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English thread

Let's chat in English, dear anonymous! You can write about everything here, regardless of your level.

Your English level is…

1. A1(голосов 7 [3.78%])

   3.78%

2. A2(голосов 10 [5.41%])

   5.41%

3. B1(голосов 25 [13.51%])

   13.51%

4. B2(голосов 56 [30.27%])

   30.27%

5. C1(голосов 59 [31.89%])

   31.89%

6. C2(голосов 28 [15.14%])

   15.14%

Всего голосов: 185

Гости не могут голосовать

Анон

Re: English thread

I distinctly remember discovering ao3 and devouring English fics like crazy in high school, bumping up my vocabulary tremendously.

Mmm, yeah, rewind to all the TOS Kirk\Spock fics read for both fangirling and vocabular reasons. Thank god I never spoke English outside of school then 'cause it must have been some cringey shit of legendary levels.

Анон

Re: English thread

And no typical native speaker errors in writing like they're instead of their

Honestly I don't get it. They have no problem with 'destruct' and 'distract', 'week' and 'weak'. What is so special about 'they're' and 'their'?

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 01:59:27)

Анон

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What is so special about they-they're-their?

тся\ться

Анон

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And no typical native speaker errors in writing like they're instead of their

I often write it's instead of its. I've no idea why. I know why native speakers make those mistakes, but it makes no sense for me to do it.

Анон

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What is so special about 'they're' and 'their'?

Contraction?

Анон

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it makes no sense for me to do it.

why tho

Анон

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why tho

Because I learned English as a non-native speaker, so I was taught what "it's" and "its" mean at the same time as I was taught how to spell them. So I have no reason to confuse them.

What's strange is I've started to make this mistake only in recent years. I had no problems with it in school.

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 02:07:16)

Анон

Re: English thread

wut, u think natives weren't taught that?

Анон

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And no typical native speaker errors in writing like they're instead of their

Btw I always wondered, if Americans studying Russian find our grammar mistakes like ться тся, as dumb as we find those ones which you mentioned

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 02:09:52)

Анон

Re: English thread

I often write it's instead of its. I've no idea why.

Same. I know why i do it. I always forget that  _'s should not be used in the genitive with 'it' the same way it is used with nouns :(
And I have started to do this recently, at school I didn't have that problem. Don't know why.

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 02:10:55)

Анон

Re: English thread

why tho

Because I learned English as a non-native speaker, so I was taught what "it's" and "its" mean at the same time as I was taught how to spell them. So I have no reason to confuse them.

You're overthinking it, it's just a typo. And you don't see it straight away because you just saw this typo/mistake too often in English-writing places and got used to it.
Internet fucks with your literacy in general.

Анон

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What's strange is I've started to make this mistake only in recent years. I had no problems with it in school.

Too much reading of English forums? 

Анон

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I always wondered, if Americans studying Russian find our grammar mistakes like ться тся, as dumb as we find those ones that you mentioned

as far as I know they're busy freaking out at the sight of verbs of motion and couldn't care less about what mistakes we make in our language

Анон

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wut, u think natives weren't taught that?

They first learn how to speak. Then they learn how to write. By the time they learn how to spell words, they are already fluent and that influence their writing.
Non-natives learn to spell at the same time as they learn new words. So they confuse their and they're and so on much less often. It just doesn't occur to them to confuse them.

Анон

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as far as I know they're busy freaking out at the sight of verbs of motion and couldn't care less about what mistakes we make in our language

You mean, at the sight of cases and declensions.

Анон

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Non-natives learn to spell at the same time as they learn new words.

ok, good point

Анон

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as far as I know they're busy freaking out at the sight of verbs of motion and couldn't care less about what mistakes we make in our language

And hellish cursive lol
But srsly tho there should be some advanced russian learners out there, I'd love to hear their take on native/non-native perception of language

Анон

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You mean, at the sight of cases and declensions.

And perfective/imperfective verbs.

Анон

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at the sight of cases and declensions.

When I tried to learn one Slavic language, I was also ready to die because of this.

Анон

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But srsly tho there should be some advanced russian learners out there, I'd love to hear their take on native/non-native perception of language

like a few dozens of youtube channels? 

Анон

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What is so special about they-they're-their?

They sound about the same to natives. And English writing is so very detached from English pronunciation that all too often you can't spell the word correctly even if you know what it means and how exactly it's pronounced. It's like карова but ten times worse.

Анон

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When I tried to learn one Slavic language, I was also ready to die because of this.

Yeah, those things are hard to learn even if you are already familiar with the concept. Like I don't need grammatical gender explained to me, but I still have problems remembering genders in German. Poor English speakers have to wrap their heads around the idea of a table or a spoon having a gender first.

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 02:20:47)

Анон

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I constantly confuse he and she for no reason so while everyone keeps bitching about sjw I embrace their "they" with all my passion.

Анон

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Why so many C1? Feel like dum-dum with my pitiful weak B2 

Анон

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I have no idea what my level is.