📚｜english-questions

[kindred river]

Ehmm.... yeah! You could say that!

It's a quicker form of swelling, that is

[sweet perch]

Ok tysm

[kindred river]

Lol he doubted

[sweet perch]

Btw, to procrastinate is too comfortable

[grand mist]

yeah))

[kindred river]

Ex perience

Simple as that

[kindred river]

A Native would never do that, in my humble opinion... I mean, experience is such an easy word to remember.

[grand mist]

he sounds like US native to me

[kindred river]

But they're both pronounced the same, so there's that...

[kindred river]

So does he to me, dude's a Native speaker of English who doesn't know English lmfao

[grand mist]

lol it okay ))))

[kindred river]

Shame on thee, Darian!

[kindred river]

https://tenor.com/view/illidan-wow-legion-gif-5143353

Not yet, son.

[grand mist]

actually, sometimes, in my mother tongue, it's rare but still, i can stuck on how to spell some word lol. idk how to describe it, it's like a temporal error in a brain))

[kindred river]

Russian?

[grand mist]

yep

[kindred river]

You're Slavic, that's %100 for sure

[grand mist]

based on my eng mistakes?

[kindred river]

No

Based on the usage of ))) || я была там пару лет назад ||

It almost grew on me, too

[grand mist]

english dont use ))))?

[kindred river]

Never

[grand mist]

wow

strange thing for me)

[kindred river]

:), 🙂 maybe

Aussies rock that

:-)) this I mean

[kindred river]

Did you know that Russian is my 3rd Native?

[grand mist]

ofc no)

[kindred river]

Better than my Danish prob

[grand mist]

where are you from?

[kindred river]

So, 2nd Native

[kindred river]

Australia, but I lived there for many many years.

I was once a teacher in Russia))

[grand mist]

so you speak english without an accent but what about the others

[kindred river]

But I've been speaking Russian for 30 years

[kindred river]

Same. I have a knack for this.

For learning new languages, I mean

Plus, wtf is 30 years lol

[grand mist]

insane.
i'm 26 only)

[kindred river]

Then you are my brood! 🐦

I call the ones who are younger than me my brood.

[grand mist]

had to google it)

[bright pulsar]

Melissa has an age complex.

[kindred river]

Noooo

[kindred river]

||вылупление||

[grand mist]

idk what's the point. everybody's getting older

[grand mist]

you're my 'вылупление'? doesnt make sense

[kindred river]

In order to obtain an age complex -- I have to be young.

[kindred river]

Doesn't have a nice ring to it in Russian I'll admit...

[grand mist]

are you in Australia rn?

[kindred river]

Nope, Denmark

[grand mist]

do you have any voice records where you speak rus?

[kindred river]

God forbid

Russians always said I sound like a Native speaker

But I'm a Native speaker of English.

[grand mist]

you make me more interested in your accent

can you send a short audio?)

[kindred river]

NÖÖÖÖ

[bright pulsar]

Ooh, me too.

[kindred river]

You too what now...

[grand mist]

why not, native on steroids?)

[bright pulsar]

I want to hear your accent.

[kindred river]

English?

Which one? LMFAO

[grand mist]

rus

eng too btw

[bright pulsar]

All of them

[kindred river]

My Rus accent is like an Aussie riding a bear.

[bright pulsar]

I definitely can't even feign an accent. I've not seen too many variations of an English accent.

[grand mist]

are you shy about your rus accent?

[kindred river]

I speak so many.

[grand mist]

u have 30years exp !

[kindred river]

I am built different, whelpling. AVAUNT AWAY!

[twin yew]

I'm more afraid of what people from my country think about my English because I'm aware that we had been going to the same schools and had similar experience. When some foreigner asks me about direction I'm freak out because there are other people everywhere who may judge my English 😖

[kindred river]

Yeah, done a lot of quests.

[grand mist]

wrote exp cuz im like that canadian dude

[kindred river]

Ron, I'll tell you a secret.

I speak POSH too.

And Cockney.

[bright pulsar]

Like, the accent?

[kindred river]

Yes.

As well as Cockney.

[kindred river]

XP lmfao

[bright pulsar]

I personally love the idea of those accents, mostly because I'm a huge fan of Victorian style writing in general. Eloquence, glamour, and elegance are my favorite things to write about.

It's an amazing exercise in vocabulary and prose.

[kindred river]

You only have one mistake here.

[grand mist]

a few years ago my eng was completely trash but I thought im on GOD LEVEL.
it was happy new year day (nice explanation lol) and one indian came up to me, and I thought im gonna answer him like a pro but i just mumbled smth and couldn't figure out how to place words in a sentence. btw i was drunk as hell.

[kindred river]

Your English is fine now.

[bright pulsar]

Victorian-style?

[kindred river]

A man has learned.

[grand mist]

i mean it's enough if i want to explain something I can do it in monkey styles, like with super simple words and hand movements))

[kindred river]

Other than that, it's just pure, flawless English.

[bright pulsar]

Forgetting to hyphenate my compound nouns is a tragic flaw of mine.

[kindred river]

One thing

i -- NÖ
I -- YES

[kindred river]

I'm taking the piss here, by the way. You do not have to be all that perfect.

[grand mist]

im a native now, so i is more than sufficient, lol it okay

[kindred river]

LOL IT OKAY

[grand mist]

i joke lol

[kindred river]

I'm joking*

[flat rune]

What is monkey style

[kindred river]

I'm messing*
I'm taking the piss*
I am just performing some sarcasm*

Scratch the last one.

[bright pulsar]

Of course, but I appreciate the correction all the same. I try to write flawlessly here, so it's only appropriate.

[kindred river]

You do it extremely well.

Writing flawlessly, that is.

[grand mist]

i write I JOKE because in one of eminems song he says I JOKE I JOKE I KID I KID OFFICER PLS FORGIVE or smth like that

[kindred river]

Eminem is not a good example. He's the Rap God.

@grand mist Katim -- we're driving?

Or, like, we're off to?

[grand mist]

idk i just came up with this phrase. wanted to describe simple delivery with simple words and gestures

[kindred river]

https://tenor.com/view/starbase-pride-pride-month-starbase-game-space-apes-united-gif-22014652

This.

@grand mist otvechay.

[grand mist]

trying to figure out what we're off to lol

[flat rune]

Yehhh I see

[kindred river]

I'm off to bed, good night!

Like this.

I am never off to bed, though.

Ufff, you saw nothing.

[flat rune]

Wooooow 🤡

[grand mist]

yeah, katim is kinda we're driving a car, or maybe you're on a bike (driving a bike?)

[kindred river]

Probably a car.

@grand mist ||катим по ночной москве ||

||ничё не поняла ||

едем?

типа

[grand mist]

first thought is yeah, we're driving

a car

[bright pulsar]

I believe that is less the case in a larger, more creative context. You're always welcome to correct my #1070739484582350898 if you have an excessive amount of time. Obviously, I don't expect you to since proofreading can be an incredibly taxing effort (I don't personally like doing it myself), but it would be a great help.

[kindred river]

but literally: rolling, da?

we're rolling

[grand mist]

yeah

lets bounce homey

[kindred river]

OH YEAH

like that

got it, thanks!

[kindred river]

I do! And will do!

I will make your English there PERFECT.

[grand mist]

btw i dont hear this word so much. фак it

[kindred river]

Flawless, without a scratch.

[kindred river]

Neither have I during my time in Russia, LMFAO

But right now, I'm just vibing, Ron XD

[bright pulsar]

I'd really appreciate it. My creative writing grammar is nearly always done in tangent with Grammarly.

[kindred river]

Rus vibing

[bright pulsar]

Oh yeah, all good. No rush at all-- it's not going anywhere.

[grand mist]

do you understand eminem's punchlines?

[kindred river]

Grammarly is dog. I will perfect your essays or whatever.

[kindred river]

Everything.

I can read his songs, too.

As fast as he can.

[grand mist]

really?

[bright pulsar]

Should I be paying you? What are your rates?

[kindred river]

What part of, ENGLISH IS MY DOMAIN, did you not understand honestly?

[kindred river]

Rates? Whaaa

Friends don't pay.

[bright pulsar]

Friendship has never been more financially beneficial.

[grand mist]

Roll up with your (gang)
You're gon' need a arsenal
'Cause this bar is over your head
So you better have arms if you're gonna pull up (skrrt)

i like this part

[kindred river]

https://tenor.com/view/gingers-are-beautiful-kissed-by-gif-16241554

[grand mist]

first time I started to watch GOT it was hard. cuz there wasnt american english

[kindred river]

Nor British English

[grand mist]

what was that then?

[kindred river]

Scottish/Irish/Northern-Southern England/Spanish/Turkish English, but no British.

[grand mist]

stay out of my territory

[kindred river]

https://tenor.com/view/bane-meme-adopted-ally-born-gif-20911443

[grand mist]

nice one

[kindred river]

BUT YOU MERELY ADOPTED THE MEMES, LMFAO I'M DYING HAHAH

[grand mist]

all of em for me is british

the same i cant differ (?) canadian and US acccents

[kindred river]

I can't differentiate between*

[grand mist]

too long and complicated to write)

[kindred river]

You were just being lazy lol

We Aussies say DEFO instead of DEFINITELY

And DIFF instead of DIFFERENT

[grand mist]

does anybody use I was a have-not?

it's from eminems song again

Was a have-not 'cause my pockets
Didn't have knots, I was so broke

[kindred river]

Wtf

[kindred river]

No, we do not use it in English...

