📚｜english-questions

[spark island]

Americans don’t notice when there saying adverbs

[silent flame]

Here in Egypt we study british not american tho

[spark island]

And they don’t care about adjectives

[spark island]

OMG

KMGGG

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what

[spark island]

I’ve never met an Egyptian

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dam

[spark island]

But whatever

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0_0

[spark island]

British and English are closely related in many ways

But listen

When you say quick and quickly it doesn’t really matter because at the end of the day they might be adverb or an adjective but they mean the same thing

[mint seal]

👀

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ah

[spark island]

Roaaar

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meow

[spark island]

To Americans that’s just a sound a cat makes we don’t think of adverbs or adjectives

[silent flame]

LOl

[spark island]

Just to make it easy to you, adverbs or adjectives don’t we really matter just think of the meaning of the word to get the understanding

[silent flame]

so natives don't care and we Egyptian ministry of education care wow how messed up is that

[spark island]

For example

[spark island]

😆

@mint seal

Come back here

I’m being so for real

[silent flame]

spam ping

[spark island]

We don’t think of adverbs or adjectives

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😉

[spark island]

For example when we say, oh my god it’s a palm tree!!

[silent flame]

even if formal thing ?

[spark island]

Oh

[silent flame]

palm tree lol

what if joe biden is giving a speech

[spark island]

America is considered one of the most informal

[spark island]

Adverbs and adjectives still don’t matter

[silent flame]

O.o

ok

[spark island]

But high people in ranks like joe Biden use words like

Universal

[spark island]

Which means In general

[silent flame]

So I got scammed by education system

[spark island]

OH

OH

u can still study there

But I’m reality

[silent flame]

I'll sui Egypt

[spark island]

American children and even American adults don’t even think of adverbs or adjectives

If we know the meaning of the word

We just speak it

“I am a man”

Basically

[silent flame]

ok

[spark island]

Americans are very informal

We don’t care about formality

We just speak

English has fewer rules and it’s shorter

[silent flame]

yes

its better than british

it's pretty village,but there's ......... anything to do here

do we use Hardly or nearly or Hard?

Hardly is right right ?

[spark island]

@silent flame

HARDLY AND HARD ARE THE SAME THINF BUDDY 😭

just because you add a ly to it doesn’t change its meaning

Nearly is basically almost

[silent flame]

BRUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But i have to choose

lmao

[spark island]

You on a quiz

[blazing smelt]

Hi. Does anybody know what kind of sentence is that and what grammar rule should I use to build such sentences? Are 1, 3 wrong and 2, 4 correct?

If I were you, I would be proud of myself when I finished.
If I were you, I would be proud of myself when I finish.
If I were you, I would be proud of myself when I have finished.
If I were you, I would be proud of myself when I'm finished.

[mint seal]

?

[mint seal]

1 and 4 are the same answers

What’s the context?

[blazing smelt]

I saw some meme on Facebook and the structure of the sentence was the same as number 4. I was surprised as I have never seen such "conditional sentence + when" construction before.

If I were you, I would be proud of myself when I read this book.

Is it grammatically correct?

[mint seal]

Yes

[serene plinth]

Nope

Transformation of sentences has one key rule. You can't change the meaning of the sentence

[serene plinth]

Yes

Put a comma between the two right btw

[serene plinth]

If that's so, why is 'hard' wrong in this sentence?

[blissful drum]

Hardly

[warm dawn]

Bro what in gods name
@silent flame this guy has no idea what he's talking about

[blissful drum]

More hard doesn’t make grammatical sense

[warm dawn]

Harder does

[serene plinth]

Omg

[small ridge]

I said you before or
I said you earlier

[warm dawn]

I said to you earlier

[small ridge]

Thanks

[flat rune]

Hey I have a question, whether awe-inspiring means something splendid, Is awe-inspired an adjective for a person who is amazed ?

For example Can we change mind-boggling into mind-boggled for a person ?

[iron hedge]

Mind blowing?? Or mind boggling?

[boreal pewter]

You have to change the meaning here though, that's the point of it

You negate it, so the meaning is the opposite of what it was before

It's just that what "opposite" means could go either way

Original meaning: There is a person who did it
Possible negation 1: There is not a person who did it
Possible negation 2: There is a person who did not do it

Based on whether you negate the quantity of people (someone -> no one) or the action (did it -> did not do it)

Hope that's clearer now

[boreal pewter]

The object of "say" is the speech that comes out of your mouth, never the person

"I said you 'hello'" is wrong for example

You either want "I said <something> to you" or "I told you <something>", depending on exactly what you mean

[boreal pewter]

E.g. "I stood on the mountain, awe-inspired by the view" yea using it like this sounds fine to me, even if I don't remember hearing something like that.

