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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.
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My mind was blown when my favorite 90s band "Live" was actually the live from "Alive" and not live from " Living".
I guess they didn't learn from ~~Lead~~ Led Zeppelin
Stupid question but what's the difference?
One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.
And backwards the both say "evil"
Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.
And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I'm not a native speaker if not obvious)