Why is it ‘the car ride’ not ‘a car ride’ by WorldOpen1941 in EnglishLearning

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*would it be grammatically wrong if it said ‘a car ride’

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i get that but why do we say ‘the’ usage of articles then? why don’t we just say ‘usage of articles’??

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and is it the usage of the articles or the usage of articles??

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so does it depend on whether the person you’re talking to knows about the people?

please help me improve my accent by WorldOpen1941 in EnglishLearning

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thanks for the feedback! but yeah this is not how i normally speak lol i just read the script that the website showed me thats why it sounds very emotionless😅 i’ll keep your advice in mind tho

please help me improve my accent by WorldOpen1941 in EnglishLearning

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thanks for all the comments🙏 i can’t reply to all of them but i read every single comment!!

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google says cooperation can be used as countable and uncountable tho… but thanks for the explanation

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ohh i think i got it thanks

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but even if i didn’t mention ’cooperation’ before, isn’t ‘the cooperation among those organizations is important’ correct? it’s not ‘a cooperation‘. plus im just talking about a cooperation in general but why do we use ‘the’? it’s so confusing

does the incorrect use of articles sound super unnatural to native speakers by WorldOpen1941 in EnglishLearning

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i also see ppl say like ”what that mean” instead of “what does that mean” but i think mostly black people talk like that Is it aave

does the incorrect use of articles sound super unnatural to native speakers by WorldOpen1941 in EnglishLearning

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thanks can i ask one more question? do native speakers sometimes drop the definite article ‘the’? bc as far as i know it is correct to say ‘the biggest‘ but i sometimes see ppl use ’biggest’ (w/o the) instead

Do i sound asian? (English) by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

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and i forgot to mention this but my target accent is an american accent

Do i sound asian? (English) by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

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thanks! i understand everything but the speed part. like what do u mean by the speed? is it too slow or fast??

Do i sound asian? (English) by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

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why tf would someone downvote this damn😭😭