[boreal pewter]

This one, not so much

[boreal pewter]

Different meanings

1st is something incredible, surprising, you can barely believe it

"the number of chickens in the world is mind-blowing"

2nd means confusing, often in an overwhelming way

[iron hedge]

Ohhh 👍🏻

[spark island]

Anyways

[iron hedge]

Any English beginner books (pdf) ??

[flat rune]

Thx for help @boreal pewter

[flat rune]

For this one only boggled could be good instead of mind-boggled?

[boreal pewter]

If anything that sounds ever weirder

[blissful drum]

That might be wrong actually

I would rather be taking french lessons

Julia claimed to be watching

Frank must be playing football

[icy ferry]

Hello guys, I've a question
if a person said to you "My name is Stevens with (B or V)" how can I know, what B or V is he refering? does the B and V have different pronunciation sounds? or not? or simply you cannot know what B or V is that persona refering

[eager sky]

I wrote a text can somebody check its grammar

ping me if u can

[boreal pewter]

Nobody will say "My name is Steven(s) with a B" because Steven(s) can't possibly have a B in it lol

Steven and Stephen are 2 names that can be read the same way (with a V sound in the middle)

B and V make very different sounds

Completely unrelated

They're as different as T and S

[marble whale]

Steben

Esteban

[silent flame]

alright

[primal moss]

Number 6 has to be: you should have been protecting. Also, why aren't you writing full sentences? You're ending your answers with ... but I would imagine that your teacher wants you to actually finish the sentences 🙂

[echo epoch]

What does drippin means? Guys.

[tulip dew]

It’s a slang imo it’s similar to "cool" for instance: he’s got drip

[serene plinth]

This is a rule Alc

[hollow night]

Grammar Question: Can you use "they" to refer to food?

For example: Some food went missing from the larder. I think they were stolen by the cook.

[serene plinth]

Since food is uncountable, using 'it' is better

[flat rune]

The first moment I take my first sip of Starbucks Frappuccino, I'm transported into a world of rich and complex flavors. Is this a good hook for writing a descriptive essay about my favorite coffee?

[blissful drum]

This is good but you don’t need to say “first moment”, just “the moment” works better

Otherwise perfect though

[flat rune]

thank you so much 🙏🏻

[wintry stirrup]

Hello, I'm new here! I want to learn english

[warm dawn]

From the moment I took a sip of my Starbucks frappucino, I was transported into a world of rich and complex flavors

[flat rune]

thanks

[boreal pewter]

I have a dog called Fido, therefore all dogs are called Fido...
Yes, there are exercises where this is the goal. There are also exercises that just want you to negate a sentence. Why must the specific rule from the image you posted apply to every exercise about negation?
Even assuming it is that kind, there are still problems:

1. You can't apply the same transformation to "someone did it" unless you're prepared to write "someone didn't not do it" (completely insane), or to change the sentence so much it barely resembles the original, e.g. "It is not true that no one did it" (calling this a simple "transformation" is pushing it)
2. The example in that image doesn't even keep the meaning unchanged. If anything, the main reason for saying the latter is exactly because it doesn't mean they like her. Looking at that phrase, the first situation I think of is something like:
   "What do they think of her?"
   "Well, they don't dislike her..." (implied: but they don't like her either)
   "Ah." (understands the implication, because if they liked her then the other person would've just said they like her)

[boreal pewter]

In general you can. "They" works for anything plural, people or objects.
"I don't regret eating those 3 sandwiches. They were delicious."
(but as CO said, "food" isn't plural, so not in your sentence)

[hollow night]

thanks for your input! 🙂

[agile sage]

Hi

How r u?

[serene plinth]

It is true that negation of such a sentence is odd, but it exists in English.
For the given sentence, 'None could but it was done'- is the closest negation I can think of.
This is similar to negation of sentences like 'He ate it' which would be 'None but he ate it'.

[hollow night]

Sentence syntax question. Does the following sentence look weird to you?

Sentence: I did one less rep of curls than I was supposed to.

