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What’s your personal experience with British English and American English?

Personally, I prefer British English rather than American one. On one hand, I get fascinated when someone talks British, on the other hand the most of movies, series and music I hear are American, so I often tend to mix American and British words when I write or speak in…

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Many thanks Kerin.

“Neither have I happened to see…”, it sounds definitely better. Maybe, the present perfect is fit in this context as I talk about my experience up to now, the time of the experience is not important.

Cling, swim…🙄 how many irregular verbs? Paying attention to them…

Roberto

On White II is an excellent painting by the Russian artist Kandinsky and was created in 1923. This early example of abstract art is said to be kandinsky’s most famous painting.

Kandinsky used an array of geometric shapes and lines in a colourful and riotous contemporary display, prompting many artists to imitate his style. On White II,…

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Unfortunately, I do not know the painter Hopper, therefore it is harduous to express comments on his artworks. I do not remember Hopper when I studied art’s history at school. Perhaps, the school programs are focused on European art, while American painters and movements start emerging as from the II WW. Neither I happen to see his paintings…

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Defining art Brainstorming

as a human being (with articles it is really hard🤔)

interested in (perhaps I mixed “I am interested in” with “I am into”).

I like art: as human being I cannot be apathetic in front of art. Art means human creativity, skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. How not to appreciate artworks for their beauty or emotional power? Of course, there are different branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature,…

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Kerin I don’t know if my corrections go well.

1. a source of discrimination

2. million people

3. in search of work

4. Southern people

I don’t think that there’s any snobbery about accent in Italy. There are several accents in Italy due to the different regions and dialects. Once, the southern accents were source of discrimination. In particular, when in the 50’s and 60’s million of people moved from Southern regions to northern cities searching job, northern people felt that…

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Many thanks Kerin… I am so delighted (nay chuffed) 👍

1. I went to my mate’s house to watch the England game the other day. I walked in and said “Alright?” he gave me a jar and I said “Ta.” England lost 4-1 to Germany. My mate and I were gutted. We decided to go for some nosh. The closest pub was selling burgers for a fiver. When we got to the pub there were some other pals there…

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Many thanks Kerin. Indeed, I tend to omit articles, so as to not make mistakes.

I definitely recommend the above book, it is a complete and precise analysis of the social and political Chinese system, written by whom knowing China very well.

I do not know Chinese education system and, to be honest, I do not like Chinese system at all. I have just finished reading an interesting book on China, “The perfect dictatorship”, written by the British professor Stein Ringen.

Anyway, English is not a mania, it is an essential and needed mean nowadays. I have the impression that in few…

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Is binge-watching a harmless or helpful activity?

“Binge” has a negative meaning, it is often associated with uncontrolled and frenzy behaviour in drinking or eating. Therefore, binge-watching seems a harmful activity, leading people to spend hours and hours watching TV series, incapable of stopping it. That could make you addictive and…

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