[bright pulsar]

Never used it, but you'll see some compound nouns like good-for-nothing so it's not that far out there.

[kindred river]

Okay, so, it's a bit complicated here...

Never sold dope for no gold rope (I didn't sell drugs for money)
I wanted one though, they were so dope!
Was a have-not (could be referring to him never doing any drugs), 'cause my pockets didn't have knots (he was so broke and he had no money, and yet he didn't sell drugs just for money)

Have-not -- refers to him being broke, again, just to rhyme with HAVE-NOT/HAVE KNOTS -- they're both pronounced exactly the same.

[bright pulsar]

There is a definition for "have-not" by Merriam, but it's used scarcely.

[grand mist]

I think I found Em's punch-explaining-machine

[kindred river]

Which is what most people do. When they're broke -- they sell dope for money.

Dope/gold rope -- also rhymes perfectly.

[kindred river]

Well, here it is simple I think... Just talking about him being broke and having no money.

[bright pulsar]

Yeah, it fits the definition to a tee.

[kindred river]

I mean, as in I have not -- I don't have. I lack resources... I am broke.

[grand mist]

the point is I've never heard of this phrase before

[kindred river]

Neither have I, I think?

[bright pulsar]

There's more common synonyms. It's just Eminem being Em.

[kindred river]

Maybe in a poem once upon a time...

[kindred river]

Em in an M

[bright pulsar]

When I was getting correctional speech therapy I used to just say M&M. It was too difficult to pronounce properly.

[kindred river]

Eminem: hold my M&M

[grand mist]

isnt M&M and EMINEM the same?

[kindred river]

M in an M

[grand mist]

arent?*

[kindred river]

Ehm, possible... possible...

[grand mist]

fck my english

[kindred river]

🦆

We use this one here

I'mma go smoke

[grand mist]

smoke weed like snoop doggy dog?

[kindred river]

And listen to Hatebreed 'cuz I'm 🦆 savage.

Once had a shotgun to my head they said I wasn't worth the bullets
Now the world is my trigger and I'm here to 🦆ing pull it!

Strong lines.

[bright pulsar]

I think I had problems with the "Emin-" part and would often get it muddled up so I pronounced it more as "and" and not "in."

Also had to say it super slowly.

[kindred river]

Oh, you think accents are your ally? But you merely adopted the accents... I was born in them, molded by them. I didn't see the light until I was already a woman. By then, it was nothing to me but DEAFENING!

[bright pulsar]

Bet you never got in trouble in Elementary school for pronouncing "firetruck" as "fire 🦆"

[grand mist]

lol really?

[bright pulsar]

Yes. Childhood apraxia.

[grand mist]

fireduck sounds better than firetruck)

[bright pulsar]

Oh... it's a bit of a substitution for a less PG-13 word.

[kindred river]

I got in trouble in high-school for pronouncing "witch" as "b '' "

[grand mist]

im just lazy to use sticker (?)

[grand mist]

what was the trouble

[bright pulsar]

Hah. Feel my pain.

[grand mist]

idk its funny

[mint seal]

i once said nsfw instead of nsw in front of my parents but they didnt understand

[kindred river]

disciplinary penalty

[kindred river]

LMFAO. You didn't feel our pain...

[mint seal]

i always get confused between the two acronyms whenever i speak

[dim creek]

how to do the "th" sound

I am indian

[mint seal]

To make the th sound, the tip of your tongue touches the top front of your teeth

[prime ore]

How do you highlight a word like that?

[mint seal]

Double asterisks on the start and end of the word/sentence

[prime ore]

Hi

Oh okay, thanks mate

[hollow night]

Grammar Question. Can someone tell me which of the following sentences is correct? A or B?

**A) If this got out, woudn't it make you look bad?

B) If this gets out, won't it make you look bad?**

Context: A line spoken by someone trying to blackmail an actor. With some spicy photos.

[mint seal]

B would be correct(although both are grammatically correct, it’s better to use present tense)

[odd galleon]

hey guys why its "if you do have any time could you give me a ring?" -> "should you NOT have any free time could you give me a ring"

why is there a 'not'

or the answer is wrong

[hollow night]

thanks for the tip! 🙂

[prime ore]

If you allow me, I would say that A is correct, and B is correct as well, but instead of won’t it make you look bad i would use the one on the first sentence again; wouldn’t it make you look bad?
So to me, this would be the right sentence:
If this gets out, wouldn’t it make you look bad?

[prime ore]

To be honest with you, both are wrong, they don’t make sense to me.

[dim creek]

does it has vibrating Z sound?

[timber folio]

no

try saying "three"

it's like

a hissing sound

[dim creek]

thanks

[mint seal]

for me, B and your answer both work

yours would sound better, but it's matter of preference i suppose

[mint seal]

they mean 2 completely different things, what is your question here?

it's confusing

[flat rune]

Can anyone tell me what a "restrictive" clause is? I searched it up, but I still don't understand its purpose.

[mint seal]

from my understanding(according to google)it's a sentence that contains important information about a noun

i'd rephrase it as "Both deforestation and water pollution are spelling disasters for endangered species" however, what does "spelling" mean in this context?

ahhh

no wait

spell can fit

"Deforestation and water polution both spell disaster for endangered species"

this makes sense

"are spelling" sounds weird

npnp

[flat rune]

ahhhh...I understood that, but it says something about giving very limited information about the noun? And something about not using commas. Anyway, sorry to bother you, but do you know of a good example of it?

[mint seal]

yeah for example, "Augustus was the first emperor of Rome" would be a restrictive clause

from that example, information is limited and no commas

[blazing notch]

the only way to ask someone's age is 'how old are you'? idk it sounds so hackneyed, can i say "what's you age?" instead?

[mint seal]

"how old are you" is what most people would say, but "what's your age" is fine

[blazing notch]

okay thanks

[blazing notch]

https://michaelis.uol.com.br/escolar-ingles/transcricao-fonetica-do-ingles/ looking the symbols and their sounds can someone pls tell me if these phonetics are from american or british accent

i don't want to mix the two while learning

[blazing notch]

hi

[boreal pewter]

It's for RP

[blazing notch]

what is RP

[boreal pewter]

A now somewhat outdated British accent

So parts of that page aren't correct for the vast, vast majority of British people now

[blazing notch]

💀

i'm writing it in my paper for a time now

and it's not how i have to pronounce it

[boreal pewter]

This is a pretty long video, but if you want to learn the vowels & diphthongs of a modern standard (southern) British accent, this video is very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtnlGH055TA

The title & thumbnail are a little clickbaity but yea

[blazing notch]

actually i'm trying the american one

not that i will ever leave Brazil, i just like american english

so can i learn the correct pronunciation from this chart or no?

or it's actually all wrong

[boreal pewter]

The portuguese one?

It's not for American accents

And it would at best be just ok for British ones

[blazing notch]

aaaa

thanks

found a good book https://mba.eci.ufmg.br/downloads/Pronouncing.pdf

[mellow cave]

Hey guys im really confused about my level so is there any mock test to make it certain as it can be?

Efset results told me im a c1 advanced but im pretty sure im not

I hope my question is at the right place

[flat rune]

That actually makes sense. Thank you :)

[waxen stratus]

is there a difference between "from time to time" and " now and again"? My teacher said the second variant, but the first variant is more preferable for me, at the same time I can assume that the second variant is more native. How do you think?

[bright pulsar]

I use both. I've heard both. I really don't know if there's pretty much any difference at all in how they're used. Use whichever one you prefer.

[waxen stratus]

Thanks.

@bright pulsar just curious: which variant have you heard more?

[bright pulsar]

I really can't say because it's pretty rarely used offhandedly, but I've heard "from time to time" probably more from my own family and myself. Can't say for certain how many times I've heard "now and again."

[flat rune]

Hi! I've a question

Are these phrases correct?

"you need eating"

"Eating is important"

[flat rune]

you need to eat*

but the second one is fine.

[blazing notch]

i still didn't understand why in english we generally say in continuous tense even if you're not doing it now..

[flat rune]

Okay

[flat rune]

Nice

Ty

[flat rune]

no prob, pal. 🤍

[flat rune]

-ing can be used to speak a verb as a noun...and as an adjective

If u use as being a noun...for example...

"Eating is important"
"Running is cool to our health"
"Swimming is healthy"

And if u use as an adjective...

"To drive is exciting"

[blazing notch]

in portuguese we say eat is important, run is cool to our health, swim is healthy

anyway let's chat in #🫂｜beginner-chat

[flat rune]

Is it right? @flat rune

[flat rune]

Yeah I know, I'm Brazilian , but it's cool in English too

[flat rune]

On general

[flat rune]

we're on the same page here. 👍

[flat rune]

I'd say this one is correct but it's quite uncommon and unnatural, using a gerund (verb + ing) is mostly more natural.

[flat rune]

Is that an expression? "We are on the same page"

[flat rune]

I get it

[flat rune]

it's an idiom, meaning that I agree.

Nice!

