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Евгений Бабко4г1,8 K

Когда употреблять it is, а когда it's? В чём разница?

спрашивает# KIRKA · 1 ответ

"It's" - сокращение от "it is" и "it has", потому когда в предложении одинаково корректно звучат и "it is", и "it has", то можно смело использовать "it's", так же, как и когда по форме... Читать далее

Professor Vyv Evans7 лет279

Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

Why is English such a difficult language to learn?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood · 1 ответ

Well, how difficult it is to learn relates to what your native language is; and this follows as some languages are more similar in terms of sounds, vocabulary and grammatical patterns... Читать далее

Professor Vyv Evans7 лет79

Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

Which is the most difficult language to learn from scratch?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood · 1 ответ

All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so they’re equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a new-born, any language is, in principle, as easy or as... Читать далее

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NikiLin 20085 лет1,1 K

Учусь,работаю,есть любимая жена и двое любимых деток

Посоветуйте сайты, YouTube, каналы для изучения английского)?

спрашиваетTimur Konyukhov · 2 ответа

English Galaxy,ведущий Александр Бебрис преподаватель английского языка, на канале есть много интересного.Можно подтянуть разговорный и грамматику, в среднем уроки длятся от 20 до 40 минут

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Marie Merveilleux7 лет74

French student living in Brussels, my interests include, literature, linguistics, film and speaking too fast.

Why doesn't French get rid of "soixante-dix", "quatre-vingts" & "quatre-vingt-dix" and use "septante", "octante" & "nonante" from Belgian French?

спрашиваетAlex Bellars · 1 ответ

The two forms stem from different numeral systems. The Romans used the decimal system that we still use today (counting in tens), whereas the Celts and, by extension, the Gauls used a... Читать далее

Professor Vyv Evans7 лет103

Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

What's the easiest way to learn a new language?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood · 1 ответ

There are three main elements you need to be effective. The first is that you have to learn smart, the second is that you have to practise, and the third is that you need some kind of... Читать далее

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Dr Catherine Brown7 лет267

Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in English at New College of the Humanities. Vice-President of the D.H. Lawrence Society. @NeoLawrencian

Is there a distortion in the perception of Russian literature in the English-speaking cultures?

спрашиваетMaria Kornienko · 1 ответ

Of course – distortion is involved in any change of time, place or language between a literature’s writers and its readers. But a few things are specific to Anglophone readers of Russian... Читать далее

Наталья Акатьева7 лет18

Почти филолог, почти музыкант

Does the popularity of emoji and text-speak indicate a dumbing-down of society?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood · 2 ответа

Absolutely not. Of course, it`s just my opinion, nevertheless, i`m sure that emojis don`t make us dumber. On the contrary, they are much more easier to use in everyday life. Nowadays... Читать далее

Professor Dennis Hayes7 лет45

Professor of Education, University of Derby, and Director of Academics for Academic Freedom. @ProfDHayes

Should Latin be on the National Curriculum?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood · 1 ответ

Yes. Classics are actually havinga great revival at the moment. I was talking at an event where the classicist Mary Beard spoke and I thought “why not start a debate among teachers about... Читать далее