Pronunciation of -ed I am a little confused with the pronunciation of the verbs in past, i mean those that ends in ed. As you already know, some of them are pronounced with a "t" at the end like for example loved, worked or lived. The thing is that I can't realize when should I pronounce them in that way, cause for me they all look the same. It's there any rule going on here??

When you hear Argentina...

What's the first thing that comes to your mind?

Rugby Championship/Four Nations I've been really excited for a long time about this tournament and now it's just around the corner.. The second edition of the Rugby Championship formerly known as "Tri Nations" (Played by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa) wich now includes Argentina is going to take part soon in the upcoming weeks. I am happily looking foward to it :) Probably we are talking about the toughest competition of Rugby nowadays and the reason for think that is simply because All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks are well knowed as the best national teams in Rugby history. As for my country, Argentina, "the Pumas", we're still far from being like any of those teams, but I think that if we keep playing often with the superpowers we might improve a little in the future. Last edition we couldn't win a single game, we only got one draw against South Africa. We were really close to get our first win and make history but sadly it didn't happen. This time would be diferent, at least I hope so :P Anyways, I am happy to participate on this event whether we lose all our games, and I am really grateful for that. I might attend to some match played here, I still don't know, but it would be awesome to see first world-class Rugby :D Cheers!

What is the correct use of the word "cheers"? So I've recently watched some British TV show and I realized they use the word "cheers" a lot and in many different ways. I thought it only meant to be used while having a toast but in the show people used for mean other things, like for example instead of saying "okay", instead of saying "thanks", as another way to say hello and also for indicate that they agree with something. I am a little confused right now, can someone help me? Are others ways to use this word? Thanks! (Or better should I say cheers?? :d)

When should I use "ain't"? And also I'd like to know how often is used on informal English.

When should I use "whom" instead of "who"?

Post-adolescence crisis. Having finished high school one semester ago, I've alredy started a new life. New city, new career and new friends. Living by myself this last six months was more scary than I though it would be. I still can't believe that I alredy started my university life and the fact that I just leave behind a part of my life full of memories and good moments. Am I happy with that? It's hard to explain. It's a mix of emotions. Sometimes I feel happy for gain some autonomy, for taking care of new responsabilities but in the other hand I feel frightened and indecisive at the same moment. After all this changes in my life it's inevitable to go deep on my thoughts and ask myself about the future and why not the existence as well. The truth is that I am not sure if I am making the right choices anymore. I am not sure what I want to do in the future, and even worst I am not sure if I like what I am doing right now. Having a couple of friends who alredy dropped their studies and don't have a clue of what to do next makes me think even more. The only thing that I am sure these days is that if money wasn't a problem I would get away from this life as fast as I can, without doubt it for a second.

The exact meaning of "The jokes is on you" ? I've heard that a couple of times but I am not entirely sure of what it means.. It would be awesome if you could use it in some sentence, so I could realize of how it applies :P Thanks :-)

First Words Hello there! First of all thank you for reading and correcting my entry, I aprreciate a lot :) Well I am a 18 years old guy from Argentina who is currently studying International Relationships at the University. So I joined this website because I thought it would be a great idea to improve my English skills and also to learn new languages, wich are important for my career. I am mostly interesed in learning Portuguese and Italian at this moment, however I am also interesed in learning German and Russian but I must admit that its kind of hard for me to spell and write most of the sentences, maybe I will give it a shoot later. Its hard to explain how is my English level. I have been studying English all the time during high school but I have to say that like many other people I learned in a diferent way, wich would be playing online games, listening to foreign music and watching foreign movies. I can asure I learned the 80% of my English by doing that. I must say that I still check sometimes the meaning of some words or the estructure of some sentences in the translator but generally I think that my English is good, I would say advanced but not fluent yet. That's the main reason why I am here. I am really looking foward to speak fluent English and in order to do that I need to improve my pronunciation, wich is not so good at the moment. So I really hope to find some people who are willing to help me with my pronunciation. I recently download Skype so I am kinda new at this I guess... anyway, if you want to help me just send me a message and I would reply asap. Regards.