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Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce

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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.

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[-] RespectMyAuthoriteh@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

Yes English is tough, though through practice comes understanding.

[-] harmonea@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

My favorite version of what you just did is "English is tough; it can be understood through thorough thought, though."

[-] kryptonicus@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

You missed the opportunity to throw "thorough" in there after "through".

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

there is no understanding, just repetition of what you've heard

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