I didn't know this

Very cool

Ty

[blazing notch]

i'm thinking about buying this mouse

or
i'm thinking about buy this mouse?

[torn solar]

I'm thinking about buying... (After a preposition - about - we use the verb with ING). Drink some water before exercising. etc.

[blazing notch]

thanks man

[smoky steppe]

Guys, what is the difference between "entrap" and "trap"??

[modern meadow]

Trap is i think the thing what you make to bad thing to someone

[torn solar]

I found an article related to your question.. I would say both words are interchangeable.
https://grammarist.com/usage/trap-vs-entrap/#:~:text=To entrap may mean to,would not have otherwise committed.

[smoky steppe]

thx

[mint seal]

np m8!

[last nexus]

can you correct this text or suggest a better one ? thank you in advanced
"some people drops from universities and focus on one skill then tries to find a job or build a career in less time that it takes to graduate from universities"

[bright pulsar]

You can say:

Some people drop from university and focus on a skill before finding a job or building a career in less time than it takes to graduate from a university.

Your main issues were assuming that "people" is singular, that "university" is plural, and not connecting your clauses with the correct conjunctions.

[marble whale]

hi guys can you please explain this

The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and did not appear to be carrying anything.

what does strings mean in this sentnece?

[marble whale]

can you replace the term 'strings' with some other term?

[bright pulsar]

"strings" could refer to any arbitrary definition of a string. It could be rope, yarn, or anything else string-like. It's rather vague.

[vestal flint]

What is the correct use for “predominantly”? I know what it means, but still dont know when i can use “predominantly” instead of mainly.

[mint seal]

You can use it like the words “typically” or “in general”

context?

[mint seal]

Trap means to put a subject into an enclosed space with the inability to escape. It doesn’t mean it’s bad.

[dim zodiac]

I have a question.

[bright pulsar]

Ask away.

[dim zodiac]

I figured out how to do the assignment. Thank you.

[eager mason]

Can anybody help me in Macbeth

[stark spoke]

I hope this is the correct channel for text chat language analysis

When someone combines happy words like “lol” or “hahaha” with threats of violence like “I’ll kick you” or “shut up”

It’s passive aggressive, right?

Nah that’s wrong. It ain’t passive aggressive, it’s completely aggressive and not at all sarcastic.

Unless I’m wrong? Someone, do tell me your opinion.

—

When someone tells you they will respond to you by the end of the day, and they still haven’t gotten back to you 24 hours later,

It means they’re trying to piss you off right? It’s disrespectful?

—

If someone doesn’t cut contact with you, keeps telling you they will get back to you, but they never do

[stark spoke]

And it’s the same person who does this

It means they’re trying to bait you into a rage, right?

Know what 🤦‍♂️

The timing factor is kind of a pointless vent rather than a language debate, but oh well

Right…

Anyway

If someone keeps inserting repetitive phrases of “lol” and “hahaha” into random texts

It’s a meaningless decoration that is used in an attempt to look friendly, correct?

I need some help understanding this, lend me your minds folks

[blazing notch]

which of them is better?
sir, please buy a legal copy of the game.
sir, please buy a legal game copy.

[stark spoke]

Top one

[mint seal]

the first one

[blazing notch]

I see, but the 2nd is wrong?

[mint seal]

It’s not grammatically incorrect

[shy shell]

Or, wait, I misread.

[shy shell]

First one sounds better (more natural, and correct-sounding)

The second one isn't necessarily wrong, but it doesn't sound as natural and I'm sure if you asked native English speakers how they would word it, most would go with the first option.

[blazing notch]

got it

thanks y'all

[crimson torrent]

“…at 2.30 p.m. on a calm afternoon.” Can I use "in" instead of "on" here?

[tired geyser]

No

[crimson torrent]

I see, this rule is a bit strict.

Thank you. @tired geyser

[mint seal]

What the reason for that?

[midnight harbor]

Use "on" for dates (Valentines Day is on February 14), for a specific date (Valentines Day this year is on a Tuesday), or for repeated specific dates (Valentines Day isn't on Monday.)
Use "in" for parts of the day (I'll wake up in the morning), months (Valentines Day is in February), years (we live in the year 2023), seasons (Christmas is in winter), long periods of times such as decades or centuries (A rat population doubled in the 15th century)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/at-on-and-in-time

[crimson torrent]

Thank you. I'm aware that we normally use "on" for a specific date and "in" for parts of a day such as morning, evening etc. I saw in a grammar book that we should use "on" for parts of a day if it is modified or has a clause. I just wanted to be sure if the rule is strict on the use of "on" or not strict so that "in" can also be used in that same situation. And @tired geyser got me the answer I need.

@midnight harbor

[normal cove]

Hello
What to use if the gender is unknown in a sentence

Like for example: " I don't have any idea whether he or she is a male or female."

ANOTHER EXAMPLE
" It's quite clear now that he is a male, but it first I was quite confused whether he is male or female..

... I mean could we use another word instead of he or she if the gender is unknown

Another question is ..
"John and james must do ------- job."
1- their. 2- his
..... Should we use their or should we use his because both genders are male..
Or it does not depends on the gender

[bright pulsar]

"Their" and "they" act as both plural pronouns and gender neutral pronouns. You can say "I don't know if they are male or female." and "John and James must do their job." Use "their" in your second sentence since "John and James" refers to more than one noun as our subject and we aren't referring to specifically one of them, so we use a plural possessive.

[modest juniper]

Hello everyone! Could you be so kind to help me with this sentence?

Please let me quote my question:

*You can count on me FOR household chores, shopping and other daily activities.

Could you tell me if it is correct to use the preposition "For" in this sentence?*

[mint seal]

It’s correct

[limber cedar]

Just some days before I'm starting my career and I'm not that much perfect in english.. i want to learn many things .. mainly I'm not good in speaking English .. so guys can all of you help me for getting a job ..

[mint seal]

we can't guarantee you a job, but we can guarantee you English help

just send inquires in

[unique pawn]

Hello everyone, I'm learning English grammar. I have a question about Od (direct object ), Oi (indirect object), Cs(subject complement ), and Co(object complement)
How to recognize it? Ex:

1. I didn't tell "anybody" "anything" -> Why we chose "anything" = Od

[boreal pewter]

Because that's the thing that you say

The direct object of "tell" is the information/statement/whatever that you say to someone

And "anybody" is the receiver, which is an indirect object

Compare with "I didn't say anything to anybody"

[south swift]

"They broke into a trot, lifting their short throwing spears."

what does trot mean??

[bright pulsar]

It's a pace faster than a jog and slower than a run.

It's usually used for four-legged animals, though.

[south swift]

I understand

But whats with "breaking into" a trot ?

No one breaks into walking or jogging

Right?

What kind of phrasing is it, i cant understand it 😦

[bright pulsar]

Well, it's more along the lines of going from one state to another, typically from a decreased state to an increased one.

[south swift]

Ahhh

Now makes a lot of sense

[bright pulsar]

So they'd be going from a slower pace to a trot.

[south swift]

Can i add you as a friend and ask you things from time to time, @bright pulsar ?

[bright pulsar]

Sorry, I'd prefer if you just asked any questions here. It's more convenient for myself to just answer here when I actually feel like answering.

[south swift]

Ah alright then, that's fine

[tidal lily]

Moreover others can learn new stuff through this channel as well

[south swift]

Aaron bolted down the hallway.

What does it mean to bolt down on this sentence?

[vapid marsh]

For this reason, the majority of university applicants are 18 years old, and they are eager to engage more deeply in specific subject matter.

[vapid marsh]

what is the matter's role there?

like in terms of meaning

[split gust]

I'd like to ask

What is the difference between have and do in a sentence

Like the example do you & have you

I find it difficult to distinguish between the two

[cyan forge]

Hi, I have a question. Why buttons be like: "Resume Game", "Create World", "Dismiss Message" and not: "Resume the Game", "Create a World", "Dismiss this Message" ???

Or why system notifs are like "Host not responding" "Signal not found" instead of "Host is not responding", "Signal is not found" ???

[blazing notch]

Hi guys, how are called the verbs that do not have other tenses like 'set'

the only other tense is setting

so how do i talk about the past with the verb set

i did set?

[boreal pewter]

"have you...?" is just the inversion of "you have", it doesn't have a special meaning (for auxiliary verb "have")

"You have been there before." --> "Have you been there before?"

"You go there often." --> "Do you go there often?"

We add "do" in the 2nd example because otherwise there is no auxiliary verb for inversion

[boreal pewter]

It's a form of what's called "headlinese"

[cyan forge]

Alr but why no articles??

[boreal pewter]

In newspaper headlines, notifications, status messages, things like that, articles and forms of to be are omitted

[cyan forge]

ahhh

i see

When is it ok to omitt 'the'?

in general

[boreal pewter]

In those specific contexts

In regular standard English it's not grammatical

[cyan forge]

hold on i will send the context

[boreal pewter]

Standard English --> Headlinese
"A burglar was seen breaking into a house near the local park" --> "Burglar seen breaking into house near local park"

[cyan forge]

shouldn't it be 'on the earth'

[boreal pewter]

Ah that's different, an article isn't required there to start with so we're not "dropping" it

[cyan forge]

oh so if earth was in the first place it should have been the earth?

