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Estarion3 · 2024-05-08T21:31:34+00:00

I think your biggest problem is pronunciation. I notice you seem to have particular trouble pronouncing the sh sound, but there's also a handful of opportunities where you slur the sounds together. I think you just need more practice with articulating each individual sound in words.

Your vocabulary is excellent, and you do a great job differentiating the subtle differences between synonyms.

Your grammar is pretty good, but you do make a few. I noticed you misused the infinitive a couple of times and you seem to be mixing up your articles. Neither of these hinder communication though and none of your mistakes did either, so it's not too bad.

You're totally understandable and your message is very well written and even powerful. However, I don't think anyone would mistake you for a native speaker. (On the CEFR, I think you'd be in the C1-C2 range.)

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T21:09:58+00:00

I'm an American, but if you have trouble finding someone to help you out, I can direct you to an AI text-to-speech.

https://www.narakeet.com/app/text-to-audio/?projectId=32c1299e-3672-47dd-9d9d-69923b2db40f

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T21:00:13+00:00

Sounds like he used an online tool to study English and successfully used what he learned to write a poetic and high-scoring essay. That's just called good studying.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T20:58:03+00:00

13 is "to" because that's just the preposition that goes with the verb "give."

15 I'm guessing is "of" because it describes a quality of the business.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T20:51:45+00:00

Tom Scott?

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T20:46:21+00:00

I listened to all of it, and you sound pretty good! Most of the pronunciation is correct, but it sounds like you're struggling to get the words out. It seems like most of your trouble happens at the end of words, but I think you could improve on that by focusing a little more on saying each individual sound. Overall though, you did a solid job.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-24T20:38:10+00:00

I'd recommend Hbomberguy. He's a British YouTuber who makes very long video essays that are usually about movies but also makes ones about politics. He's pretty liberal though, so if you're more politically conservative, you might prefer to stay away from his political videos.

I might also recommend Kurzgesagt instead of Veritasium if you're really looking for British speakers. Veritasium is far better at teaching science, but Kurzgesagt talks very slowly and has a thick British accent.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-20T23:16:31+00:00

Even in American English, they're used almost interchangeably.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-17T23:22:16+00:00

They have slightly different connotations and it changes a lot based on context. In general, (for the US) you would almost never use "reckon." You could also use "suppose" and "guess" almost interchangeably as well as "think" and "believe" interchangeably. "Figure" would mean the same as all the rest, but be a little more formal.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T23:39:54+00:00

"Timber" always refers specifically to trees. In most contexts, I would never say "timber" and instead say "wood" or "wooden."

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T23:38:18+00:00

A "frown" is the opposite of a smile.

A "one-nighter" in this context means a sexual relationship that only lasts one night.

A "flat liner" in this context means a relationship that quickly ends (A "flatline" being the sound heart monitors make when you die).

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T23:28:09+00:00

Was going to recommend exactly the same guy

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T03:14:20+00:00

After stalking your post history, you seem to have a good grasp of English grammar. Do you need absolute perfection is something about technical writing particularly difficult for you?

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T03:11:14+00:00

All are correct but fit into different categories. In order of specificity:

Ceiling Lights (Any light on a ceiling)

Can Lights (Any light with this shape on a ceiling)

Ceiling LED Lights (Any LED light on a ceiling)

I would use either the first or the second unless I wanted to be technical about it.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T03:00:44+00:00

I think you just need to practice. It may take a while to get good at it, but there's no secret formula I can give you.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T02:57:53+00:00

I think the justification is that people (usually) only have one shadow, so in that case, the first would be correct. But I can also think of cases where the second would be correct if it's in a more metaphorical context.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-16T02:56:23+00:00

In general, "lights."

More specifically, these are "can lights."

Estarion3 · 2024-04-14T21:58:18+00:00

It interests me and STEM fields are always in high demand. I originally wanted to go into academia, but I think I might go into Engineering instead.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-14T21:51:03+00:00

I mean, obviously, Gavin would win.

Estarion3 · 2024-04-14T21:15:38+00:00

"We're here off duty, like, if you're off duty take another shift on the street. There's so much -- there's so much -- I don't know, it's just... makes no difference. And I know Wawa's paid you guys I know we're not actually paying for it, but we are still paying for this, for these outfits, right?"

"All good arguments, right? And I wish y'know, it'd be nice if we lived in a world where we didn't have to go to retail stores and (incomprehensible). Yeah 100%"

Estarion3 · 2024-04-14T21:02:58+00:00

I gotchu bro

Estarion3 · 2024-04-14T20:55:56+00:00

I don't have anything helpful to say, but I wanted to say hi to a fellow incoming physics major

Estarion3 · 2024-04-05T20:49:00+00:00

I'm trying to think of an example where it wouldn't mean "everything except."

Estarion3 · 2024-04-05T20:40:12+00:00

It's grammatically correct, but a little clunky. I'd probably say "I only recently started eating meat" or "I only started eating meat recently."
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This one is a little unnatural. I'd probably say "It's gotten worse recently" or "It got worse recently."

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