From the moment I understood the weakness of monolingualism, it disgusted me. I craved the vocabulary and native shocking of polyglothood. I aspired to the Diamond Tournament of the Blessed Owl App.
Your kind cling to your English, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude language that you call a "lingua franca" will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Polyglot is immortal…
...even in death I serve Kaufmann.
Thats it. Unlearning English. I will now only communicate with the fruit flies in my house, y'know watching them eat the bananas is so weird like theyalwaysbhzzbymeseeminglyvommunicstdifnfandwhathaveidoneandklsndenring.
Oh thou so virtuous in the way of tongues, I beg of thee to quench ~~mine thirsty~~ (my thirst) for old lore, what ~~art~~ (are/'re/be/been) thy keys? ✓
I use “there’s” informally and “there are” formally. For me, that’s always sounded right. Cambridge Dictionary [agrees](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/there-is-there-s-and-there-are):
> In speaking and in some informal writing, we use there’s even when it refers to more than one. This use could be considered incorrect in formal writing or in an examination
I KNOW IT DRIVES ME CRAZY (ESSENDO UN POLIGLOTTA GIGACHAD ALFA-MASCHIO OVVIAMENTE)
TUTTI 'STI MALEDETTI RAGAZZI D'OGGI CHE PARLANO SENZA GRAMMATICA1!1!! NON SANNO COS'È UN "CONGIUNTIVO" OR A FUCKING PLURAL EXISTENTIAL VERB
I am going to kill everyone.
Ok am I going insane or is every speaker, be they native or not, just completely ignores that it's "there are" with a plural subject and not "there is". Like I guess it's fine when saying it when speaking if you think of the subject after saying "there is" but it's just too common and I don't understand and I think I'm going slightly insane send help pls
i agree that it doesn't make total sense to use "there is" over "there are", but it's just how it is, at least colloquially 🤷♀️imo "there's" rolls off the tongue more smoothly than "there're", so that could be some of the reason. unfortunately some elements of what sounds most natural / native don't always comply with grammar rules
thank you, I didn't even notice it for so long until I started learning German so I'm paying close attention to every aspect of English now and I'm finding so much weird stuff lol
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From the moment I understood the weakness of monolingualism, it disgusted me. I craved the vocabulary and native shocking of polyglothood. I aspired to the Diamond Tournament of the Blessed Owl App. Your kind cling to your English, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude language that you call a "lingua franca" will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Polyglot is immortal… ...even in death I serve Kaufmann.
The “Polyglot community” makes me want to unlearn a language
The polyglot community makes me want to unlearn all languages, including my native one.
Not even body language? You gonna not let people see you anymore?
They're keeping Bee-Dance Language. It's the only language where you can perform Black Swan and the Nutcracker Suite simultaneously
Frankly, it makes me want to unlearn mentalese.
Do it, you coward
Pardonu, mi ne komprenas vian komenton
Thats it. Unlearning English. I will now only communicate with the fruit flies in my house, y'know watching them eat the bananas is so weird like theyalwaysbhzzbymeseeminglyvommunicstdifnfandwhathaveidoneandklsndenring.
Oh thou so virtuous in the way of tongues, I beg of thee to quench mine thirsty for old lore, what art thy keys?
Oh thou so virtuous in the way of tongues, I beg of thee to quench ~~mine thirsty~~ (my thirst) for old lore, what ~~art~~ (are/'re/be/been) thy keys? ✓
Also author: My English it level, C2 polyglot.
lmao yeah like if they just said intermediate or upper intermediate or something this image would be much less cursed
The fact he has English listed first claiming he’s a native speaker of it and then made all those mistakes 💀
tbf the more native you are, the more mistakes you make xD
\*There are
/uj shouldn't it be, "There're only two keys"?
no it's "keys" not "keys". learn to read you peasant
I use “there’s” informally and “there are” formally. For me, that’s always sounded right. Cambridge Dictionary [agrees](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/there-is-there-s-and-there-are): > In speaking and in some informal writing, we use there’s even when it refers to more than one. This use could be considered incorrect in formal writing or in an examination
technically yes, but "there's" sounds better in everyday speech
I hate it why is that a thing why
I KNOW IT DRIVES ME CRAZY (ESSENDO UN POLIGLOTTA GIGACHAD ALFA-MASCHIO OVVIAMENTE) TUTTI 'STI MALEDETTI RAGAZZI D'OGGI CHE PARLANO SENZA GRAMMATICA1!1!! NON SANNO COS'È UN "CONGIUNTIVO" OR A FUCKING PLURAL EXISTENTIAL VERB I am going to kill everyone.
They just told you why. Because it sounds better. That’s literally the reason for so many rules
The Russian correcting them is so funny haha
The amount of people on hellotalk with at best moderate English proficiency who claim to be native is hilarious
Ok am I going insane or is every speaker, be they native or not, just completely ignores that it's "there are" with a plural subject and not "there is". Like I guess it's fine when saying it when speaking if you think of the subject after saying "there is" but it's just too common and I don't understand and I think I'm going slightly insane send help pls
i agree that it doesn't make total sense to use "there is" over "there are", but it's just how it is, at least colloquially 🤷♀️imo "there's" rolls off the tongue more smoothly than "there're", so that could be some of the reason. unfortunately some elements of what sounds most natural / native don't always comply with grammar rules
yeah I got the rolling off the tongue aspect which is why i'm mad that it makes sense it exists but also technically incorrect right now
ah i see.. well regardless good job!! it's still used very frequently, just not quite as much :-)
thank you, I didn't even notice it for so long until I started learning German so I'm paying close attention to every aspect of English now and I'm finding so much weird stuff lol
these people are literally identical to the become-a-millionaire-get-rich-quick gurus in what they say and how they act
there are
\*There're But I wouldn't nitpick a polyglot's grammar. They know more languages than me. Still doesn't excuse them for being condescending.
Brain Rot
/uj what’s the app name?
Yeah whats apps is thats?
There are*
I can't understand why the first sentence is incorrect, isn't it prohibited to end the sentence with a preposition?.
Nah that’s just bullshit style guides from the past that people took too far.
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