahia, in future, could you give us a url when possible? Thanks.
Yeahia, you were right to be confused, since the sentence is not well written.
Frankly, I was not very pleased with Liz's responses to you. Al...
Hmm... I think I wouldn't suppose that I'll find any grammar mistakes in test questions that are not about sentence corrections.
I mean, English in the tests should be rock solid.
I think now I see TRomano's point why he suggested this:
> The relentless ice-storm is putting strain on the highway crew in their efforts to make the roadway safe.
as a fix of this:
> The relentless ice-storm is putting strain on the highway crew in an [sic] effort to make the roadway safe.
(Because when I tried to make the sense of the noun phrase (i.e. " the health care system in an effort to deal with health issues involved") to be more explicit, I added in their efforts (or perhaps in its effort) myself, too.)
Could you please explain which option should I use here:
I often think about a big ideal house in the suburbs I (would/ will) live in without noisy neighbours to disturb me.
And why?
Personally, I chose will, but in the answers there is would...
@Damkerng, thank you for giving us the source -- when I googled, I didn't find it. Yeahia, in future, could you give us a url when possible? Thanks.
Yeahia, you were right to be confused, since the sentence is not well written.
Frankly, I was not very pleased with Liz's responses to you. Al...
Could you please explain which option should I use here:
I often think about a big ideal house in the suburbs I (would/ will) live in without noisy neighbours to disturb me.
And why?
Personally, I chose will, but in the answers there is would...
