English questions from LL

I just wondered how I can increase vocabulary to be able to communicate better and enjoy magazines, books and news programs in English.I have two vocabulary workbooks that contain around 2000 words respectively along with their definitions, pronunciations and example sentences; typical vocabulary...

What is the right sentence construction- One of the most intelligent student in the class or students in the class? Please clarify.

I am someone who's been learning English as a second language from a very young age, through consuming A LOT of American media, as a result, I grew up to be very fluent in it, and because I pretty much learned the way a native would, I have an intrinsic understanding of how to use the language, b...

I'm interested in learning a foreign language by audiobook format where the sentence is read once in English, then a second time in the foreign language. Does this have a name? Do any resources like this exist?

Would it be incorrect to write a sentence like “I asked my girlfriend if they would … “, as the sex would already be known due to the use of the word girlfriend? It was my understanding that once sex was known, he or she should be used, not they. I got into a friendly argument about this, where i...

Worked on a project with General Managers be capitalised. If I had written Chief Executive Officer, then I'd say yes as it's clearly referring to a person. However, in this case I'm referring to multiple managers so am not sure whether to capitalise or not.

Since English and Farsi are both Indo-European languages, one might think English is easier. But Farsi and Arabic have similar systems of writing, and I would guess they've had influence on each other, so maybe Arabic is easier. And I would guess it depends on the dialect. So, if it's possible to...

Which answer is correct in N3? Can one argue that C)"from" could be a viable answer? "Distinguished ...... (3)appearance, Leonardo was also a genius in all the sciences and arts of his time. He is considered one of the most celebrated figures of humanity." ...

I know that native English speakers can use "a/an" and "the" correctly by the age of 3, but how do they explicitly learn the grammar of articles in their grammar classes? I'm not asking how to use articles correctly, but how much a native English speaker (in particular, a native American English ...

I am not sure I understand what "I remember boys at school texting me asking me 'How's things?'. I just remember thinking, 'Ah! That's such a cop out because now I have to create a conversation.'" means. Is it ellipted? This line occurs at 05:55 in the Youtube video titled "DO NOT say "how are you?"

I found this sentence in Cambridge Dictionary: "The ground was hard and the rime thick and crisp on the grass." I can't figure it out why there's no any verb after "the rime". It just doesn't make sense to me. "The ground was hard" - that's ok. "The rime (was??) thick and crisp on the grass" - wh...

The original text I read "More than half of what he said sounded like a foreign lanugage." I can't help but think that the sentence without 'of' is possible, too; "More than half what he said sounded like a foreign lanugage." Is there any difference? Or Is the first one is the only right one? I'd...

Is "Hypothetical" meaning the same as compared to "imaginary"? If you say "No" then what is it meaning?

Being Turkish, I think my command of English phonology suffers from L1 transfer. Consonants seem to be fine, in that I can produce them on command, and can transcribe others' production of them more or less accurately, but vowels are a bit problematic for me. While I am unsure as to whether I pro...

I am wondering if the following sentence is correct. "There are 200 individuals who each have two alleles at single nucleotide site of interest." In my opinion, have should be changed to has. Is it right? Here is what I googled related to this. "Some English speakers and writers get confused when...

la palabra en ingles es "nut" (nuece or castana) 🥜 🌰. nuts of iron are used to hold sheets of metal together? these metal things have six sides. also the nueces are attached to metal bolts. these nueces also hold together refrigedoras y automoviles 🚘 y trocas 🚚

Que es un frase en eapanol por "comes from" or "is made from" or "flows from"? Can you fill in the blank in this sentence? Puedes llenar el espacio en blanco? “Las llantas del carros [X] sangre blanca del arboles” Que es es la frase mas idomatico o mas comun o en mas usario general? Pued e...

Latin greeting: Hello (to an individual) - Salve Hello (to a group of people) - Salvete Are there examples of other ways to say hello in plural form but in other languages or in English? Is this translation lost in language? - meaning we have to indicate whether we are greeting an individual or g...

I am not sure if online translations for some of the English tongue twisters are correct. Using different online tools, I am getting different answers for the translation of How many cans can a canner can, if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can, if a canner can ca...

Online sources, like some sites, and books both are OK. (English vocabulary)

When watching a video on Netflix or Youtube, I can generally follow English conversations though I sometimes have to rely on subtitles. However, when it comes to real conversations among native speakers, I sometimes cannot even understand what they are talking about at all. I assume it’s partly b...

I've tried to use machine translation and OCR, but I neither of those options have worked as it may be calligraphy

I am starting to learn English language because of my job,I am doing a web development but I don't speak frequently English because of I am from Gujarat so I need to learn english language. so which way I learn fast english language?

Many times when commenting in English on social media one drifts to situations that everything one wanted to express is already said and you want to cancel the flow of counter comments how do you express it?

Which one of the mentioned terms is the correct form of saying for describing something that happens after we do something? Example: you can see it deletes the first name property you can see it's deleted the first name property The second example comes from, or came after?, an actual sentenc...

