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nuneztoday at 4:07 AM1 replyview on HN

English is a hard language to learn, especially as an adult. So many weird rules that everyone takes for granted.


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elcritchtoday at 6:14 AM

No basic English is one of the simplest languages to learn as an adult. Perhaps it’s difficult to master.

English has simple conjugations. That makes it much easier to learn to speak intelligibly even for adults. Old English dropped many of the complicated word endings because it was used by Anglo-Saxons with Vikings and Normans.

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