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Notes on the English language

Why English is hard in the specific ways it is hard — spelling that lies about sound, phrasal verbs that mean nothing like their parts, and the mistakes that follow from whichever language you already speak.

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  20 September 2026The English mistakes Korean speakers make, and why they happenArticles, the /l/–/r/ distinction, final consonants, and word order. Each one traces back to a specific feature of Korean — which is what makes them fixable.