According to Cambridge dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/standoffish I just wanted to ask this because I have never heard standoffish used to say someone was acting formal, maybe it is though? *Hello! This is my first post!

I fully understand why "... an ultraviolet LED..." is correct. Also the abbreviation "... a UV LED..." is used a lot, so I expect this is correct as well. Can someone please explain why?

In all the resources that I have seen, I always find that would for conditional 2 and 3 is made up of a sentence with if-clause (or similar) and result clause (would). But then I find many phrases like this: Nobody in their right mind would put that person on the witness stand Is it just a type o...

Currently I'm learning by myself with videos but mostly with textbooks. I have no much people to speak with and I'm trying to find some ways to practice conversation. Do someone have any hint?!

Am I the only one who feels that these English-teaching websites are just a way for teachers to make a few bucks here and there? It seems that the majority don't really focus on the intricacies of human communication, or for that matter, the student. The focus is always on grammar rules, new expr...

Here are examples from English File work book. In these cases we can use both tenses present perfect and present perfect continuous: How long has Mark played the bass guitar? How long has Mark been playing the bass guitar ? Alex has worked in this school since he started teaching. Alex has been w...

In the anime Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai, there's such a scene of a notebook. As you can see in the picture, it's almost barely a list of vocabulary, I mean, there's no example sentence. Besides, instead of using the international phonetic symbols, it's using katakana to imitate the pronunci...

So if I make a sentence such as: If I hover lines, only information of that line should appear, if over any other point in the chart, nothing should happen. *Note that I didn't use "hover" twice. Is this correct?

I need to translate my CV in german (for embassy), I wonder whether I can use the same developers titles as in English like: software engineer, senior software engineer and lead software engineer. Can I use english written form? What's usually used wording there? If english titles are used more o...

Swedish vs Norwegian vs Danish, What's the easiest language to learn, overall? I am native in Russian, but pretty good at English (C1). The purposes of learning new language would be to be able to attend a nordic university as an undergraduate student. Physics is the major I am interested in, so ...

I’ve been learning English for a long time but, unfortunately, I’ve never lived in an English speaking country. And this is a huge problem. All the time I want to say something I realise that there are some options and I am not sure which one l should use in a specific situation. For example, I m...

There are sentences like I personally think....etc, which are wrong because they are superfluous. Can we use vacation and tour in the same sentence, is it ok or will it become superfluous?

I asked my worker if she had any suggestions fir me to progress my case worker replied " you are already doing it keep it up" which I don't understand cause there is no progress in my favor why does worker keep on answering me with that you are already doing it keep it up does not help me at all.

For example, I would like to write "Fred's going to the restaurant." Instead of "Fred is going to the restaurant." I understand that an apostrophe s after a proper noun conventionally denotes that proper noun's possession.

I'm an English learner, for two years ago with self-study and how? Just with Google Translate when reading articles and translating words I don't know, and after some time I started to watch tutorials on my career on YouTube, and now I can understand most things I read or watch or hear in my care...

What is the hardest language to learn?

"I have them all memorized" I thought have is used when something is done someone and the subject tell them to do so. Like : "I had my computer fixed" "I had my hair cut" So what's the meaning of "have" in "I have them all memorized"?

can you please correct my cover letter? I'm not a good writer :-) For example, there are repetitions of the "experience" word Hello Bob, I have a wide experience in different spheres. You can view my experience in more detail in the applied resume. Now I am studying Kafka and AWS and continue to...

If you've ever been a "foreigner" in China (especially in major cities), you may have encountered the intensity in which some Chinese people try to practice English with you. I certainly have. I've asked Europeans who aren't native English speakers, and they too have this same experience. Regar...

Do we have any english word for data files that have duration? More specifically I'm looking for a word to distinguish data files like sounds or videos(that have a duration) from data files like images(that duration is meaningless for them).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1p8m6SiF60&ab_channel=DEATHBATTLE%21 From 12:54, right after Tanjiro's Water Breathing, until 13:00, when Jonathan starts saying "but i know the passion of my heart...", i can't get what Jonathan says, except for "you fight with __" but still i can't tell if he's ...

I am confused about the meaning of these three words from hindi and respective connotations. First word is तक्क्षण, which i found is not a word in hindi. Is that true? Or if it is a word in hindi, what does it means? Second word is तत्क्षण, which means instant. Is this right meaning of the word ...

I've noticed that a lot of people who first speak an "Indian" language (I don't know which languages specifically, but from that region) then learn English perhaps as an adult use "the same" to avoid repeating themselves, whereas I, an American English speaker, would use "it." As an example, I re...

In referring to a dead person, do you say, his/her name "is" or "was" David/Lisa? It doesn't sound incorrect to me when I say His name is David but does when I say his name was, giving that the person is no more. So I'm curious to know the correct way to tell someone the name of someone's that's ...

He was born on January 31st, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children and was raised by a single mother. Jackie proved to be an extremely athletic child. In high school, Jackie earned varsity letters in four sports: football, track, basketball, and baseball. During his college...