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Asked on November 27, 2021 in American english.
If I may gently josh the OP, Oscar Wilde had the answer when he said that “All art is quite useless.” Can we go home now?
Seriously, I would describe such a person the OP has in mind as an “armchair critic” or as a “bogus pundit”.
An armchair critic
is a person who knows / pretends to know / accepts / hates about something in theory rather than practice. com)
Bogus :
Not real or genuine: fake or false (M-W)
Pundit :
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and who expresses ideas and opinions about a subject publicly (M-W). (X:
How can I get my book set?
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Asked on November 27, 2021 in American english.
If I may gently josh the OP, Oscar Wilde had the answer when he said that “All art is quite useless.” Can we go home now?
Seriously, I would describe such a person the OP has in mind as an “armchair critic” or as a “bogus pundit”.
An armchair critic
is a person who knows / pretends to know / accepts / hates about something in theory rather than practice. com)
Bogus :
Not real or genuine: fake or false (M-W)
Pundit :
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and who expresses ideas and opinions about a subject publicly (M-W). (X:
How can I get my book set?
- 279452 views
- 142 answers
- 103147 votes
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Asked on November 26, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
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Asked on November 26, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
- 278426 views
- 11 answers
- 102371 votes
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Asked on November 25, 2021 in American english.
If I may gently josh the OP, Oscar Wilde had the answer when he said that “All art is quite useless.” Can we go home now?
Seriously, I would describe such a person the OP has in mind as an “armchair critic” or as a “bogus pundit”.
An armchair critic
is a person who knows / pretends to know / accepts / hates about something in theory rather than practice. com)
Bogus :
Not real or genuine: fake or false (M-W)
Pundit :
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and who expresses ideas and opinions about a subject publicly (M-W). (X:
How can I get my book set?
- 279452 views
- 142 answers
- 103147 votes
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Asked on July 18, 2021 in American english.
I’m awaiting a job offer and am about to leapfrog over my supervisor. Is it acceptable to do so?
To jumpfrog from a job or position that was lower or higher than their jobs (Macmillan Dictionary).
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- 181 answers
- 187687 votes
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Asked on July 18, 2021 in American english.
I’m awaiting a job offer and am about to leapfrog over my supervisor. Is it acceptable to do so?
To jumpfrog from a job or position that was lower or higher than their jobs (Macmillan Dictionary).
- 508570 views
- 181 answers
- 187687 votes
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Asked on July 17, 2021 in American english.
I’m awaiting a job offer and am about to leapfrog over my supervisor. Is it acceptable to do so?
To jumpfrog from a job or position that was lower or higher than their jobs (Macmillan Dictionary).
- 508570 views
- 181 answers
- 187687 votes
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Asked on July 17, 2021 in American english.
I’m awaiting a job offer and am about to leapfrog over my supervisor. Is it acceptable to do so?
To jumpfrog from a job or position that was lower or higher than their jobs (Macmillan Dictionary).
- 508570 views
- 181 answers
- 187687 votes
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Asked on July 17, 2021 in American english.
I’m awaiting a job offer and am about to leapfrog over my supervisor. Is it acceptable to do so?
To jumpfrog from a job or position that was lower or higher than their jobs (Macmillan Dictionary).
- 508570 views
- 181 answers
- 187687 votes