Things you learned in English class...

...that turned out to be bullshit in real life.

My teacher always told us that:

*Things don't happen at night, they happen by night
*You don't live a life, you lead a life

While you can lead a life by night, I've learned that most native English speakers (especially Americans) would live a life at night instead.

What other things not completely in touch with reality did you learn in your English/any other language classes?

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Standard English is relatively easy to learn.  The written system is irregular but that's about the only hurdle in the entire language.

Spanish is easier relatively speaking which is probably why many Americans think their language is difficult but compared to most other languages it's really not that bad.

It still boggles me though that this "myth" floats around so readily in America...