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I agree with you 100% about Fleabag @Antonella – I found it refreshing and the acting was superb! (Yes, not easy in English, but I’m glad you coped!) You know, I’ve never seen Sherlock! I don’t know why, I must have a peek. Maybe when autumn arrives!
Notes: Very fluid and excellent use of vocabulary 👍
> witty and smart scripts and a more accurate settings -delete ‘a’ since settings is plural: witty and smart scripts and more accurate settings.
> Two of my favorite … when we us favourite to replace the noun (in this case: two of my favourite shows), we have to make ‘favourite’ plural: Two of my favourites were …
> Last year, I binged watch (to binge watch) – when we put it in the past, ‘watch’ is the part that changes: Last year, I binge watched …
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Correct!
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Think + preposition: read here https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/prepositions-after-the-verb-think/
– I’ve added some commas where you would naturally take a breath – it helps it flow better
– The last sentence would sound more natural like this:
Any road, since she is always so bloody jammy, while looking for a way to get out of the situation, a tenner on the floor caught her eye, so luckily she was able to enjoy the coffee and the cake (which actually she found was the dog’s bollocks!) and in the end, she was able to pay for them.
Do ask if you need clarification on anything, also in the photo 🌸
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(Sue reminds me of a friend of mine!)
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Fabulous @Mao 👏 👍
Two points:
1. I spent tenner on drinks > I spent A tenner on drinks
2. Adjectives like knackered and gutted are what we call ‘Absolute Adjectives’. This means that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we don’t use ‘very’ with these kinds of adjective.
You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47
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say to someone v. tell someone
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/say-or-tell
In the last paragraph, can you fix the error that I circled?
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Morning @MariLu
This is ‘bloody’ brilliant! I’m not joking, I’m over the moon to see how much progress you are making! This could almost be from a mother tongue! I hope you enjoyed writing it.
Below you’ll find the tweaks you need to need to make.
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Excellent @chiaramig !
(numpty has to be one of my favourite words ever!!!)
note: they started taking the piss out OF us 👍
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Couldn’t agree more @chiaramig . In fact, when I was little, if I used slang in the house my mum would tell me off and say that I sounded common! I agree, there is a time and place for it.
You also make a good point regarding the insensitivity of native speakers towards non-native speakers – I hadn’t really considered that.
I also agree with you about language acquisition – since I learned Italian in Italy, I picked up colloquial expressions fairly quickly, whereas I struggle with speaking the language correctly (because I didn’t study the foundations). For the majority of my students, as you point out, the reality is the opposite: first the learning takes place and second the acquisition of the informal register. Interesting stuff!
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Thank you @chiaramig – this is excellent. (I personally love what you say about English being a means of communication…)
The writing is super – we just need to tidy up a few things:
➡️ an excellent knowledge of English is something that makes your c.v. standing out “to make something stand out” > an excellent knowledge of English is something that makes your c.v. STAND out
to access something (no preposition) whereas, you need a preposition if you use ‘give’: to GIVE access To> … not only is it an opportunity to access a more successful career
to get in contact to > to get in contact WITH this phrase needs a bit of change to the word order: My opinion is, that what is bad it’s the attitude to make feeling left out those who are not good at English or are not keen on study it.> My opinion is, that what is bad IS the attitude THAT makeS THOSE who are not good at English or are not keen on studING it FEEL LEFT OUT.
(⚠️ keen on +ING)
Well done Chiara 🌸
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Hi @Mao , thanks for sending me by email. I’m not sure why you weren’t able to post, but never mind!
Very good work and good vocabulary use. You are improving.
I had the same impression as I hadn’t realised this trend either. Although, many of my colleagues have started teaching Chinese kids. With the Covid situation, many teachers have lost their job, but Chinese online schools are hiring.
Anyway! Let’s get down to business!
1. Nationality: ‘Chinese’ is an adjective.
Whereas ‘the Chinese’ is a noun to mean the Chinese population (we can say: the Chinese OR Chinese people)
‘Chinese’ (without ‘the’) is a noun to man the language. Therefore:
Before arguing the following points, the scene of THE Chinese shouting out loud was terrifying me. I even didn’t know how enthusiastic Chinese youthS are ABOUT learning English.
Try and read through the text again and make the corrections where necessary.
2. Missing article and suggested changes>
I find THE WORD mania HAS A more positive connotation to me in the way that people ….
3. It is more like forced brainwashING which restricts students mindS from interest-driven learning, but pushES them TO LEARN English as an obligation by using propaganda.
4. Because it is spoken by a largest number of races…> largest is a superlative. Can you fix the article?
5. Japan, for example, use to place English ... > can you correct the grammar (use)?
6. Year by year, the starting period of learning English IS BECOMING earlier. (You need to use the present continuous to describe current trends)
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Absolutely brilliant @MariLu – I enjoyed that!
> Be careful with spelling: A fiver \ a tenner \ jammy
> Adjectives like knackered and gutted are what we call ‘Absolute Adjectives’. This means that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we don’t use ‘very’ with these kinds of adjective.
You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47
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😂 … I too remember my primary one teacher. She wore tweed clothes and had a big hairy wart on her chin … like a character from Harry Potter!
Notes:
> The word teaching remember me = The word teaching ‘reminds me of’ ….
See this for the explanation: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/remember-or-remind
> carism = charsima
> clear exposition = articulate? clearly spoken?
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That is so interesting @Gabriela and actually I realise my ignorance because I thought there were only three languages in Switzerland 😳 . It’s also interesting what you say about a sort of rivalry between people with varying accents and dialects (this is true in Scotland!) I sincerely hope the gentleman from the electoral committee was saying that with a ‘pinch of salt’! How dreadful if it was meant nastily!
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Perfect! 👏
