What words and phrases should I avoid as an ESL, online and irl.

What words and phrases should I avoid as an ESL, online and irl.

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  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >overusing "very"
    >do the needful
    >ending your sentence with though (sometimes it makes sense, though)

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      thoughbeit

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        If I ever heard anybody use thoughever in real life I think I would cum.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      though is literally just an english modal particle, though. no one gets all up in arms when i say ja, doch, aber, or mal.

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Lose vs. loose
    'Touristic' isn't a word

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touristic

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    how it looks like

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    As an ESL you should avoid writing in English altogether and I say that as an ESL myself. You are never going to sound natural to even the dumbest EFLs and your phrases will always seem to them a little out of place. Just stick to your part of the Internet and try not to venture to EFL places unless you want to humiliate yourself. You are never going to make it in English unless you've been immersed in it from a very young age like Nabokov or have a godly amount of self-determination like Conrad

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >always seem to them a little out of place.
      *Always seem a little out of place to them.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        See what I mean? Thanks for the correction.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          The real tell besides for saxon word order that scandis have little problem with is completely fricking up how you invert and form a question, and the periphrastic Do.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            example?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      People who speak English as their first language often make mistakes with grammar and spelling. You can achieve a better mastery of the English language than people who speak it as their primary language.

      I would not worry about the judgment and insults of bitter anons who just want to make you insecure, which apparently they have succeeded in doing by using "ESL" as a dumb and low effort insult.

      Your English is fine, it is actually better than what passes in a casual or professional context. Think about how the New York Times is written at a tenth grade reading level. You take English more seriously than most, what you lack is self-confidence really.

  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Start making the mistakes that native speakers make
    > use it's instead of its
    > there instead of their
    > apostrophes in plural words ending in S
    > should of instead of should've
    > use effect instead of affect
    You get the point

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >>> apostrophes in plural words ending in S
      how is this bad, that's literally the rule

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        I have two Radiohead CDs -> correct
        I have two Radiohead CD's -> incorrect

        The apostrophe is only added to plurals to avoid confusion between different acronyms (in the sentence it's obvious one is talking about compact-discs).

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        ?

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    you should use 'though' at the end of your sentences more often though

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Using though at the start of your sentence versus the end is the same difference between 110IQ and 80IQ.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        t.79
        Couldn't be me

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    If you do not know the plural of a word, do not tag on an 's'. Just find another way to denote its puralism.
    I've heard so many indians make this mistake.
    >You have three mails today, anon

  8. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    If I want to say ''a problem pertaining to women'', I say ''women's problem'' or ''women' problem''?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      the former

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      mans's

  9. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Just look at a new lemma each day, and try to work out the usage of its inflections for each scenario. You just need to expose yourself to new words, through reading, listening, watching, or talking.

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