What’s a direct object? Frick I know! I still got 100% on the essay.
QuotidianQuandaries on
Language changes, too. We use words differently until the definition changes. “Nice” used to mean “stupid.” “Kind” used to mean “cow.”
MysteriousJuice1127 on
Trust your ears!
Who cares about the grammar anyways. Even the natives don’t speak perfectly🤷🏻♀️
Gaburski on
English. I wield it really well because I basically grew up with English media, yet cannot explain it for the life of me. Made me think I was good with languages and so wasted 4 years of my life studying linguistics, now I have a useless bachelor’s.
Lmio on
Lmao so true
Electrical_Lemon_179 on
This is how I passed my Final High School English Exam. I’m not even kidding, even my teacher was surprised that I passed 😭😭😭
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When in doubt, sound it out.
Formulas only get you so far in abject chaos.
This is literally the way I “learned” english.
Ask me any rule – I won’t be able to answer
GUT FEELINGS!!!!
Foreign speaker vs native speaker.
What’s a direct object? Frick I know! I still got 100% on the essay.
Language changes, too. We use words differently until the definition changes. “Nice” used to mean “stupid.” “Kind” used to mean “cow.”
Trust your ears!
Who cares about the grammar anyways. Even the natives don’t speak perfectly🤷🏻♀️
English. I wield it really well because I basically grew up with English media, yet cannot explain it for the life of me. Made me think I was good with languages and so wasted 4 years of my life studying linguistics, now I have a useless bachelor’s.
Lmao so true
This is how I passed my Final High School English Exam. I’m not even kidding, even my teacher was surprised that I passed 😭😭😭