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In Start Here I already mentioned excellent forums for English learners:

• English Language Learners (ELL) for beginners, and English Language and Usage (ELU) for more advanced students
• Language Learning (LL) - with advice how to learn ANY language.

Really, if you are serious about learning English, you should go and subscribe for once weekly updates, at least at ELL, and possibly also on ELU and LL. Go and subscribe, I will wait you here. :-)

Subscribed? Not sure? Here is a sample what awaits you there:

ELL: English Language Learners

Question: The word "exploit" has two meanings: good and bad. How to guess the correct one?

How it is even possible that word can mean two opposite things? This is English!

Comments links to list of some such words in wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym

ELL - Is a forum for English Learners. It is OK to ask how to say something, or ask for an explanation of  some word - but first, check online dictionaries and explain why you are still confused.

As most forums, these also have some rules. Forum members do not want their time wasted by answering trivial questions, but they do like interesting questions (and good question will earn you some points). Before asking, do your own research and mention what you already know (with links) in your question, so answers can build on that. There is a good chance that your question was already asked, do your own search.

Or you may want first just read forum for a week or two, to see how the forum works, which questions are OK and which are not, to avoid embarrassment.

• What you CAN ask: https://ell.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
• ... and what NOT to ask: https://ell.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask

opinion-based ("what is your favorite ...")
proofreading ("please fix any errors in my letter")

A good example how to ask a question "right way": What's meaning of “the leading edge of edgy”

ELU: English Language

This is forum is for "Serious English Language Enthusiasts": Questions (and answers)  might be too complex for beginners. Small sample:

• How many tenses are there in English?

... after reading this, you will understand that instead of learning complex grammar, you better just learn the bare basics, then read/listen more (many hours) of correct English.

• Irregular verbs: the history of the suffix “-en” used in past participles
• Why are there 4 ambiguous phonetic symbols in IPA representations of English?
• What does “for Mr. Spicer, The Mooch was a bridge too far” mean? (explaining a phrase related to recent politics in USA)

LL: Methods/tools for learning languages

Several questions about ways to gain/improve accent like a native:

• I am learning for long time, but I still sound foreign. How I can develop native accent?
• How do I lose an accent in a foreign language?
• Pros and cons of using IPA over other phonetic alphabets
• Which of these is more effective: having a silent period, or speaking from day one?
• Ups and Downs of learning from non-native speaker rather than native speaker

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