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- If humans are evolving, and their cultures are evolving as well, then language is constantly changing all the time without you noticing daily. With English, for example, I often receive texts wherein people write: “what’re ya doin” and when would you send an abbreviation of a phrase in three letters? Sounds like confusion when you are learning a new language and you see this, but I prefer not using this kind of language because my focus is different. I really want to become fluent in the language, but in order to do that, I must write with correct grammar. And in my mother language, I see it happening all the time sometimes, and we have a sense of not to do it because sounds wrong to say it incorrectly. I think that American English is a little lazy in talk since they abbreviate many things and when they talk with a native speaker. You may speak with a correct grammar, but you will see that sounds are more easy to say in abbreviation. For example: I’m going to do my dinner = I gonna do my dinner. In this phrase, you just changed the going to to GONNA! Okay, you lose the TO, and it looks more easy to say, but when you write formally you have to write correctly. What I want to show is this difference between Portuguese and English: in Portuguese, you see some abbreviations in speaking, but even Brazilians prefer not to use them because it sounds incorrect, and in the writing, it is the same, and you have to write correctly, yet in English, it looks different, and you can say it with abbreviations, but make sure that you are speaking this way with someone that you know. In this way, the conversation doesn’t sound formal. When writing, you should write correctly, but it depends for whom are you writing.
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0 人が投票2018年12月26日0 - I'm Alina, the from Russia. I'm trying to learn English, but I'm very lazy. Once, I heard that writing a diary in any language you want to learn is a good way to make your English better. Maybe a note on this website will be able to help and to motivate me. Is it good that I use so many "I" in the text?? Yes. It's common. Which word can I use to replace the pronoun? Thank you for your attention. Happy upcoming New Year!
You can replace the pronoun by using nouns, like "Learning English is fun, but not always easy when you're lazy"
0 人が投票2018年12月25日1 - Do you know how your clothes were made? Do you see on the t-shirt the writing: made in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh or China right? But do you know how much the industry pays for them? They are working hard every single day for less than 3 dollars a day working in factory that puts them in dangerous conditions. So let’s be more consumeristically aware and buy only what you need, because the industry of clothes is exploiting people around the world.0 人が投票2018年12月25日0
- "Here" is the place where you are or where you have shown by context, such as pointing to a spot. "I am here at the school."
"In here" is the place where you are or that you have shown that is enclosed by walls or some kind of borders, usually a room of a building, but it can also be a zone, like of a map. "Where is the puppy? He's in here, in the house."
"Over here" is the place where you are or where you have shown, and it emphasizes that some movement is needed to get to this place. "Pass me the ball! Over here!"
"Right here" is the place where you are or where you have shown by context that emphasizes this place instead of another place. "Where are my keys? Are they over there? No, they're right here!"
0 人が投票2018年12月25日1 - 1) My former boss used to say "moving forward" a lot to mean "from now on". The other day, I was talking to someone and noticed this person say "going forward" instead. Are both expressions correct? I'm in the US, if that makes any difference. Yes. 2) I understand that the expression "getting on in years" means "getting older/to be aging". Is this expression somewhat outdated? It's not becoming outdated because it's useful. It means "getting progress onwards in terms of years"0 人が投票2018年12月25日0