[boreal pewter]

What?

Oh I see

No

"in the first place" is an expression

= to start with

Not literally the first place in the sentence

I mean "on Earth" doesn't require "the", so it's not really that we're omitting it exactly

Earth can be treated as a place name as well as a planet, and place names don't typically take articles

"the gayest scene in London"

[digital hamlet]

I need an explination for why "suspect" has two different meanings

two meaning that contridect each other. to think or belive something is likely

and to doubt or not belive in something

[outer swift]

@kindred river @misty terrace can you help

[kindred river]

I suspect this site might be mistaken...

See?

2? I'd say around 6 different meanings.

[digital hamlet]

I am not the one who chose this to be the dictionary I use but this one is cambridge

[kindred river]

Trust/suspect/presume/think -- these can be used in the same sense.

[kindred river]

I just used it in a sentence.

[digital hamlet]

It is not always easy to understand what the other person tries to say from the context. If "suspect" 'e meaning is two different things in the way it seems to be then how Do I know what is intended when someone uses it

[kindred river]

I suspect that it will rain today...

[digital hamlet]

I don't see people use it much and when I did see it in a book there was the first time where I thought about searching it but I still don't get it

[digital hamlet]

that means you think it will? you belive its likely to happen?

[kindred river]

Yes, it means to believe, and have a feeling that it will rain today...

I believe/I think/I presume/I suspect

[digital hamlet]

but it doesn't mean the same thing here right?

[kindred river]

Doubt

There is no reason to doubt their loyalty

In this sentence, in the sense of "doubt"

[digital hamlet]

Ok If it is like this then I will probably try my best to understand what is meant by the context

[boreal pewter]

They work slightly differently in terms of grammar, that also will help

[kindred river]

In English, you always have to read the sentence first.

[boreal pewter]

The first meaning of "suspect" is usually followed by a clause

The other (opposite) meaning is not

[kindred river]

"Just as I suspected!"
"Just as I thought!"

[digital hamlet]

OK thank You I think I get what I have to do now when I encounter such words

[boreal pewter]

So e.g. "I suspect that he has my pen" cannot mean "I doubt that he has my pen", because it's followed by the clause "(that) he has my pen"

[digital hamlet]

from the context here as someone who doesn't speak english mainly both belive/doubt seem to fit in here. I thought it meant I doubt till i read the your sentence well

but its fine I guess I will just ask what the other person wants to say if I decided not to rely on my guesses based on the context

because I think i am not too good at knowing such words from the context

[boreal pewter]

Yea, the grammar often makes one meaning impossible, not just the context

[kindred river]

Got these examples from Google, let us have a look:

I suspect they were right. --> I think they were right...
The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg. --> I think
Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not. --> we do not think so/we think not
He suspected that the woman staying in the flat above was using heroin. --> he thought
Police said they suspected that Sobhraj had accomplices.
It was perfectly all right, he said, because the police had not suspected him of anything. --> great example. The first one is "thought", the second -- "to suspect"
You don't really think Webb suspects you? --> again, SUSPECT
Frears was rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack. --> alleged

Thought --> sometimes used as assumed. Make no mistake here.

[digital hamlet]

it is clearer for me now

thanks

[stark spoke]

I think “suspect” is the wrong word. Not due to meaning, but due to language usage and sentiment. “Suspect” is commonly used with the implication of suspicion. As if there is something fishy going on, or something insincere.

It’s not grammatically wrong or technically wrong, but it might seem out of place in daily language due to this

[kindred river]

A) Can we go to a picnic today?
B) Nah, I suspect that it will rain today...

[stark spoke]

These examples use the word with its implied meaning of suspicion correctly

[kindred river]

Not commonly used, yes. But I'm running out of ideas.

[stark spoke]

Nw

[kindred river]

Those are prepared questions, not like the ones I just made up...

Examples, sorry, not questions

[stark spoke]

“I think it might rain today” might be more natural

[kindred river]

We're not discussing which one is more natural here, Zombie!
"I suspect that it will rain today" -- is grammatically correct and can be used in daily life, I've seen it used many times myself. It may not be more natural than saying "I think", but it is still doable.

[stark spoke]

T-T sorry, I wasn’t trying to diss you. I appreciate your language usage, and that this usage of the word “suspect” is grammatically and technically correct. I wanted to mention what sounds natural as I believed it would be helpful to do so.

Connotations and implications are also important to me as a native speaker.

[kindred river]

Oh yeah, spot on. English is a hellishly flexible language, and the manner and tone we choose to take mean a great deal if we want others to understand us. In this case, I'd rather say something like "suspect" rather than "think", just 'cuz I've used that word so many times and it gets boring now...

[stark spoke]

Fair, as you will

Just to be a pedant I’d say you can say “it might rain today” or “it’ll probably rain today” to avoid starting on an “I” as well

[blazing notch]

Hei

[kindred river]

Ah yeah, but the idea here is to express our thought/assumption using "I think/I believe/I assume/I suspect/I reckon (great word for learners to pick up) or even I fear"

[stark spoke]

👌

[kindred river]

Considering how the Irish and Scots use this sacred language, I'd say nothing ever sounds unnatural in English lmfao

[stark spoke]

Depends

Even if one isn’t fluent or if someone decides to garble it, the meaning is usually decipherable

[stark spoke]

Ay

Let’s help this guy out

[kindred river]

The more words and phrases you know to speak your mind -- the wiser you become. That's my motto. Never stick to just 1 particular phrase you know to say something. Learn other variations of it!

[kindred river]

You do it, as I see you explain things well! Ping me if you get stuck.

[stark spoke]

Indeed, indeed

Ok

As a native speaker, I have no clue about special tenses and a lot of what I say is based on common usage and intuition

I’ll do my best

[stark spoke]

I don’t know what they are called, but I can tell you how to use them

[blazing notch]

pls

[kindred river]

No problem, turn it into a good practice

[stark spoke]

“I set the cup on the table”
“I set the egg to boil”
“The timer is set to ten minutes”
“They set me up”

“I will set”/“I’ll set” — future tense
“I set” — present tense
“I have set”, or more naturally “I’ve set” — recent past tense
“I had set”/“I’d set” — long past tense

I hope these examples are useful

[blazing notch]

very useful

[stark spoke]

Np!

[blazing notch]

thanks man

also why the contraction sounds more natural than the whole word?

i have i've

here people use abbreviation on internet but you can say normally

[stark spoke]

Informally, people tend to shorten words or sentences because it’s faster to say

[blazing notch]

i'll paste it into a notepad archive

[stark spoke]

If someone wanted to sound more serious they could draw it out longer and use the longer version

[stark spoke]

Or formal, for example, if you’re writing a letter

[kindred river]

I do not understand what you mean. (example)

I don't get what ya on about

Informal

[stark spoke]

If you are writing a formal letter, you might say “I have sent you my essay” instead of “I’ve sent you my essay”, although in this case the difference is not so obvious. The difference becomes clearer with each usage of shortened/longer forms. There’s no clear cut rules and it’s fine to mix it up a bit, but there will be a difference between each usage, just like “there’ll be a difference between each usage” will be interpreted differently, as in more informally than using the more lengthy version.

If you shorten your language too much overall, it will sound more informal than drawing it out with more syllables

Because a long explanation or message will likely sound too stilted to be taken informally

[stark spoke]

In fact I’d use “I’ve” here just because it sounds better

“There will be” has an emphasis on ”will”
“There’ll be” doesn’t have a clear emphasis, because “there’ll” passes very quickly

This illustrates this better

More emphasis, more audible spacing rather than blending of sounds, more precise punctuation, will sound more serious.

Rather than “innit mate”

Cos “innit mate” is informal and more slangy than “isn’t that right, mate?”

[blazing notch]

firstly i had no clue what innit mate was supposed to mean

[twin yew]

1. What tense should I use when I talk about what someone just said? Especially if it's a chat like Discord, Messenger, etc., and I want to tell this person they were right.

2. When I see the picture on the Instagram post, should I write in the comment:
A. This is a nice photo!
B. That is a nice photo!

I can't touch it physically, and it isn't far from me because I see it on my phone's screen, so what will be correct?

3. Is it correct to say that "this" is for the present and "that" is for the past in some contexts? For example:
C. This is a great movie. I've just watched it.
D. That movie was great. I watched it one year ago.

Does it have any sense, or I misunderstood something?

[crimson torrent]

“...in the passive/negative/declarative.” Are the words being used as nouns or adjectives?

[mint seal]

1. Past tense
2. Both are correct
3. Correct as well

[mint seal]

not enough context here

[clever swan]

When native speakers say "No speaka de english?" to a non-native speaker, I know they mean "You can't speak English?" But why "speaka" and "de"?

[mint seal]

it’s not proper English

us natives like to write in colloqial or broken English to troll in chat

or whatever

in general we like to make a lot of grammatical and spelling mistakes for fun

[upbeat igloo]

I have a few questions about english grammar. I was studying 'participles' and then I saw some example but I didn't understand. The first example is that 'Professor Adams wrote tens of articles on obesity. He is a reputable expert.' I want to connect these two phrases. Answer key: ' Having written tens of articles on obesity, Professor Adams is a reputable expert.' Why the word 'Having' was added?

My english is not very good. I hope, I wrote clearly.

