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"I tell my fellow classmates every day: it's no use studying this grammar so hard if you don't practice your listening/speaking. You won't even use a tenth of it, probably. The English you will find out there is far more complicated!"

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"I tell my fellow classmates every day: it's no use studying this grammar so hard if you don't practice your listening/speaking. You won't even use a tenth of it, probably. The English you will find out there is far more complicated!"


I would insert "probably" in front of "won't" for a smoother read. This is good.
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