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Why English Is So Hard To Learn (i0.wp.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've never heard anyone saying English is hard. The only hard part of English is the pronunciation, because it doesn't make sense, you just have to know all the words...

It's wide adoption has probably been helped by the ease of learning its basics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s not hard, it’s just that you have to know everything!

…that makes it hard!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Nah. If I say "I thinked" instead of "I thought", I'm pretty sure you're going to understand me anyway. And with the written form you don't have problems with stuff like "read-read" or "colonel".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To my surprise, I have heard a lot of French people say English is easy to learn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would that be surprising?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Because we barely pronounce anything compared to Romances