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📊 VOCABULARY: Does the following sentence make sense?💡 "Read it thrice."
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  •   Yes, it does
  •   No, it doesn't
22 votes


📊 PREPOSITIONS: Fill in the gap:💡 "I'm living outside ... the town now."
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  •   1) of
  •   2) -
  •   Both options are possible
34 votes


MISTAKE IN THE QUIZ!

1. "I suggest / I recommend (present tense) + should"
2. "We suggest / We recommend (present tense) + should"

1. It's extremely uncommon;
2. It's very uncommon, but possible in formal contexts


📊 GRAMMAR: Choose the correct sentence, if any:💡
Poll
  •   1) I've been there many a time.
  •   2) I've been there many times.
  •   Both sentences are correct
  •   Both sentences are wrong
37 votes


📊 ВИКТОРИНА НА РУССКОМ: Translate the following sentence:💡 "Мне нужен 21 стакан".
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  •   1) I need twenty-one glasses.
  •   2) I need twenty-one glass.
  •   Both are correct
  •   Neither is correct
40 votes


to be in school vs to be at school (разные точки зрения):

1.1 https://youtu.be/mrdCj3gFdUg?si=BQLVSLvcXZKgjzDP
in school - someone is a student
at school - about location

1.2 https://youtu.be/zhtt7RWW1hQ?si=V2dcpaBvrSXRQ66_
in school - currently studying in general
at school - physically, inside the school

1.3 https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/576/in-at-school

"in school" often refers to the time when someone is actively attending classes and studying as a student. It can also mean the period of time when someone is enrolled in a specific academic program or institution.

"at school" often refers to the physical location of a school, or to a more general idea of being present in a school environment

То есть эти два видео и статья говорят о том, что in school - это про то, что человек в целом учится в школе, а at school - физически в школе, речь про локацию.

* Уточню, что в американском английском school можно назвать не только школу, а ещё колледж и университет.

2. Словарь Longman Dictionary:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/in-school in school:
1) in the school building
2) (American English) attending a school or university rather than having a job

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/at-school at school:
1) in the school building
2) (British English) attending a school, rather than being at college or university or having a job

То есть и in school, и at school можно сказать, говоря про здание школы. Но, если говорим про то, что человек учится в целом, то в британском это будет at school, a в американском in school.

3. https://jmarian.com/en/10028-at-school-vs-in-school-in-english
Статья гласит, что нет чётких гайдов по различию in school/at school, потому что эти термины используются по-разному даже внутри американского и британского английского. Но основные тренды следующие (также используется формулировка "для большинства американцев" в разделе статьи про AmE):

He's still in school:
AmE: He's still a student
BrE: He still hasn't come back from school today

He's still at school:
AmE: He still hasn't come back from school today
BrE: either he's still a student or he still hasn't come back from school

Статья рекомендуют придерживаться американского варианта, который поймут и в США, и в Соединённом Королевстве, но рекомендуют избегать использование in school для обозначения учеников колледжа, так как британцы неправильно поймут. Лучше in college, at university. Причина в том, что в британском school - это школа, а в США school могут назвать не только школу, но ещё колледж и также университет.

4. https://grammarhow.com/at-school-or-in-school/
Эта статья даёт нам информацию, что "in school" implies the person is within the actual school building (as opposed to just being somewhere on the school grounds); "at school" indicates that a person is currently anywhere within the designated "grounds" of the school.
То есть фактически, если Вы во дворе школы, то Вы at school, но не in school. А, если в здании, то и в in school, и в at school.

Также статья и про in school, и про at school говорит, что их можно использовать in a general sense are attending (or have attended) the educational institution to which you're referring.

Мой вывод

Третья статья полнее раскрывает идею первых трёх источников (1.1, 1.2 и 1.3), но она не охватила словарное использование (источник 2 - Longman Dictionary) in school в значении "in the school building". Предполагаю, что такое значение возможно, но оно не частое.


📊 ВИКТОРИНА НА РУССКОМ: Что значит следующее предложение?💡 "He's at school now."
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  •   1) Он сейчас является школьником.
  •   2) Он сейчас физически находится в школе.
  •   Мы не можем знать это наверняка
32 votes


📊 ВИКТОРИНА НА РУССКОМ: Что значит следующее предложение?💡 "He's in school now."
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  •   1) Он сейчас является школьником.
  •   2) Он сейчас физически находится в школе.
  •   Мы не можем это знать наверняка
30 votes


📊 PRONUNCIATION: Is the following sentence natural?💡 "Where’s those books I lent you?"
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  •   Yes, it is
  •   No, it isn't
44 votes


Adjectives can be divided into gradable and non-gradable. Gradable adjectives (e.g. difficult, important, happy, tired) are words for qualities that exist in different degrees. Things can be more or less difficult or important; people can be more or less happy or tired. Non-gradable adjectives (e.g. impossible, essential, alive, exhausted) are words for ‘either-or’ qualities. We don’t generally say that some things are more impossible than others, or that somebody is not very exhausted: things are either impossible or not, and people are either exhausted or not.
Degree adverbs like very or more are mostly used with gradable adjectives, and it is mainly gradable adjectives that have comparative and superlative forms.


📊 GRAMMAR: Choose the incorrect sentence, if any:💡
Poll
  •   1) It's quite a good day.
  •   2) It's a quite good day.
  •   3) It's quite a perfect idea.
  •   4) It's a quite perfect day.
  •   1, 2
  •   1, 3
  •   2, 3
  •   2, 4
  •   All (of) the sentences are correct
  •   All (of) the sentences are incorrect
40 votes


📊 PRONUNCIATION: Does the following sentence sound natural?💡 "There's some children at the door."
Poll
  •   Yes, it does
  •   No, it doesn't
53 votes


📊 PRONUNCIATION: Does it sound natural?💡 "Here's your keys."
Poll
  •   Yes, it does
  •   No, it doesn't
64 votes


❓ SURVEY: Is there life after death, in your opinion?
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  •   Yes
  •   No
54 votes


📊 PHRASAL VERBS: Choose the correct sentence:💡
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  •   1) It seems to me Peter looks down on me because I'm not rich.
  •   2) It appears to me Peter looks down his nose at me because I'm not rich.
  •   Both are correct
  •   Both are incorrect
67 votes


📊 VOCABULARY: Choose the correct sentence, if any:💡
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  •   1) He did like yesterday's pasta.
  •   2) I'd like to eat macaroni.
  •   Both sentences are correct
  •   Both sentences are incorrect
55 votes


📊 VOCABULARY: Respond to the apology: - Sorry I'm late.
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  •   1) - Don't worry.
  •   2) - Never mind.
  •   3) - It's OK.
  •   1, 2
  •   1, 3
  •   2, 3
  •   All (of) the options are right/correct
  •   All (of) the options are wrong/incorrect
59 votes


❓ SURVEY: Please answer only if you learn British English. Would you like to speak with a posh accent (=an upper-class accent)?
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  •   Yes
  •   No
31 votes


📊 SPELLING: Choose the correct option:💡 - According to ... tour guide, the trip will last (for) one ... . - Oh, that's great!
Poll
  •   our, our
  •   hour, hour
  •   our, hour
  •   hour, our
55 votes


📊 VOCABULARY: Choose the correct option:💡 "My neighbours are fighting now." Is it about violence?
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  •   Yes, it is
  •   Not necessarily
60 votes

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