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Is using the "s" for the first person ("I calls" and "I sees") some kind of dialect ?
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i’m aware people say morning instead of good morning, do you also just say evening or afternoon?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i6rnis/im_aware_people_say_morning_instead_of_good/
What does it mean to “raw dog”?
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Is it true that the word "too" is used to express an excess of something negative?
I came accross a YT video where the presenter said that the word "too" is used to express an excess of something negative, and the use of the word before "good" is wrong, for example - "This place is *too* crowded". We use the sentence - "Too good to be true" very commonly, but then it implies something negative, so this very likely might be true. I am not a native speaker.
This feels like an odd sentence structure to me, is it correct?
I'd think it should be 'But the more time went by, the less response he became', or 'But as more time went by, he became less responsive'. Something like that.
Is “point percy at the porcelain” a common idiom in the states?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hzuanf/is_point_percy_at_the_porcelain_a_common_idiom_in/
Is potluck a word frequently used in the US? If not, what's the regular way of saying it?
The title:) What is the kind of party where guests bring their food in with them? Thanks everyone!
Can someone settle an argument I'm having?
Hi, I'm in a bit of an argument with another Redditor, and I would like some objective third party opinion about a piece of English. Bill is talking to his friend, John, and says "I would get lunch with you, but my doctor's appointment is in 10 minutes." Does this mean Bill is going to get lunch with John or not? EDIT: Apparently I used an incorrect example. They said the better example would be Bill saying to John "I would call that a comedy, if it wasn't so depressing." They claim the "but" is fundamentally changing the meaning of the phrase.
If it hadn't been for her (grammatically correct) why did you use "if it wasn't for her"? is this how native english speakers say it?
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“She conceives with Tom.” “She is pregnant with Tom.” Do these sound natural to mean Tom is the father of the baby?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hqjcf4/she_conceives_with_tom_she_is_pregnant_with_tom/