started talking/started to talk/starting to talk

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How to deal with English grammar.
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tiorthan
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Re: started talking/started to talk/starting to talk

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Adrox98 hat geschrieben:you wouldn't have been able to clarify the difference between "Adverb" and "Adverbiale" because it has the same translation (I wrote this sentence to practise if-clauses) :)
Actually, English, too, has the term adverbial in contrast to adverb but it's not often used, even in grammar explanations.

The reason why I switched to German is that I wanted to teach something. Even if had understood (hypothetical because I didn't write a text in English) my explanations it wouldn't have had the same impact as an explanation in your native language. It is well known that people can much easier learn things in their native language than in a foreign language unless they are perfectly fluent.
If you had been worried about it that I wouldn't have understood the text I can say that I would have understood it


Is this right?
I don't think so.

"If you had been worried" means that you knew I wasn't worried about that and this is completely hypothetical.

I guess what you meant was:

I you were worried ...
This would indicate that you assume that I could have been worried.
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Adrox98
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Re: started talking/started to talk/starting to talk

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It is well known that people can much easier learn things in their native language than in a foreign language unless they are perfectly fluent.
Once I learnt an application programming interface (API) in English. I don't have any problems with understanding explanations in English and I can use these things then. But you're right, it's easier

I still have an another question: Should I turn on the subtitles when I watch films in English or do I learn better without them?

tiorthan
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Re: started talking/started to talk/starting to talk

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Subtitles distract, I wouldn't use them.
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Re: started talking/started to talk/starting to talk

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Ok, I would say that watching films without subtitles is better for improving listening skills

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