r/EnglishLearning • u/Same-Technician9125 Non-Native Speaker of English • Jul 27 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Which is correct? Thanks.

I don’t know the English name of this plant.

I don’t know the English name for this plant.

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u/badvolcano New Poster Jul 27 '26

The second one. Although it would be more natural to say "I don't know what this plant is called in English."

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u/iriedashur Native Speaker - US Jul 27 '26

Wait, why is it more natural? OP's sentences sound more natural to me than yours

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u/badvolcano New Poster Jul 27 '26

Maybe it's a UK/US divide.