English learners: what did/do you find the hardest aspect of the language to learn?
6 Answers to "English learners: what did/do you find the hardest aspect of the language to learn?"
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My husband speaks English as a second language and he's very good but the hardest part for him is distinguishing between words that sound similar but aren't, and have different meanings, like "holy" versus "holly".
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grammar and spelling and pronounciation !! i learned english from movies i rarely speak english with anyone like verbally :P
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spelling, but then I realized that there where not any universal spelling rules and ceased to give a f about it
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There are more rules than it looks like at first... working out which words are Germanic and which ones are from French or Latin is useful to start with. But when you see how crap a lot of English speakers are at spelling, it's probably not something to worry about too much!
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The hidden connotations, multiple meanings of the same words, and mostly understanding slang
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LMAO. GRAMMAR and word placement
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this one I can see, trying to learn spanish, I was always hosing it upLike (1)
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Posted by Carrie19 1 Mar 4th, 2013 at 5:05PM
English prepositions are a nightmare!
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Reply by winstonwelles Mar 4th, 2013 at 5:08PM
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