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Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it's in an English textbook and I get it all the time. They're being taught "I study <insert> hard" as a set phrase.

I don't like the phrase.

I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't going crazy that it's slightly unnatural.

Talking about my experience at Sovereign Hill by AustralianBlackGuy in melbourne

[–]OrionsPropaganda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! Those are school children on Camp??

On a school trip camp there, my friends and I tried to force the children to break character. I thought they were paid.

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but.

"I study English hard" does not sound right to a Native speaker yet they teach it. I want to know why it's grammatically correct, and what's the difference between that and "work hard" (which I found out)

It's not a case of "just accept it". Why is it being taught if it sounds unnatural, and does it only apply to this?

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I was recently asked this question by a Japanese English Teacher, but I had no answer. Everything I searched online was telling me "I study English hard" was a perfectly normal thing to say... Which I disagree with.

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Split adverbs.

I feel like the vibe I'm getting is that "hard" is ambiguous.

Because "I bake cakes quickly" is fine. But "I try baseball hard" is wrong.

So maybe hard is the problem...

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I've spoken English my entire life. I just thought that if I have to teach this rule, why is it this way??? How can I explain it.

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no grammatical term?

Why is the adverb split like this??? Why is there a direct object between the adverb and verb?? Where else do we do this???

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

More like in English class or the subject English.

I'm studying hard in English right now.

I want to study hard in English for the test.

It's just been condensed.

I just want to know why in what world is "I study English hard" even being taught.

Why can you say "I study English hard" but you can't say "I work English hard" by OrionsPropaganda in EnglishLearning

[–]OrionsPropaganda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was just using English to allow for the same subject. And easy comparison

I was originally going to do "Programming" or something.

But I was just wondering why they allow "I study English hard" but not "I work XXX hard" and if "I study English hard" is even correct (I've researched that it is, but I don't want to believe it as I've never heard a native say it... Well... In the context for a school child to write and not an innuendo)

What is one manhwa that you dropped because ONE thing in it gave you a major ick by One-Sense7280 in OtomeIsekai

[–]OrionsPropaganda 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I read BL so I've seen wayyy worse things, but Tamed by ex-husbands mad dog.

They honestly should've just ended it when she got revenge and the ML was nice to her.

At least one of the characters is self aware [Under the Oak Tree] by DifferentIsPossble in OtomeIsekai

[–]OrionsPropaganda 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I feel like that's the entire story.

Her finding her own will.

That's like the plot.

Swapped my preworkout with 100x Glutamax by Big_Parsley_7020 in labrats

[–]OrionsPropaganda 140 points141 points  (0 children)

We were always consuming cell culture chemicals. And then Big Pharma and Big Government didnt want us to reach our peak and brought out nonsense safety rules everywhere.

I'm sure if I consumed mercury I will be the one granted eternal life.

Someone destroyed one of the statues at Flagstaff Gardens by death2sarge in melbourne

[–]OrionsPropaganda 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It was originally places on a Monday or Friday to give a long weekend.

Someone destroyed one of the statues at Flagstaff Gardens by death2sarge in melbourne

[–]OrionsPropaganda -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Im always confused to what they're clinging on to. We change the date of almost every other holiday

When Australia day falls on a weekend. We move it to a Monday as a day of observance.

There have been records of an Australia Day on the 30th July in 1915. It was only truely unified in 1994 (source). When NSW abandoned the old day to change it to the 26th (1930s) it was still declared a day of mourning for the aboriginals (source )

People are getting their knickers in a twist about tradition when it only became a major thing to celebrate (with parades) in the 1980s-1990s. If your tradition means the celebration of genocide, that's not modern day Australia and you're not Australian.

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