[marble whale]

because prof. Adams wrote those articles, that's why

[marble whale]

that's a tricky sentence for a beginner, just skip on that one

[hollow night]

I have a question for English speakers in USA. Over in your country, do you use the phrase "not to be sneezed at"?

[upbeat igloo]

I understand thank you

[tired geyser]

Yes, I think most people are familiar with it. Typically, I say "...is nothing to sneeze at"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/nothing-to-sneeze-at

[south swift]

They opened a side door and shoved their ward through

What does shoving ward through mean?

[blazing notch]

nevertheless and in spite of means the same when put in the start of a sentence right?

nevertheless, he was allowed to go home.

in spite of that, he was allowed to go home.

[mossy field]

@calm carbon could u help me? Thusk? I have a question i can't understand

[calm carbon]

Sure

[mossy field]

How far have modern management practices been followed under different plans and policies of the govt?

I can't understand this question 🥲

Can u explain with examples 🥲

[calm carbon]

They are asking if the instructions provided by the government about management have been followed as in, to what extent, did they follow all of it, just a little, followed everything etc

[mossy field]

Ok nice. Got it ✌️ thanks.

[nocturne notch]

Hey ! New here, I've been reading quite a lot lately and I'm getting a little confused over the meaning of some words :
To muss, To tousle, To rumple, Unkempt, Disheveled
Are they literary/obsolete and which would you use in your everyday life ?
Thanks in advance 👍

[mossy field]

@calm carbon i have one more question pls help

[marble whale]

hi guys can anyone explain what 'bleak wind' means?
"The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void"

[blazing notch]

is there any site like fraze.it but one that i can find more informal sentences?

[marble whale]

depends.... there a lot of web site with informal sentences

[marble whale]

try urbandictionary or tatoeba

[bright pulsar]

Never seen or used "muss," have seen "tousle" and "rumple" in literature but never in person (ruffled is the more common term when it comes to hair), and both "unkempt" and "disheveled" are often used in literature, but rarely used in daily life outside of the niche they fill since they might just be a bit too formal.

[marble whale]

what does "bleak wind" mean?

[bright pulsar]

It's probably being used just to describe the wind as uncomfortable.

[marble whale]

uncomfortable in what way

cold wind?

[bright pulsar]

"bleak" is often used to describe something as rather depressing, so we can assume that if something is bleak, it's unlikely to bring any kind of joy.

Uncomfortable here could be used to describe the wind as cold, yes. "lacking in warmth" is a definition for bleak.

It can, however, also be used to describe the wind as simply quite heavy since that's also quite uncomfortable. It's a bit ambiguous, but it's most likely just being used here to create a dreary scene.

[nocturne notch]

thanks mate !

[maiden terrace]

Hell everyone. I have question about constraction. Which form is correct "practical knowledge in electric engineering" or "practical knowledge in electrical engineering" ?

[bright pulsar]

"electrical engineering" is correct.

[blazing notch]

i like the tatoeba, thanks mate

another question, when though is put in the end of a sentence it means the same as but, right?

But i like snow.
I like snow though.

[bright pulsar]

Yes, they express a similar negation.

"though" can often be used to express a partial negation, though.

[maiden terrace]

Thanks!!

[calm carbon]

Sure

[marble whale]

hi guys can you please check my sentence:
I saw my friend ripped apart by chimps.

[twin yew]

Thank you

[blazing notch]

i see

thanks!

[sharp shard]

How do I add more depth into sentences?

[bitter meteor]

Can I ask a skill (test) question?
You are on your summer break, but it will be over in a week. At the moment, you are enjoying yourself so much that you don't even think about the school. Thus, when your mother reminds you that schools are starting again next monday, you say: ------

A)I really don't expect to start the school year for quite some time.
B)It would have been batter if the holiday had lasted a little longer.
C) I'd rather have spent more time with my friends on holiday
D)I'm not really looking forward to going back to school
E)I can hardly wait to start the new semester next week.

I think it might be D or B

[marble whale]

cannot B because that was in the past

[marble whale]

so, it must be probably D

[bitter meteor]

Thanks, I'm grateful

[prime ore]

D is the most accurate.

[marble whale]

but I'm not sure

better wait for a response from a native speaker

[uneven rock]

id say D depending on if you want to go back to school or not

[supple salmon]

"interesting to see you think that..."
"interesting to see you thinking that..."
"interesting seeing you think (??) that..."

i always have troubles with this kind of sentence structures. could someone help? also if anyone knows the grammatical name, i would be pleased to know

[uneven rock]

it would be the 1st one

[supple salmon]

hmmm i see

thank you

[uneven rock]

no problem

[supple salmon]

but is it maybe somewhat interchangeable since i might've heard someone say other versions of it

or i might be wrong

[uneven rock]

i think it might be used in different ways aswell

[marble whale]

having + past participle is called perfect participle
https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participle_phrases.htm

[uneven rock]

but it is mostly used in the first one

[marble whale]

is "pain-blinded" an actual English word?

[bitter meteor]

Sorry, me again.

Peter; Where do you want to stay when we go to bodrum next weekend?

Rachel:How about the hotel where we stayed the last time we went there?

Peter; -----------

Rachel; I don't think so. Not very many people go there at this time of the year.

A)Good idea! It's a perfect place to spend a quiet weekend.
B)Yes,we could stay there. I hope it won't be very crowded again.
C)It was a nice place, but it was too crowded at that time.
D)Perfect! They might offer us a lower price if we book now
E)Oh,Why not? Remember how easy it was to make a reservation then.

[simple needle]

c

[simple needle]

Only option C gives information about the amount of people there and can be refused or accepted by Rachel.

[marble whale]

hi guys can you check this sentence:
"The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void"
is carried on the bleak winds a participle phrase, am I right?

[latent pelican]

Yes "carried on the bleak winds" is in the past participle form, since you're using the passive voice construction

The passive voice is formed by using the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb "to be" (e.g., is, am, are, was, were, being, been) plus the past participle of the main verb.

[midnight harbor]

no

[blazing notch]

correct me if i'm wrong, but it's a compound adjective, they are words with hyphens created to give a characteristic to something. something you just improvised mixing the adjective blind with pain. he was blinded by the pain.

[barren nest]

What do you call the cheese that is left to ripen for several weeks to several years to develop more flavor and gets harder and drier by such a process? Aged cheese? Cured cheese? Other?

[sturdy tapir]

Hi guys!
I'm confused about this
"Where is your teeth" or "where are your teeth" which is true?

[boreal pewter]

"teeth" is plural, so "are"

Also, "which is true correct/right?"

[marble whale]

aged one

[delicate pine]

on channel or in channel? which is the correct preposition for this?

[mint seal]

Channel as in a chat forum or a program?/youtube channel?

Because depending on the context, both can be used

[delicate pine]

@mint seal if in chat?

[mint seal]

if in chat, you’d use in

[old herald]

@mint seal May i ask a question about which sentence is grammatically correct?
Im wondering if "i prefer coffee over tea" or "i prefer coffee to tea" is correct

[mint seal]

it'd be "I prefer coffee over tea"

your first statement is correct

the second one isn't grammatically wrong, but it changes the context meaning that you changed your preference of coffee to tea

[serene plinth]

It'd be 'I prefer coffee to tea'

over is just something people use and is widely popular.

But grammatically, 'to' is correct

[serene plinth]

NO

it does not

[old herald]

Very grateful for your response thank you i wasn't sure myself

[serene plinth]

I'm pretty sure about this one.

You can trust me

😌

[mint seal]

it's only from my perspective of how i read that sentence. If you disagree, that's fine.

[serene plinth]

I've seen you help people out in this channel and Ik you're really cool. That's why I just wanted you to know so that the next person who pops up with the same question doesn't learn the incorrect answer. English is just weird lol, we're not to blame

[boreal pewter]

Yeap both of those sentences are valid and mean the same thing

[shrewd musk]

i want to ask question،
When can I Save these sentences #🌅｜idiom-of-the-week

[marble whale]

how to decrease an emotional value of an event so it would be able to remain in one's long-term memory?

[blazing notch]

what

[olive parrot]

Guys, I've written an essay about neuromarketing. I need feedback on it (about the topic, not Grammar). So, if you're interested, please send me a message. Thanks!

[marble whale]

neuromarketing does not exist, it's a myth

[olive parrot]

😳

[rain pond]

what does soildified version of yourself mean ?

[flat rune]

if I have to write the short form of '2 hour' in a publication, how should I write it? is it '2h', '2 h' or '2-h'?

[flat rune]

is this sentence grammatically correct Intellij is the best with no doubt and rich in features but it loves eating memory

[uneven quest]

Whats the meaning of "In that capacity"? I googled it but didn't understand

[mint seal]

if you were to abbreviate it, it would be 2 hrs

[mint seal]

yes

[mint seal]

To become a better person, or to improve physical or mental stability

[mint seal]

in what context?

[rain pond]

Thx

[shy shell]

Grammatically, it is correct, yes. But it sounds awkward and unnatural. I would suggest rewording to it to something like "there's no doubt that IntelliJ is the best, with its rich set of features, but it does have a tendency to consume a lot of memory."

