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"The man is difficult to deal with" is correct sentence, while "the man is difficult" is not.

Regarding this, when I want to express "English is difficult to learn", can I just say "English is difficult"?
 
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lagoo said:
"The man is difficult to deal with" is correct sentence, while "the man is difficult" is not.
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Actually it's rather common to describe a person as simply "difficult".

lagoo said:
Regarding this, when I want to express "English is difficult to learn", can I just say "English is difficult"?
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Yes. It's common and natural to say that.
 
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lagoo said:
"the man is difficult" is not.
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This would be correct in some contexts- there's nothing wrong here grammatically.
 
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