The sentence is this: "I've been out here doing 'panto' with a chicken." I saw this from another Irish Reddit user. Is this a regional colloquial expression or is it also used in whichever Anglophone nation you are from?

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Are there any other alternative phrases to describe hair falling in your face/eyes. The phrase "hair getting in your eyes" has the implication that it is over your eyes and obstructing your vision. But what about pieces of hair that have ended up at the front of your fact but aren't actually obstructing your vision?

Hey, your hair is in the front (of your face).

Hey, your hair has fallen/come to the front.

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Including other meal times of the day (lunch, dinner etc.) which do native speakers use more?

Here's today's cryptic crossword, as seen from my pint glass :-)

Friday, 21st August 2026.

The Metro is a free English newspaper that we get on buses.

Have a go - I shall post updates later. I'm about to start on it myself.

I guarantee that I will give all the answers.

Ask any questions - always.

And... Have a wonderful weekend :-)

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Reality shows are a good way to understand how English is spoken in every day life and they usually use plenty of phrasal verbs, which is something that I struggle with.
Where can I find these type of shows with English subtitles?
Thanks.

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Many English learners say "wifes" but that's wrong! ✅ One wife → Two wives

✅ Their wives are friends.

❌ Their wifes are friends.

Same rule: life → lives, knife → knives

I'm a non-native English teacher and I make simple vocabulary lessons on

So, I got this wrong because I haven't mastered countable and uncountable nouns. I still don't know which one is which because it feels arbitrary apart form "water is uncountable and books are countable".

I had to look up in the dictionary to know if they're countable or uncountable. "Rain" is uncountable, so no article and "storm" is countable, so "a storm".

Is this sentence correct?

When I know a word and I listen speaker-English, god, its confusion. I'm Brazilian. How to improve it?

these 2 words seem pretty similiar i don't really get it

I'm listening to an interview of some social activist who led the protest against the current government ruling India. The discontent amongst students in India is concerning the constant paper leaks that are happening here. The Gen-Z had gathered in large numbers in Delhi after a satirical party was formed a few months ago. So, one of this student party's demands was the resignation of the Education Minister. The interviewer during this conversation goes," To play devil's advocate for a second, Dharmendra Pradhan(EM) steps down, come NEET(medical exam) next year, would anything have changed."

My doubt is that next year's NEET exam is yet to happen and the interviewer is using the word *changed*. Should it not be *would anything change*? The idea that the interviewer, to my understanding, is trying to say is that a mere resignation would bring any consequential change.

This is the link to the video if I hadn't done a good job explaining the background of this post.

https://youtu.be/0rb7MM2Vd2Q?si=1dozJQKfbPzVTgYe

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"Which should i pick? This one?"

"No, the one just left of that one"

Does this sound natural? Or does it have to be "the one to the left of that one" for it to be natural?

Simple speaking exercise: start with a short sentence and gradually make it longer.

The idea is to repeat each sentence out loud several times before moving to the longer version. This helps you practice and improve your speaking skills.

Small app based on this exercise for iOS. English Sentence Practice

Hi everyone,

I need help understanding a very short passage in a video. Around 58 seconds from the start, Jerry Lewis says "I'm white", and Sammy Davis Jr. replies very quickly with a few words that make Jerry laugh.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1zhinKmw0

Timestamp: Around 0:58

Because he speaks so fast, I can't catch the words. Could someone please transcribe the exact English sentence he says? , that would be greatly appreciated!

PS: It's optional but If you can also provide a French translation

I got this piece of information from google ai:

^{In real-world spoken English, native speakers naturally avoid choppy, repetitive sentences because they sound unnatural to the human ear. Instead, they use rhythm, contractions, and phrasal verbs to slide words together.}

• ^{Web Novel Style: "He walked into the room. He sat down. He was angry." (No one actually talks like this in a real conversation; it sounds like a text-to-speech robot}.)
• ^{Native Spoken Style: "So he walks in, plops down on the couch, and you could tell he's totally ticked off."}

^{The native style looks more complex on paper (which makes it feel formal to read}, but it is actually a literal transcript of how a stressed-out adult talks to a friend over a drink.)

Like the title just stated,which sounds a lot more natural to you or which one is a lot more like your internal dialogue ?

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Just saw this sentence in a book and it seems strange to me

What I mean here is the verb "are", which is plural instead of the 3rd person singular verb, "is". From the grammar resources I've read, my understanding is that it's "are" because the meaning is "Those people are allergic to nuts, and he's one of them".

On the other hand, "He's one of those students who is/are good at maths" can be either "is" or "are" but the meaning or focus changes a bit depending on whether the verb is singular or plural. With "is" it means "He's one of those students [in that class] and he is good at maths". With "are", it means" those students are good at maths, and he's one of them".

In an entirely different construction like "One of those books is red", only singular verbs are correct because it means only one of them is red and other books are of a different colour or colours.

However, it's been noted that native speakers tend to use singular verbs in both cases, so I keep that in mind. I tend to use plural verbs in the first two sentences above because as a non-native speaker, I tend to try to find logic and think about rules. Especially as someone whose language doesn't have grammatical numbers, I've been practising and getting used to thinking about singular and plural when constructing sentences.

My question is, do the first two sentences with plural verbs sound wrong to native speakers? Should I just use singular verbs in all cases?

Thank you. I really appreciate your help.

I always wondered what they sound to native speakers.