[flat rune]

thx a ton bro ❤️

[shy shell]

Not a problem

[shy shell]

The most common way is "2 hrs," but "2h" is also fairly common.

I would use one of those two, but it's up to you.

[flat rune]

may i ask u a question?

[shy shell]

Yes

[flat rune]

whats the difference between so and very

LoL

[shy shell]

They are usually very similar. I would say "very" is more formal, while "so" is a bit more informal.
You could say "it is very cold outside," which sounds neutral and formal, but you could also say "it's so cold outside," which sounds more natural and informal/slangy.
Another difference is that "so" can be like this
For example, you could say "it is so cold outside that my breath turns into fog when I exhale."

[flat rune]

ik something else

[shy shell]

It can be used to quantify the amount of something, by following up with a fact about it - if that makes sense. Examples include:
"it's so hot outside that I needed to take off my T-shirt."
"the food was so delicious that we ended up going back to that restaurant over twenty times."
"the test was so difficult that only two out of thirty students passed it."
"my outfit looked so awesome that I received compliments about it all day."

[flat rune]

hes a very nice man
but cant say
hes a so nice man

[shy shell]

Correct, but you could also say "he's such a nice man."

[flat rune]

i wish i could speak like so someday

[flat rune]

ik about this one

thx a lot bro

i really appreciate it

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[shy shell]

No problem. Just practice using "so" in sentences more and you'll improve.

[marble whale]

what is "late world"?

I met the expression while playing fallout new vegas in and this sentence

"The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void"

[wicked narwhal]

Hello guys

[hollow night]

I have a "would love to" vs. "will love to" question. Which one of the following sentences is correct?

**A) As long as she's willing, I would love to spend the rest of my life with her!

B) As long as she's willing, I will love to spend the rest of my life with her!**

Context: A man asked his friend if he was serious about marrying this woman. And that was the friend's response.

[tough raft]

In this context, the correct sentence is A) "I would love to spend the rest of my life with her!"

The phrase "would love to" expresses a desire or preference for a future action, while the phrase "will love to" implies a certainty that the action will occur in the future.

In the context of the conversation about marrying the woman, it is more appropriate to express a desire or preference (i.e. "would love to") rather than a certainty (i.e. "will love to") because it ultimately depends on the woman's willingness to marry him.

btw it's not my answer

i copy pasta

[hollow night]

thanks!

[flat rune]

The former world, the old world I guess

[outer ridge]

If you guys don't mind i need your opinion on why cheating is the worst you can do in school?

[mortal vapor]

Hi people! 🙂
Just a quick check... are this sentence unusual in english?
"Together we can explore infinities possibilities."

My concern is about the word "infinities". 🙂

[boreal pewter]

Should just be "infinite"

You can't stick 2 plural nouns up against eachother

[mortal vapor]

Got it! 😉

But if I put in this way: "the possibilities are infinities"

Still wrong?

[boreal pewter]

Yep

Like you wouldn't say "these cakes are deliciouses" or "these subjects are hards"

Adjectives don't have plurals ever

[mortal vapor]

I see!

Thanks a lot, @boreal pewter !!

[boreal pewter]

Np

Also

"is this sentence unusual?"

Bc it's 1 sentence

[mortal vapor]

Touché.

[valid forge]

Hi can anyone tell me the meaning of outer banks?

[tired geyser]

Probably referring to a specific region of the USA, called the Outer Banks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Banks

[valid forge]

But does it make sense?
Because I asked her what's good and that was her answer

[tired geyser]

Not sure. Maybe a joke, or maybe she's referencing something. You should ask her what she means

[valid forge]

K ty

[blazing notch]

whether can't just be replaced with 'if' in all these sentences?

[flat rune]

Trustee?

What is the meaning of trustee?

[toxic pebble]

trustee
[1] (noun)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
[2] (verb)
To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.

[finite lantern]

@flat rune

[kindred oracle]

What’s the meaning of Either

?

[flat rune]

Thanks

[delicate pine]

Hi guys! I noticed the I often using "I just..." in every word I say. Do you guys have any recommendations to use other words with the same meaning of that? Thanks

[little epoch]

hey, anyone knows the difference between "in" and "into"?

[flat rune]

in is when you're encircled or enclosed by something

into is when you're outside of it going into it

of course natives will often replace into with in

[stiff forge]

hello

"Just imagine how many people**'s** come here everyday."

what's the purpose of " 's " in this sentence?

why is it not people only?

[barren nest]

that sentence is wrong

[stiff forge]

I guessed so. Even if it was intended to be "has" it is wrong because he should have used "have"

[mint seal]

There shouldn’t be an “s” in that sentence because the word “people” already refers to more than one

[young kestrel]

"Lo llamó idiota, pero no sé realmente quién lo es más", how do I translate the last "lo" here? Or it's okay to say simply "He called him idiot, but I don't really know who is more [idiot]"?

[marble whale]

yes, who's more of an idiot

[marble whale]

people come here would be correct

[boreal pewter]

"He called him an idiot" because "idiot" is a noun, not an adjective
"(the) more idiotic" for an adjective, or you can say "more of an idiot", "more of one" (since "an idiot" has already been mentioned)

[nocturne notch]

Hey, what's the precise meaning of "Dim" in your opinion here, is it a faint light or darkness ?

"Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa."

[earnest pecan]

" we have bread and cheese for a snack " what does it mean exactly?

[analog beacon]

It's a ploughman's .
A ploughman's is a meal consisting of bread, cheese, salad, and pickle, usually eaten in a pub.

[analog beacon]

Cheating causes stress

[young kestrel]

Like, I need to repeat "idiot"?

[boreal pewter]

You don't, like I said earlier, "more of one" works

e.g. "he called him an idiot, but I don't really know which of them is more of one"

[young kestrel]

@boreal pewter Ah didn't read, thanks.

[true light]

"Stop mocking me" is correct

[true light]

Not really, no. But someone else around here might?

[mint seal]

”stop mocking me” is correct. I’m not the best person to explain things but the reason why the first sentence is incorrect is 1. It’s not grammatically correct and 2. The use of “to” is used wrongly as a preposition because it’s not linking any nouns/pronouns/subject or an indication of direction

[obtuse thicket]

just remove them, boring words if you repeat it too many times

"stop mocking" means you want them to stop an action they are doing on you.
While "stop to mock you" means they are doing something else and you feel bored so you want them to stop their current thing and turn into you by mocking you..

[olive parrot]

From now on, you can also ask me your English questions through this Facebook topic 😁
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2094739204065826/permalink/2094751234064623/

[flat rune]

**(Lyrics from a song) **

"I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me.
I opened doors for little old ladies,
I helped the blind to see.
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean."

What does "they read the papers" mean here? bc they're nerds?
....................
(just read it on Wikipedia,
"He wrote the song lyrics about** the reactions of his mother's church group to his stage performances**, saying that there were worse things that he could do with his life"
now totally makes sense :)))

[mint seal]

Some context?

[flat rune]

no, just the lyrics I sent I above... 😂

[bright pulsar]

Could be referring to a newspaper. They tend to post public announcements regarding various things. Could be something entirely different as well, though.

[flat rune]

just read it on Wikipedia,
"He wrote the song lyrics about** the negative reactions of his mother's church group to his stage performances**, saying that there were worse things that he could do with his life"
.......
now totally makes sense :))

[marble whale]

what's the difference between impossible and unpossible?

[olive parrot]

We don't have "unpossible" in English.

[delicate pine]

unbalance vs imbalance

[tidal lily]

Unbalance is a word ? 😗 Where they producing such words 😕

[flat rune]

Hi im trying to find a word that means straying from the norm basically not picking the obvious favourite would appreciate any help!!

sorry for the vague description dont have any other way to describe it.

[native lintel]

unbalanced is an adjective, imbalanced is a noun and is used to show lack of balance in proportion, example for unbalanced, kicking a football and it moves side to side in the air it’s unbalanced.

[fading ether]

What is the difference between these two sentences?

“I’ve been working as an engineer for two years”
and
“I’ve worked as a engineer for two years”

[mint seal]

The first sentence the recent two years of working as an engineer(continuously), but the second sentence talks more if working as an engineer in the past(as in not within the recent 2 years and not working as an engineer anymore)

[marble whale]

i've been working means you are still working as such

[clever swan]

English native speakers, please help. What does this voice exactly say? The only words I can make out are "I'm sure..." 😭

[mint seal]

“I’m sure there are geezers out there who’d do anything to take our boat”

[clever swan]

Thank you! 🤍

[neat hedge]

What is mocking mean?

[mint seal]

Mocking means to make fun of someone

[neat hedge]

That’s not good

Thanks

What is seduce mean?

[mint seal]

It’s a little bit vulgar, you might need to search that up

[obtuse thicket]

seduce = lure someone

[smoky steppe]

Guys, what is the differents betweeen "out of" and "from of"?

[rare glacier]

How do I better understand what shakespeare is saying in his sonnets?

[gleaming mortar]

hey i'm a french student and i'm wondering what the difference is between someone and somebody?

[boreal pewter]

Where did you see "from of"? It sounds very wrong and I can't think of a place it'd be used

[boreal pewter]

Look up words and metaphors you don't understand. It's not modern English and it's heavy on the poetic devices so it's completely normal even for natives, not to understand all of Shakespeare

[boreal pewter]

Absolutely nothing

[timber folio]

Someone is just more formal and more frequently used in written English, whereas somebody is mostly used in spoken English.

