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minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI’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.
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoTo my surprise, I have heard a lot of French people say English is easy to learn.
minus-squareieatpillowtags@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s not hard, it’s just that you have to know everything! …that makes it hard!
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.
To my surprise, I have heard a lot of French people say English is easy to learn.
It’s not hard, it’s just that you have to know everything!
…that makes it hard!