I need your suggestions on the following, please
I've started reading ebooks provided at gutenberg.org. And I've been interested, too, in reading these books. But the problem is that I find that these books don't use English language the way I hear people around me use it. There are some instances when I find sentences that sound too old or outdated to me. I feel as if I've never heard or used such sentences, as used in ebooks at Gutenberg. Note that I'm NOT at all suggesting that the language used there is incorrect English.
Considering what I said above, what would you like to suggest, please? Will it have a negative effect on my English learning? I want to learn and speak the English which people today speak or use.
Thank you.
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I waited for the teachers to answer, but it looks like you'll have to settle for a self-styled authority on just about everything. Gutenberg has older stuff in the public domain. There seems to be no way to search by date of publication.
- I waited for the teachers to answer, but it looks like you'll have to settle for a self-styled authority on just about everything.
- Gutenberg has older stuff in the public domain.
- There seems to be no way to search by date of publication.
- Reading the older stuff will give your English depth, but it will teach a beginner many outmoded uses and words.
- I would stay away from it until I was fluent.
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I waited for the teachers to answer, but it looks like you'll have to settle for a self-styled authority on just about everything.
Gutenberg has older stuff in the public domain. There seems to be no way to search by date of publication. Reading the older stuff will give your English depth, but it will teach a beginner many outmoded uses and words. I would stay away from it until I was f
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