[fading ether]

hi guys, could I ask you still an one question?

what is difference between Past Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous in this example:

• was he reading a book? (emphasize on process?)
• had he been reading a book?

[boreal pewter]

Those 2 sentences are Present Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous

Do you mean "Was he reading a book?"

[fading ether]

yeah, sorry

[boreal pewter]

No worries

The difference is that the first only asks about 1 specific moment - was he reading a book at e.g. 7:12 PM last Saturday, was he reading it when I walked into his room

Whereas if he "had been reading" a book, it means he did it over some period of time, from a point even further in the past up to the point in the past we're now talking about

Imagine you're in the past with him. You could ask:
"Are you reading a book?" - he answers: "Not right now. I'm actually drawing something."
"Have you been reading a book?" - he answers: "Yes, I've been reading 'The Three Body Problem' for the last few weeks, whenever I've had time."

The difference is essentially the same here as it is with present continuous vs. present perfect continuous. We just shift it into the past

[fading ether]

Thanks, bro! I just need more practice with this. But I've got your explanation(kind of 😆)

[vapid marsh]

hi do you think there is an another verb for widening the gap?

[polar linden]

enlarging?

[tidal lily]

Increasing, raising

[eternal herald]

Broadening; expanding; enlarging; augmenting; extending; elongating

[cobalt osprey]

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things
they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is
to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating
something that gives you purpose and meaning."

what does this mean

[eternal herald]

It means that a lot of people don't have a strong meaning in their life (almost like their life is pointless). A lot of people don't see what is truly important because they are focusing on the wrong things in life. So the way to make your life have a point or a meaning is to love other people, be apart of a community, and make something in your life that has purpose.

Is this easier to understand?

[cobalt osprey]

What do u think of this statement

I ahve to ask people what they think of the statement to

[eternal herald]

I agree with the statement and I think it holds a lot of truth.

[half turret]

Hello there! What is the difference between a duvet, a quilt and a comforter?

[cobalt osprey]

Thanks

[last ridge]

10Q

[dull parrot]

hello guys, when do we use 'by all means' in a sentence or conversation? could u give me some example?

[mint seal]

“By all means” is another way of saying “sure” or “go ahead”

It’s a way of granting consent

E.g.

A - “May I go get lunch?”

B - “By all means”

[celest gust]

Hi, guys. I wrote this, can you review this?

I live in a small city called Chimbote. The fact in this city always smelt like a fish, because there a lot factories. Every people in my country don´t say Chimbote, they say "that city smells that like a fish". Particuly, I don´t have problems with this prejudice, because It`s true.

My grandfather told me, that many years at the past, Chimbote didn´t have any factory, and there was a beautiful beach, where people came from far away to visit.

[dull parrot]

I live in a small city called Chimbote. In fact, this city always smells like a fish, because there are a lot of factories. People in my country don´t call it Chimbote, they call it "a city that smells like a fish". Particularly, I don´t have any problems with this prejudice, because It`s true.

My grandfather told me, that many years in the past, Chimbote didn´t have any factories, and there was a beautiful beach, that people came from far away to visit.

cmiiw

[eternal herald]

A fact about this city is that it always smelled like fish because there were a lot of factories. I would use this wording because it sounds more clear and concise.
No one in my country says Chimbote, they say "that city that smells like fish." Do not say "every people don't say" because firstly, people is the plural of person and you can not say "every" and then a plural noun. So it must be "every person". Also, avoid this contradiction where you have a positive (every) and then a negative (don't). This makes the sentence unclear. Instead say "no person says" or "no one says". Also, don't say a fish because the city more probably smells like many fish rather than just one.
I don't have any particular problems with this prejudice because it's true. This wording I think sounds more clear and concise. Also, no need for a comma before "because".

[dull parrot]

okay thank youuu

[celest gust]

thank you so much

[eternal herald]

No problem

[unique pawn]

Hi everyone, I'm learning grammar and I've a question
The exercise is: Give the sentence patterns to the following sentences( S=subject; V= verb; O= object; C=complement; Co= object complement; A= adverbial )

• These bookshelves are becoming very popular in Sweden
  These bookshelves=S?
  are becoming =V
  very popular=O
  in Sweden=A
  Is it right?

And how about this:
We have recently added an extra unit to them
We = S
have recently = ?
added =V
an extra unit = indirect Object?
them=direct object?

[mint seal]

“O” is incorrect

Also the context in “bookshelves are being popular” is very weird

[unique pawn]

I took this example from the book

[mint seal]

That’s a funny example

The subject should be books, but bookshelves are ok as the subject

But it’s weird

[unique pawn]

Yeah >< But how about Object?

Can you tell me which is object?

[mint seal]

You don’t have an object in that sentence, neither an “object complement”

So you’ll have to add it in

Is that the example you have to use?

It’s a bit hard working around it

[unique pawn]

So this sentence hasn't object? I don't understand about it TvT

[mint seal]

You got the subject, which is the “bookshelf” but you’re missing the object here

Objects are physical things

“Very popular” is not an object

[unique pawn]

So what's it? 'v'

[unique pawn]

Ohh

[mint seal]

An adjective

[unique pawn]

Ahhh thank youu

[unique pawn]

can you check this one for me?

[mint seal]

What’s the context here

[unique pawn]

It hasn't context TvT

[mint seal]

If it doesn’t have context, it won’t make sense

Any sentence would have context

What do you mean by “unit” here?

[unique pawn]

In the book, just like that, this is a small part of the exercise TvT so I don't know the context

[mint seal]

Then unfortunately I’d say I’m not sure. Because the word “unit” has many different meanings

It could be a topic from a subject, it could be a apartment, it could be a number without specific measurement

The sentence itself is not clear

[unique pawn]

Ahhh i see...

Thank you so much for spending your time ❤️

[mint seal]

No problem, please let me know if you find out or something though

Because that textbook/source is suspicious

Unless if you can send a photo of the page or something

Also “them” is not specified either, which is why I think the sentence doesn’t make sense and does not fit with the formula. “Them” without context wouldn’t be an object

[unique pawn]

In this group chat don't allow take a picture TvT

[unique pawn]

yes suree ❤️

[mint seal]

Nah, you haven’t gotten up to level 5 I assume

You need to get the media and streamer role for that

Or you can ask Algren

[unique pawn]

Ahh I see

[unique pawn]

ohhh

[unique pawn]

when i have more specific i will contact you ❤️ Thank you so much

[mint seal]

No problem, just ping me here bc I am in fact curious

[unique pawn]

https://html.scribdassets.com/372ixlxshs637tkl/images/7-ffca7f224b.jpg

[unique pawn]

@mint seal You can see at the number 5 in exercise 5

So I think it hasn't context in this exercise

[mint seal]

I see..they don’t follow the same order in some of the exercises

It makes a bit more sense now, assuming unit is the object

I’m not sure what the complement is in that sentence

I haven’t studied grammar in a while lmao

[unique pawn]

Ohh

That's so hard to know which is which TvT

@mint seal Can you spend a little time to explain exercise 11 for me https://html.scribdassets.com/372ixlxshs637tkl/images/8-314ad9f489.jpg

[mint seal]

In exercise 11, 1-20, it’s asking you to identify the linguistic features that are underlined. Use the definitions from a-j to help you identify what they are.

For example no. 1, what sort of linguistic feature is the underlined word “Fire?”

In this case I can’t actually help you because I don’t remember any of this shit as a native speaker

I hope my explanation of what to do helped though

[unique pawn]

Ahh I got it >< Thank you so much ❤️

[mint seal]

No problem~

[true light]

What's the most common name for this in the English-speaking country you live in? Pls include the name of the country you live in in your answer

[boreal pewter]

I have no idea what that is, and I live in Scotland

It's hard to tell from that image, is it a kind of mat?

[true light]

It's a mat that you lie with your back on. It has pointy things sticking out from it, creating some form of acupuncture feeling to your back

[boreal pewter]

Ah

They seem to be called "acupressure mats"

I have never heard of these or seen one before

[true light]

Huh, interesting. Anyways, thanks for the answer 🙂

[boreal pewter]

I suspect the answer to "what do you call this?" for most people here is "I don't know, what is it?", but if you like I can ask my friends and see what they say

[ivory quarry]

Is this thing that we pray on it

[true light]

Nope (see my answer to Alc)

[boreal pewter]

2 of my friends, both from England, have responded. One said "Looks like some kind of calendar", the other said "No idea"

[true light]

Lol 😄

[pastel tundra]

hello guys, is there a word for the place where the auctioneer is standing on while hosting an auction house?

[fading totem]

An auctioneer stands on a rostrum.

[pastel tundra]

do we say Jon's eyes are blue or Jon's eyes were blue?

When Jon was born, his eyes were blue. | When Jon was born, his eyes are blue | Note: Jon's still have blue eyes

[tired geyser]

"were blue". You can also say "Jon was born with blue eyes"

[smoky steppe]

imagine being born there
imagine you are born there

Why I need to use "being" there?? What's the point?

[eternal herald]

It indicates that the sentence is in the present tense.

You can reword it to "imagine you were born here," but that would be in the past tense.

