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The world’s English mania
I partially agree: seeing the videos with crowds that repeat, maybe mechanically maybe not, short sentences in English is impressing and makes suitable the term mania. Nevertheless not everywhere it can be categorized a mania, although the importance of English is worldwide recognized and studied in all the non-English speaker countries.
Whichever is the approach of your society to English, it is undeniable that this language creates opportunities. In a world interconnected, the ability to communicate opens doors that otherwise would have been closed and allows you to expand your horizons, creating bridges with people from different countries.
In my opinion, and in the opinion of Jay Walker as well, the English mania is good. The possibility to communicate and to discuss with people with different origins does not wash away your own language. Moreover, in the last years, global problems have arisen and it is not possible to solve a global problem as a single nation: an international cooperation is required. In this sense, it is possible to define English as a language of ‘problem solving’.
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Good read @Lu_Corde 👍
Just a few notes to help you:
> impressing is not an adjective. The correct word is impressive … in English impressive only ever has a very positive meaning. Maybe a better word could be shocking, unsettling, disturbing …. what do you think?
⚠️ watch out for some word order:
Nevertheless not everywhere it can be categorized a mania, although the importance of English is worldwide recognized
> Nevertheless not everywhere CAN IT BE categorized a mania, although the importance of English is recognized worldwide
Whichever is the approach of your society to English
> Whatever THE approach IS of your society to English
Lastly: …... in the opinion of Jay Walker as well, the English mania is good. Don’t need ‘the’ with mania.
Look out for an email from me – I’m sending you a PDF with grammar practice on articles from Language Practice (C1 and C2) with the answers. (I know -grammar exercises = 😟 … but I think they will help you!) 😍
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Thank you for your feedback!
The word order in English is an old enemy of mine. I was expecting it to show up.
About impressing, cannot verbs in -ing form be used as adjective in general? Because I have always had this misconception.
Anyway, a good replacement for impressive is unsettling according to me.
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Word order is a beast @Lu_Corde – and often there isn’t a grammar rule behind it. It’s one of those things – the more you practise, the better you’ll get at it (and reading too! Reading helps with this a lot).
Yes, verbs in -ing form can be used as adjectives, but unfortunately this doesn’t apply to all verbs. (There is no fast rule for this either I’m afraid! 😧 )
Agree – unsettling works wells here
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