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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.

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It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

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I used grammatically incorrect examples on purpose to point out there’s no present simple vs present continuous distinction in Estonian either.

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