r/EnglishLearning • • 1h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax I've never seen or heard "pair" as its plural form. Have you?

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Does this mean "two pair of pants" is possible?

To be clear, I mean the dictionary suggests that the plural forms of "pair" are either "pairs" or "pair."

Edit: A lot of people seem to have misunderstood my question.


r/EnglishLearning • • 16h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax "Isn't" in questions being changed for "is not" as is

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For example in the question "Isn't this my house?" it cannot be rewritten as "Is not this my house", right? That sounds wrong. So how could it be?


r/EnglishLearning • • 8h ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics How do you differentiate between just wet and "containing" water?

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I'm talking about the difference between the floor (bathroom, for example) just being wet and there's some water in the corners and some parts of the floor. In my language, we'd say something like "there's stagnant water" as opposed to just wet. It's kind of like how you'd describe a puddle. The same is true if a road has potholes filled with water after it just rained.


r/EnglishLearning • • 18h ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics I'm looking for someone to share a subscription to LookUpper (a language learning program)

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The subscription costs 500 rubles, but I would like to save for a couple of months with someone since the Pro version is provided for 2 devices. Anyone who also wants to learn any language in the game for literally 250 rubles, please let me know. This program is specifically for games and for watching movies in English or another language


r/EnglishLearning • • 22h ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates Se acobardaron alguna vez para una entrevista o charla en ingles?

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r/EnglishLearning • • 6h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Please help me to figure out grammar

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I'm a B1 learner

This my homework,I guess "have got" equals "have to" and "need to"?

Please tell me No.2 answer and check others answers

I knew I misspelled drivers as dirves at no.3

Thank you very much


r/EnglishLearning • • 1h ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates Is the word “Damn” appreciate to use in newly formed romantic online chatting

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I talking to a guy I like online ( as what you can see from the screenshot) , I have heard people said “ damn” when they make a mistake but I think those people mean “ darn “ instead of “Damn “.

It may be a very minor mistake I did , but I a sensitive person and don’t to be seen by him that I’m not appropriate and impolite since we just start talking. Should I apologize to him and explain because my English is not my first language sometimes I did not know the true “ true” meaning of it because my English is not my first language. Is this word really that appropriate to use in our conversation as per the screen shot I attached to this post .

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Edit : sorry forget to mentioned he also a Christian from the UK as well , he volunteered in church ( idk if this will make any difference!)


r/EnglishLearning • • 12h ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics How can I move from B2 to C1 and enrich my vocabulary?

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Hi! do you have tips that actually work so that I can move from level B2 to C1 and C2? I have plenty of time, I’m not in a hurry.


r/EnglishLearning • • 10h ago

🟡 Pronunciation / Intonation /s/ or /z/ in USED TO

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Hello! I have a question, why is "used to" transcribed with a /s/? I see here on the dictionary that, when used a verb, the word USE is /juːz/ and when it is a noun it is /juːs/

I transcribed USED TO as a devoiced /z/ but the teacher marked it as a mistake. I will ask her next class but I wanted to see if I can get an answer here as well.


r/EnglishLearning • • 3h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax "bought" or "had bought"

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What is the right answer here "bought" or "had bought" or can u use both?

If you ____ (buy) the tickets yesterday, you should have received a confirmation email in your inbox by now.


r/EnglishLearning • • 23h ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax fill or be filled? And do you need to use "up" too?

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The tap is on. I'm waiting for the tank to fill / be filled (up).

I'm a bit confused as the dictionary says "fill" can be either transitive or intransitive. Are both correct then?