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I think the word "shuttlecock" sounds hilarious. It's another word for the birdie, which is the projectile used in the game of badminton. I don't know how shuttle and cock got put together as a name for the little equipment.

I think another is judgment. It also has a weird spelling rule because it could also be spelled as judgement with an "e" instead of judgment. I prefer to use judgement though. How do you guys spell it?

I have a tendency to misspell the word "separate." I usually write seperate, just because of the way it sounds. I, also, misspell words that usually need to double up the last letter when conjugating. For example, I'd put "eatting" instead of "eating."

My name is Alex and I've learned English throughout my journey through the American education system. I've picked up a little bit of Spanish in high school and now I'm learning Korean. Also, I absolutely love these smileys  :grin: :grin: :grin:.

Funny how you mentioned that topic thekernel, I actually wrote a thread about that in the English Grammar section. If you would be so kind as to check it out and provide some feedback or maybe correct something that I might have missed  :grin:. http://linguaholic.com/english-grammar/%27its%27-vs-%27it%27s%27/

I also don't use proper grammar or spelling when communicating to a friend via the internet. I agree with Baburra, as long as we understand each other, I don't see a problem. I think language can be as slurred as you want, as long as both parties understand each other  :wacky:.

That's why there are different languages in the first place. Someone listening to an ancient language would think its gibberish, but to someone who can also speak that ancient language, they can communicate. Likewise, communicating to that ancient person will have them perceive your language as gibberish, yet we don't think its gibberish because we understand it.

So this might also help you out when composing sentences. The reason you don't use "to" right after "across" is because both of those words are prepositions. A preposition is in the English Parts of Speech including similar types like nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on. But anyways, you don't use two prepositions right after the other.

For example you CANNOT do "He was under above the dog." Both "under" and "above" are prepositions but, also, both of these words are complete opposites in meaning.

I think you might have to actually look at the entire sentence structure to understand the meaning more clearly. It might help you out more than just knowing the difference between "get on to" and "get through to."

Can you get on to the suppliers?

The usage of the word "can" usually implies a question about permission or the asking of a favor. For example "Can I go out tomorrow?" would be the permission type or "Can you get me that apple?" would be the asking of a favor type. So in your case, it would be asking for a favor and that favor is contacting the suppliers.

Have you got through to the suppliers?

The usage of the word "have" implies a question about whether the action has been performed or not. For example "Have you done the dishes yet?" or "Have I gone too far?" In your case, it would be asking if you contacted the suppliers yet.

I hope this helps a bit more  .

It's very common in my language (Russian) to write very long sentences, but from what I heard it's a bad habit to do the same in English. Wonder if this is true?

It's not necessarily bad, although from my teachings in the USA, I've heard a lot of the teachers tell me to get to the point. Basically, if you're going to write, keep it concise and to the point. This generally applies to essays and more academic writings.

However, for creative writing, you can write as much as you please  .

Also, I believe the best way to write is a way that incorporates your style  :grin:. It's amazing how every individual is unique in their choice of words and how they express those words.

I want to learn Korean because one day I would like to live in South Korea. I like their fashion sense as well as the fact that they are producing some of the best video gamers in the world. I do hope this sub forum would get more attention and maybe some more resources.

"MOTHER," she exclaimed. "I thought you were a giant monster." She let out a sigh of relief as the tiger ran to greet her in bed.

Well if you count a chicken as a bird.  :grin:

Then I would say:

"Don't count your chickens until they hatch," meaning to not jump to conclusions or putting too much emphasis on the outcome that has not happened yet.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket," usually referring to money, but it means to don't put all of your efforts into one aspect because if it fails, then you lose everything.

http://freerice.com/

This is a site about vocabulary. It's a multiple choice kind of game where you pick the correct word for their question. Every question you answer correctly they will donate rice to people in need it the most. I think it's a great site to learn or brush up on vocabulary. You're also helping out people. :grin:

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

I thought this was a pretty powerful quote. Its by Eckhart Tolle. If any of you guys have the chance to read his books, The Power of Now or A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, you should really give it a shot. His books are life-changing. They talk about how to improve your life and making yourself a positive person in general.

This one is a little tricky to remember because it is one of the weird English rules. Everyone knows that for possession you add the apostrophe S to the object. For example, "That was Jamie's cat."

You would think adding the apostrophe S would work for the object "it," but for it's a different story.

"Its" is the correct form to use for possession.

    For example, "The dog was angry. Its food was taken away." Meaning the dog got his food taken away.

"It's" is the contraction for "it is."

    For example, "The food was there. It's now gone." = "The food was there. It is now gone."

Try to remember the difference between the two. 

I would say the word "suicide" gets used incorrectly. Suicide itself is a noun because of its suffix "-cide," and it refers to the act of killing oneself. However people think it is acceptable to say "He suicided." The proper way to say it is "He committed suicide," because it suicide is not a verb.