Leonard: I couldn't agree more!
Alisha: Wait, you don't agree with me?
L: No, I said, I couldn't agree more. That means I completely agree with you.
A: What? Then why did you say you couldn't agree with me!

I think we can all relate with Alisha. There are so many indirect ways of saying something so simple and direct. We use such structures to add nuance to our meaning!

But it 'can' be confusing for a language learner.

In this series on the Confusing Structures in the English Language, we will discuss these very structures so that the next time Leonard says 'he couldn't agree more,' or 'he couldn't care less' or some such phrase, you'd know exactly what he is saying. 

All Things English

Confusing Structures in the English Language - Introduction

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eqn11TjU_x7tRfAHuMx2CybRJnx8_1Ho/view?usp=sharing

Teacher Robert's Podcast

Learning English with Songs  - “Master of Puppets” by Metallica (with transcript and vocabulary)

повседневная жизнь в сельской Америке

Molodets! Подкаст по изучению английского языка и американской культуре для носителей русского языка

1.5 повседневная жизнь в сельской Америке

Learn why and in which situations we use the Past Simple tense!

English Syndicate

Why do we use the Past Simple tense?

Pour ce troisième episode de notre série contes à morales, 
je vous au lu l'histoire de 'Nasredine et son fils au marché', j'espère que ça va vous plaire, et j'aimerai bien entendre ce que vous pensez dans les commentaires, bonne écoutes :)

French mindfully 

Nasreddine et son fils au marhé (Nasreddine and his son in the market) 

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、言葉を紹介…ではありません！
Episode 1.〜23.の日本語のレベルはどれくらい？のお話です。

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 24. 日本語のレベルはどれくらい？

Script
오늘은 토요일이었어요. 
Today was Saturday.

저는 오늘 친구하고 산에 갔어요. 
Today, I went to a mountain with my friend.

산에 가서 두 시간 동안 등산했어요. 
(I) went to the mountain, and (at that place) for two hours we hiked.

발도 아프고 다리도 아팠어요. 
My feet hurt, and my legs also hurt.

하지만 기분이 정말 좋았어요. 
But I felt really good.

저는 다음 주 주말에 또 산에 갈 거예요.
I will go to a mountain again next weekend.


Daily Journal in Korean(한국어 일기)

등산(Hiking) 

In Japan, why do they change their way of talking based on differences in age and experience?
日本（にほん）ではどうして年齢（ねんれい）や経歴（けいれき）の差（さ）で、言葉遣（ことばづか）いまで変（か）えるのだろう？

For Japanese learners, I speak Japanese slowly.

学校（がっこう）では教（おし）えてもらえない日本語（にほんご）について、話（はな）します。

こんにちは、Uchiga（うちが）です！ わたしは、仕事（しごと）のための日本語（にほんご）を教（おし）えたり、留学生（りゅうがくせい）や、外国（がいこく）から日本（にほん）に働（はたら）きにきた人（ひと）の仕事（しごと）やCareerについての相談（そうだん）を受（う）けたりしています。

 Hello, I’m Uchiga. I teach Japanese for business and provide career consultation to international students and people from other countries who want to work in Japan. 

直接（ちょくせつ）、人（ひと）とあまり話（はな）さないようなトピックについても、お話（はな）しします。 質問（しつもん）はありますか？

お問合せはお気軽にしてくださいね。
 If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact me.

[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

In Japan, why do they change their way of talking based on differences in age and experience? 日本（にほん）ではどうして年齢（ねんれい）や経歴（けいれき）の差（さ）で、言葉遣（ことばづか）いまで変（か）える

op universities in California like Stanford and the University of Southern California will no longer be able to favor the relatives of alumni and school donors during the application process.

That's after state governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning all private nonprofit colleges from giving preference to so-called "legacy" applicants and those with links to donors.

Newsom said the law already applied to public universities in the state. The law will now apply to all universities from September 2025.

The governor said: "In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through merit, skill, and hard work. The California Dream shouldn't be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we're opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly."

California is the second US state to ban both public and private universities from favoring legacy applicants. Maryland was the first, earlier this year, although the state's top school — Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore — had already ended the practice independently.

Virginia, Illinois and Colorado have banned public universities from giving preferential treatment to those with links to former students or donors.

Admissions to US universities are very competitive. And legacy admissions policies give an advantage to applicants whose — often wealthy, often white — family members previously attended the university, or who have donated money to the school.

A 2022 study looked at one unnamed US university and found that, over a 16-year period, 34% of legacy applicants were accepted — compared to just 14% of non-legacy applicants.

A group representing private colleges in California said it was "uncomfortable" with the state getting involved in the universities' admissions processes, but said the institutions would follow the new law.

