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2019 February 25

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Combot in (Pretend to be) Learning English
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Аlexandr
One difficult question is. Is there a difference between following sentences:
1.Cold wheather will kill certain plants.(modal verb 'will' is for the present, for inevitable ivents)
2.Cold whearher kills certain plants.

I just don't understand. In second sentence it's like a fact, it killed in the past, kills now, in it kills in the future. But maybe in the first sentence it means exactly the same?
Depends on context.

There are at least 3 meanings of the first sentence:
1) If this spring will be cold, some plants we have in our garden would not survive it.
2) If average temperature on Earth will be lower, some plant species would vanish.
3) Some power plants like hydroelectric ones will be inefficient and closed due to lower temperature that causes freezing the water they use =))
4) This is fkcing cold out there, close that window or our beloved roses will die! (well, that's really close to the 1st one).

The second one has more general meaning.

Anyway, they aren't the same. Lacking context, I'd say the first one means our garden problems and the second one is about plants in general.
And 'will' isn't for present here.
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis, where you time learning English? (Sorry from drafts 😊)
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Time?)
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
You mean how long I study it?
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis Goncharuk
You mean how long I study it?
Yes. I want say, what you learning english but long?
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Sorry, I don't really understand you )
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Me too)
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
=))
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Я хотел спросить как долго вы учите  язык?
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Hard to say. I don't really learn it like trying to remember words or memorizing grammar rules... just read books and practice, and I'm really interested in language structure and how it all works, so I read much about language as well.
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Аlexandr in (Pretend to be) Learning English
What sort of practice?
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Talking, mostly, both in chats and while traveling. Chats are much better for that =)
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis Goncharuk
Hard to say. I don't really learn it like trying to remember words or memorizing grammar rules... just read books and practice, and I'm really interested in language structure and how it all works, so I read much about language as well.
Cool 👍🏻. I learn language: watching CNN news and much films, read books. Bye, my level example B1.
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Watching news is a good idea, though they usually use simple English there. But it helps you to hear and understand what they say, it's really important.
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis Goncharuk
Watching news is a good idea, though they usually use simple English there. But it helps you to hear and understand what they say, it's really important.
Thank you very much for help!
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Denis Goncharuk in (Pretend to be) Learning English
You're welcome )
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Аlexandr in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis Goncharuk
Hard to say. I don't really learn it like trying to remember words or memorizing grammar rules... just read books and practice, and I'm really interested in language structure and how it all works, so I read much about language as well.
Things which you read about language structure, it relates to the grammar, isn't it? May you recommend something of this anyway
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ID:703164010 in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Аlexandr
Things which you read about language structure, it relates to the grammar, isn't it? May you recommend something of this anyway
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Mikhail Kornaukhov in (Pretend to be) Learning English
Denis Goncharuk
Watching news is a good idea, though they usually use simple English there. But it helps you to hear and understand what they say, it's really important.
And you aren't lazy for this..
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