July 16, 2025
English skills
I think I'm pretty good at english, since I started to learn it in second class. Of course I still make many mistakes. I am now finished with my A-levels. I can participate in conversations and understand most of it. I am able to express my thoughts and feelings although not as clear as in my native languages. Sometimes it happens that I see an everyday object and ask myself: "How is this thing called in english?" and all of sudden I realize that I don't know such a basic word but difficult other terms. I think a reason for this might be that I rarely need these words in school. In school we usually argue about more complex topics which do not necessarily require this vocabulary. Anyway, this is something I have to improve. I also don't know where to put the commas, as you've probably seen. We never learned this at school. I have set a goal to learn more words in order to express myself better. Currently I am trying to distinguish between who and whom.
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I think I'm pretty good at eEnglish, since I started to learn it in (second class?).
English is always capitalized
I don't know what "second class" means for you. Some alternatives:
"...to learn it at school." = taking a course in English as part of your studies attending school
"...to take classes for it." = this could mean the same as the above, but leaves it more general as to say that maybe you attended classes specifically for English but not necessarily alongside regular school studies (e.g., taking night classes as an adult who is no longer in school).
Of course, I still make many mistakes.
I am now finished with my A-levels.
This is fine, but again, as your reader I don't know what "A-levels" are, so a brief definition would be helpful
I can participate in conversations and understand most of it.
I am able to express my thoughts and feelings, although not as clearly as in my native languages.
Sometimes it happens that I see an everyday object and ask myself:, "Howwhat is this thing called in eEnglish?"
and all of the sudden I realize that I don't know such athis basic word, but difficult other termI know other more advanced words.
More natural
I think a reason for this might be that I rarely need these words in school.
In school we usually argue about more complex topics which do not necessarily require this vocabulary.
Anyway, this is something I have to improve (upon).
I also don't know where to put the commas, as you've probably seen/noticed.
We never learned this at school.
I have set a goal to learn more words in order to express myself better.
Currently, I am trying to distinguish between who and whom.
The best trick I have for this is if you can replace the word with her/him/them, use whom. But if you can replace the word with he/she, use who. This is difficult even for native speakers.
"To whom are you speaking?" you are speaking to him
"A group of girls were wearing red hats, one of whom was also carrying a red umbrella" one of THEM was carrying it
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Great job
Sometimes it happens that I see an everyday object and ask myself: "HowHow do you say this in English? or What is this thing called in eEnglish?"
Either one sounds a bit more natural.
and all of sudden I realize that I don't know such a basic word but difficult other termsother ones which are more difficult.
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Good job! Your level of English is quite high!
Whom is generally formal and rarely used in conversational speech. Who is the subject of a clause. Whom is the object of a clause, generally used with a preposition such as ´to´ or ´for´. This also ties into the old rule of not ending a sentence with a preposition, by the way. So, you would say, Who is talking to me?, but Whom am I talking to? (or To whom am I talking?, if you are trying to be super formal). You can better see whom is an object by rearranging the sentence... I am talking to whom? I hope that helps you, but please reach out to me if you have more questions. But I wouldn´t really worry about whom, because it is very rarely used.
July 17, 2025
Thank you for your feedback! Yeah I also saw that nowadays people don't really use whom but I'll still learn it. Would you as a native speaker say that it sounds "weird" when somebody uses whom?
July 18, 2025
Yes, it really does sound weird except in legal contexts or perhaps very rich, classy people. When used in conversation, it mostly sounds pretentious. And, this is one of my pet peeves.. most people don´t use whom correctly when they do try to use it. If one is trying to sound ¨correct¨ or ¨educated¨ by using whom, for heaven´s sake, use it correctly or it just highlights just how pretentious they are trying to be but really they look foolish.
I should say, I am from the US. Perhaps whom is used more frequently in other parts of the English speaking world, but I haven´t experienced it with people that I have known from England or Australia.
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I have set a goal to learn more words in order to express myself better. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Currently I am trying to distinguish between who and whom. Currently, I am trying to distinguish between who and whom. The best trick I have for this is if you can replace the word with her/him/them, use whom. But if you can replace the word with he/she, use who. This is difficult even for native speakers. "To whom are you speaking?" you are speaking to him "A group of girls were wearing red hats, one of whom was also carrying a red umbrella" one of THEM was carrying it |
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I think I'm pretty good at english, since I started to learn it in second class. I think I'm pretty good at English is always capitalized I don't know what "second class" means for you. Some alternatives: "...to learn it at school." = taking a course in English as part of your studies attending school "...to take classes for it." = this could mean the same as the above, but leaves it more general as to say that maybe you attended classes specifically for English but not necessarily alongside regular school studies (e.g., taking night classes as an adult who is no longer in school). |
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Of course I still make many mistakes. Of course, I still make many mistakes. |
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I am now finished with my A-levels. I am now finished with my A-levels. This is fine, but again, as your reader I don't know what "A-levels" are, so a brief definition would be helpful |
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I can participate in conversations and understand most of it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I am able to express my thoughts and feelings although not as clear as in my native languages. I am able to express my thoughts and feelings, although not as clearly as in my native languages. |
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Sometimes it happens that I see an everyday object and ask myself: "How is this thing called in english?"
Either one sounds a bit more natural. Sometimes it happens that I see an everyday object and ask myself |
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and all of sudden I realize that I don't know such a basic word but difficult other terms. and all of sudden I realize that I don't know such a basic word but and all of the sudden I realize that I don't know More natural |
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I think a reason for this might be that I rarely need these words in school. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In school we usually argue about more complex topics which do not necessarily require this vocabulary. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Anyway, this is something I have to improve. Anyway, this is something I have to improve (upon). |
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I also don't know where to put the commas, as you've probably seen. I also don't know where to put |
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We never learned this at school. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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