If You’re Feeling Confused By The English Language, These 30 Tips By The “Pronunciation Mistake” Twitter Account May Clear Things Up

But cheese can't swim as well as fishes can.

Everything goes with cheese.

Cheese should always be plural :D

and money & hair

Thank you! This just made something click for me

Yes but there's no such thing as 'fishes'

I'm floundering. Honest to cod I feel out of plaice.

Especially given the fact that other languages around here also tend to have some sort of zero level which is ground level.

Both seems correct. One is zero-based, one is one-based. For me, the american, one-based feels more natural, because when we count, we usually start with number 1. It's just matter of taste, I would say. The only thing that is NOT correct is that both of these exist simultaniously, making it ambigious as hell. Edit: The way I wrote it it seemd like I’m american - I’m not, I was just refering to the american way of counting

As a German I wholeheartedly agree.

Neither is incorrect. I just depends on where you live. It's okay for people to use language differently in different places. Americans say "trunk" of the car, and Britons say "boot" - neither is incorrect.

You feel the floor that is literally on the 2nd level should be call 1st. Whatever love, you do you.

I see 4 floors, not 3. Besides, do you consider the ground floor a floor? I assume so. Would it be the first you encounter on entering the building? Yes it would be. There's your bias for you. Objectively it makes less sense. But yes I'm sure it feels better

My building (in Philadelphia, US) uses the British system...

Depends what you're used to.

But… the floor level with the ground is LITERALLY the first floor by definition of the word “first”.

I'm from the United States and I've always used ground floor. It just makes more sense

I could agree to calling the second floor one. But not first. By definition, the word first refers to the first in a series. In coding, we often start counting at 0, but we don't call 1 the first.

You are a depraved savage.

Also, are you European? If so, it would "feel" more natural for you to go with the British numbering here, since most of Europe uses it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey#/media/File:Countries_numbering_floors.svg

??? Do you start count EVERYTHING from a 0, like a programmer?

In that logic, they might as well call the 4th floor the sky floor. -_-

Well you're wrong

As a Canadian, I 100% agree! Just like the clock starts at 0, so do floors in a building

I'm British, I always feel British is correct 😎

Incorrect. Many countries use the American scheme, many more use the (most of) European scheme, and some countries use both. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey#/media/File:Countries_numbering_floors.svg Countries_...1b-png.jpg

Generally called a cellar in the UK.

Could just say you're at work really.

"in" means you're hospitalised (in the US it's hospitalized), as in getting treatment.

Depends. If you are a contractor building or repairing something inside the building, then you're IN hospital. If you're a nurse or doctor, then you work AT hospital, as at the institution, non-physical place...

There is also INSIDE. 😉 When telling someone you are at the hospital and you need to specify that you are inside the building (if someone is trying to meet up with you or you are indicating you are working, etc), you can use the preposition INSIDE. I'm working inside the hospital. "at" works just fine also.

In American English, at least, when one is said to be *in* the hospital that specifically means that they're being treated there (and are expecting to stay for a while). You're *at* the hospital for any other reason, including work : )

You could use either, using both would just make for a confusing sentence.

No. I'd panic if someone said they were "in the hospital" even if they worked there. Oddly, if someone's giving birth that's still "at" the hospital.

American English adds a "the"

Same :)) it's because different areas in the brain control speach and understanding

I promise, your English is *much* better than *either* of my second languages.

Somewhat counterintuitively, this is a known consequence of failing to read books.

Lol saaame 🤪

It happens to me too and I'm an American … so don't feel lonely.

A very friendly dog is probably spooging on your leg.

Also, wicked; isn't that British for "very cool"? I feel like "very evil" is actually a correct description.

Decadent?