English Learning Tips from Rosetta Stone
About the English language
There are over 300 million native English speakers across the world and millions more speak it as a second language. It is the primary language for over 50 countries and a dominant international language in a variety of fields including communications, science, business and entertainment.
English Learning Tips
- Contractions are often used in both written and spoken English. A contraction is the pairing of two words into a shorter form. For example, the words ‘it is’ are often written and pronounced ‘it’s’. Context usually dictates whether the shorter or longer form is used.
- English spelling is irregular, meaning words that sound the same are written in different ways.
- Some English words are spelt the same but have different meanings and pronunciations.
- English nouns have singular and plural forms, but no gender (masculine or feminine) forms.
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