[prime ore]

What do you mean "what’s the point?" Depends on the context, but being is the most accurate word to use in that case.

"Imagine you are born there" doesn’t really make sense.

[eternal herald]

Similar to the two sentences "being a person" and "was a person." To be indicates that you are taking some role in the present tense. To say you were indicates that you previously took some role (past tense).

[smoky steppe]

Yeah, "were" fits more, my bad

[smoky steppe]

yea, but "Were" says us about "past" tense, but "being" relate with past also??

[eternal herald]

No, "being" is present tense version of "be." For example, if you are being nice to someone, you are - in that current moment - doing a nice action. "Been" would be the past tense version of "be." So another way to word it in the past tense would be to say "imagine having been born here."

[smoky steppe]

Ow, so If I say "imagine being born there" means right now at the moment

[eternal herald]

To say "imagine being born there" conveys pretty much the same idea as if you were to say "imagine you were born here." The two sentences are in different grammatical cases (present and past, respectively), but they mean about the same thing. If I had to say there's a tiny difference, I'd say "imagine being born here" is kind of a general statement and makes the person listening imagine that they were born there. But to say "imagine being born here" suggests that the person listening was not born there and they should consider what life would be like if they were born there.

[smoky steppe]

Got it, thx! You mentinoed "Imagine having been born there" - What does it imply between those two? Sorry for bothering 😄

[eternal herald]

It means the same thing as "imagine you were born there," just another way to word it. And no problem, you're not bothering

[smoky steppe]

thx

[crimson torrent]

Is there a word in English to describe words that look alike but actually have different meanings such as amiable, amicable, amenable.

[eternal herald]

The closest thing I can think of relating to what you're talking about are homonyms and homophones. Homonyms are words that are both pronounced and spelled the same but have different definitions (e.g. bat [baseball] and bat [the animal]). Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but are spelled differently and have different definitions (e.g. hoarse and horse, hole and whole). The examples you gave are not necessarily homonyms/homophones though.

I guess you could maybe call those cognates or "near synonyms." Basically words that are of similar origin but have different definitions.

[crimson torrent]

Yeah, thanks.

[marble whale]

what's the difference between fuck and screw? are these words both considered obscenity?

if I replace fuck with screw, would the written text sound less obscene?

[mint seal]

Yeah, it would be less obscene if you use “screw”

[bleak sun]

What the difference between then and than? And how we use em?

[crude idol]

I like you than him. This task is easier than others. (Than - uses in comparison)
First of wall i will do my sandwich then (after that) I’ll go for a walk with my friends

[bleak sun]

Thank you bro

[warm trout]

hi

can anybody tell me how i can upload a picture here

[sacred sundial]

Hello, can someone help me please. Are these correct? I'm not sure of the usage of "is" and "are" when it comes to possessions.

---

Is my cat cute?
Are my cats cute?

Is your pen black?
Are your pens black?

Is his book green?
Are his books green?

Is their phone an Iphone?
Are their phones Iphone?

Is our puppy cute?
Are our puppies cute?

[unreal herald]

Hi, "is" is a singular form, and "are" is a plural form.

[hearty sierra]

They are mostly correct 👍

‘Are their phones Iphone?’ should be ‘Are their phones Iphones?’

[frosty charm]

"deception's villain arc" what does that mean

[flat rune]

Shouldn't "phones" have an apostrophe?

[boreal pewter]

No, it's just a plural

Not a possessive -s

[vapid marsh]

it can induce a country having few people who can contribute to main sectors including business and thus loss of revenues

well, do i have to change thus with hence? then the problem would be solved or?

[copper fractal]

Hi everyone Nice to meet you in this channel

[mint seal]

Reach to level 5 and get the stream/media role

[eternal herald]

I'm not sure what's meant by the deception part, but a villain arc is basically a plot when a character from a story/movie or even just a regular person in real life develops villain traits and slowly starts becoming a villain.

[celest gust]

Hello. I wrote this. Can you review?, please

Today, I had my firts work interview. I was pretty suprise because I didn´t expect it was so fast, but there`s a trick.

I woke up at 7 am, but I stayed at my bed. I was wondering how support my parents. Of course, I help my parents with housework, but I think that it doesn´t enought, so I looked for a work. The work is replace all products in a big mall, but most of productos is in a cold store and I have to stay there at 3 am and work for 10 hours . Well, I don´t know if this is commond, but I think is pretty hard and it´s the reason for no one wanted this job.

[eternal herald]

"firts" → "first" - spelling mistake
"suprise" → surprised" - spelling mistake, and also end the verb in "-ed"
"I didn't expect it was so fast" → "I didn't expect it to be so fast"
"at my bed" → "in my bed"
"how support my parents" → "how to support my parents"
"I think that it doesn't enought" → "I don't think that it's enough" or omit the "that" and make it "I don't think it's enough"
"I looked for a work" → "I looked for a job" - alternatively, you can include the word "work," but you'd have to reword since "work" is a verb. So alternatively, "I looked for a place to work"
"the work is replace..." → "the job is to replace..."
"... of productos is in a cold store" → ".. of its products are in a cold store"
"stay there at 3 am" → "stay there until 3 am"
"think is pretty hard" → "think it's / it is pretty hard"
"the reason for no one wanted this job" → "the reason why no one wanted this job"

[celest gust]

thanks you very much

[cursive pollen]

Are shall and will interchangeable? Or are they different? How do I know which one to use?

[mint seal]

yes they’re interchangeable. Though shall is often used in first person and will is used in second/third person

[cursive pollen]

Thank you for the response.

[lapis grotto]

Do I have to use a comma before an adverb of comment? 'For instance: I dont like them frankly or I dont like them, frankly?

[solemn forge]

Hello,can I ask you guys about modal auxiliaries?
what are the rules for its use and examples?

[clever swan]

Could somebody please tell me what this voice says exactly?
We're gonna triple dot(?)???

[mint seal]

“We’re just gonna triple dot. Just triple dot”

Idk what that means but that’s what I heard

[clever swan]

Got it! Thanks!

[unique pawn]

@mint seal Sr to bother youuu >< But I have a research methodology and I'm thinking about the name of topic. So I decided it name is:
LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONG TO ENHANCE ENGLISH LISTENING
SKILLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS
What do you think?

[mint seal]

You don’t need to repeat “English” 2 more times

Also, “songs” should be plural

Wait, do you mean that the students are learning English in the last bit?

[unique pawn]

Survey on using music to improve listening skills in English

[unique pawn]

So it'll be: LISTENING TO MUSIC TO ENHANCE ENGLISH LISTENING
SKILLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY

[unique pawn]

Or what your opinion about the topic should be..?

[mint seal]

If i were to word it, it’d be “Listening to English songs to enhance listening skills of English-learning students at university”

wait

hang on

i think i can reword this a little better

[twin yew]

That's me, standin' in the mirror
What's that icy thing hanging 'round my neck?
Um, that's gold, show me some respect, oh
I thank God every day (uh, ha)
That I woke up feelin' this way (uh, ha)
And I can't help loving myself
And I don't need nobody else, no, uh
If I was you, I'd wanna be me too
I'd wanna be me too

Why is there "If I was" and not "If I were"? Is that because she is referring to herself?

[mint seal]

“English learners listen to English songs to improve comprehension skills in university” @unique pawn

[mint seal]

“If I were you” would suit better in that sample

”If I was you” isn’t grammatically incorrect though

[twin yew]

The extract is from "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor

My grammar book says that "If I was" is correct, but not when I want to say "If I was you", so I'm a little confused.

[flat rune]

hi guys

where can I find some reading comprehension answer key?

[flat rune]

I hear that it's correct to say "the pinnacle of efficiency" rather than "the pinnacle of efficience?" How come?

[tired geyser]

'efficience' is not used anymore. Everyone says 'efficiency'

[shut badge]

i told this person thank you and they said "for you", what do they mean? 😭

[flat rune]

ahh, thank you!

[dim blade]

The District Magistrate was unavailable .. the comment
for?

[gritty kestrel]

for is correct, but it should be

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"the" is unnessecary within this context

[dim blade]

oh thanks

[gritty kestrel]

No problem. Another alternative would also be:

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[sweet perch]

is the "pith" like the "medulla" of the plants?

[hearty plover]

it's a state of equilibrium of mental's strength, physical condition and body aesthetic. For example, if you are in a circle of friends and they are talking about things that you don't agree, but you still continue with they, it's not welfare to you

[hearty plover]

It's ok?

The question it's: what is health?

[tough raft]

tbh i don't understand your example

[haughty nymph]

Hi!

You know how the word "the" can sometimes refer to another "thing" (I guess noun? I don't know if it needs to be a noun) in the same sentence?

For example: "After making a successful unarmed strike while wearing these gloves, you can use the gloves to deal an extra 2d10 force damage to the target, and you regain a number of hit points equal to the force damage dealt. "

Here, the word "the" is referencing "an extra 2d10 force damage". This seems intuitive to me, but I don't for the life of me know what this is called, or ever being taught it. Does this have a name, when if references like this?

[unique pawn]

AHHH THE NAME IS SO GOOD ❤️ Thank you so muchhh

@mint seal But the word "comprehension" is about all skills right? Because I only do listening skill