r/EnglishLearning • u/Official_glazer Non-Native Speaker of English • Dec 05 '25

📚 Grammar / Syntax Does this makes sense or not?

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Something just bothers me about the first 3 rows.

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u/PersonalPerson_ New Poster Dec 06 '25

Blurt is a verb, not a noun. I think it's confusing to misuse words in a second language sub.

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u/GuitarJazzer Native Speaker Dec 06 '25

You have a fair point. I am taking literary license with that word to mean "something that is blurted out." But it is fair to point out that may be confusing in this particular sub.

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u/PersonalPerson_ New Poster Dec 06 '25

I think it must be hard to learn English because native speakers break the rules so much. (And get offended if they're corrected).

I may be a grammar nazi from time to time, but I'm always coming at it as attempting to educate or be helpful. Sometimes people don't know what they don't know and that's not their fault.

I'm a student of French, and it seems like French native speakers don't think very highly of grammar mistakes (or even a bad accent). It's a different challenge, but at least the rules are mostly clear. I just have to learn them!

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u/conuly Native Speaker - USA (NYC) Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25

I think it must be hard to learn English because native speakers break the rules so much. (And get offended if they're corrected).

We don't. We just don't all speak in a formal register at all times. Saying that the only "correct" way to speak is the way you do when speaking formally is absolutely absurd. That's like suggesting that the only "correct" way to dress is as though you're a defendant in court.

And frankly, English doesn't really have a strong divide between nouns and verbs. Remembering that is more important for a new learner than learning an arbitrary category.

As for French, I know many people who thought as you do about French when they were starting out, until they actually tried to have a conversation in French and bumped into casual speech, often something quite prosaic such as fronting strategies.