Thanks for picking that one up. Too often online it seems like most people have forgotten how long the newest Star Wars has been the bad one.
Probably partially because we're getting old
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They do but not for lack of effort on the part of the American government.
Fun fact, part of the Ogalalla Aquifer is in South Dakota and probably at least somewhat necessary to your survival. For a while an oil company has been wanting to run an oil pipeline through it. You should be more aware of what's going on in your country.
I have serious reservations about an article that contradicts itself.
the average American could correctly identify between three and four states on a map.
The average American can identify about 10-15 states on a map.
I'm not saying the average American is any bastion of knowledge, but if we can't figure out North State is north of South State then that's another conversation than "can't identify many states on a map"
I didn't want to come off dismissive asking how often you're talking about those specific kinds of plants but maybe it's a relevant question after all lol
Just get a Voyager amount. It'll seem small but the more you use them the more you'll have
I think you and I have very different experiences. I rarely see that kind of correction if ever.
When you're in a public space you never know when your words are being consumed by an ESL speaker. I think the best approach is natural yet accurate. They're going to encounter contractions when dealing with native speakers, but the difference between it's and its, for example, can be tricky so try to use them as taught.
Spelling mistakes can absolutely be an issue. It's already hard enough to figure out English spelling without native speakers making it worse. Add on to that the difficulty in any added language of working out near homophones, let alone actual homophones.
I knew someone who was pretty decent with English as their third language but had trouble keeping Texas and taxes straight. I know another guy who is American and uses no in place of know. That one threw me for a while before I figured out what he was trying to say.
I will admit, I do like that "technically" the plural for octopus is "supposed to be" octopods (pronounced like oc-tip-o-dees) but that's a fun "fact", not a correction I've ever tried to make.
I know it's a typo, but it's a fitting one
Republicans should pay for their candidate next election
90+% of the time you get common mistakes. Should ofs, they're - there - their confusions, apostrophes for plurals.
The kind of thing that confuses ESL speakers. The decent thing would seem to be to try and stick to the way it's taught rather than go with the "it doesn't matter" route when it absolutely matters to some.
Also 2000! Let us not forget that he was proven a loser, politically, before he ever oozed his way in to office the first time.
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