[boreal pewter]

"None could but it was done" this doesn't make sense. "None could**,** but it was done" would be grammatical, but wouldn't have much to do with the original.
Do you mean "None could but do it"? That's also grammatical but means no one could help doing it i.e. everyone ended up doing it.
"None but he ate it" (or to make it more normal, "no one/nobody but him ate it") doesn't have the same meaning as "he ate it", it has the same meaning as "only he ate it" so again I don't really see how this would be a simple transformation

[boreal pewter]

It looks completely fine to me
There's a faint chance that in an exam you might be marked down for using "less" instead of "fewer" if your examiner is exceptionally prescriptive (bc rep is countable), but in real life "less" is more natural here

[spare summit]

why would someone mark it down for saying basically the same word

[boreal pewter]

Bc there's this old """rule""" that with countable nouns you use "fewer" and with uncountable nouns, "less"

I was corrected for this a bunch of times in school by one of my English teachers

[spare summit]

really? i never even heard of that

[boreal pewter]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fewer-vs-less

[spare summit]

i thought both were correct there

idk any grammar these days though

[boreal pewter]

Yea you'd have to be incredibly unlucky to be done for that, but some people are still unjustifiably pedantic about it so I thought I'd mention it

[spare summit]

lol okay

[uneven quest]

We would buy many sweets when we were young.
What does that mean?

[spare summit]

it means that the speaker and the other person/people they're including with "we" bought sweets often while they were young

[uneven quest]

I mean would buy

[spare summit]

Oh

It just means

[uneven quest]

= used to buy

[spare summit]

Used to buy

Yeah

[uneven quest]

Alr tyvm

[spare summit]

"Used to buy" is definitely more common

[echo epoch]

Guys what does "someone is icy" means?

[vale crypt]

It means that they’re like basically fashionable

Specifically it’s usually used when a person is wearing a lot of jewelry

But mind you this is generally slang, its to be avoided in formal contexts

[warm dawn]

Cold, no?
Because icy is cold but ice is just to be cool
Strange English slang

Icy cold heart
Icy, as in just really cold person

[vale crypt]

The specific phrase they cited is generally American(I most often hear the term in AAVE) slang to mean a person looking good wearing jewelry(particularly diamonds in many contexts)

American slang is really odd

e.g. “you lookin icy with them chains on”

[tender quiver]

how to know

adj-ing

and

adj-ed

[vale crypt]

ed is past tense, like they’ve already done it

Like theres Adventurous, then theres adventured meaning the theoretical person has done this adventure in the past

Adventuriing is like they’re currently doing it

e.g. mark cooked food vs mark is cooking food

[warm dawn]

Iced out would be the "better" term? Might be a regionalized dialect

[vale crypt]

Iced out and icy are used interchangeably for that purpose at least where im from

[warm dawn]

Nobody uses icy where I'm from lol

[vale crypt]

Theres actually a song that this reminds me of lol

https://spotify.link/d9oVZajhAyb

My mom used to listen to that

[noble depot]

@blazing smelt

[pine ibex]

I want to make a video call with someone who will be my frien

[tough wolf]

hi i have a question, is the sentence "I guess we'll have to agree to disagree" rude to say?>

[bright pulsar]

Not really. It's an agreeable way to end a disagreement. If neither side wants to budge, there's really no other way around it.

[tough wolf]

I see, so the other person wont get offended right? Just making sure
Because for me that sentence feels like "lets not talk about this anymore"

[bright pulsar]

That is what it's saying, but it's usually for the sake of both parties. It's not really rude to try and avoid strife.

[tough wolf]

Okay, thanks for the explanation!

[echo epoch]

what does “the Big P” means?

[digital sandal]

Any chance you can provide us a context?

[vale crypt]

Yeah that can have multiple meanings, some of which are very…

Interesting to say the least

[opal gyro]

hey folks
I got a quick question for top notch tryhard fluent english speakorz (unlike myself lol)
because I can't find an answer in the W I D E web

does the sentence "smth needs compensating" make sense?

to compensate --> infinitive
compensation --> noun
compensating --> present participle or gerund? and therefore functions as my substitute noun?

when I say "smth needs compensation" I personally think of the "compensation" as a payment but that meaning isn't the one I want to convey with my sentence... I guess

I feel like "smth needs compensating" has a different, larger(?), w i d e r , rather general meaning and describes the act of doing compensation instead of an undefined result, which is the compensation

I'm confused because I can't find anything on the topic of using "compensating" as a gerund

ok nvm
any verb can become a gerund if the corresponding requirements for using a gerund are given

i must've fckn googled hella wrong

just in case anybody else wants to know about gerunds'n'stuff:

Gerunds and infinitives can replace a noun in a sentence.

Gerund = the present participle (-ing) form of the verb, e.g., singing, dancing, running.

Infinitive = to + the base form of the verb, e.g., to sing, to dance, to run.

Whether you use a gerund or an infinitive depends on the main verb in the sentence.

I expect to have the results of the operation soon. (Infinitive)

I anticipate having the research completed eventually. (Gerund)

Gerunds can be used after certain verbs including enjoy, fancy, discuss, dislike, finish, mind, suggest, recommend, keep, and avoid.

1. After prepositions of place and time.
   I made dinner before getting home.
   He looked unhappy after seeing his work schedule.

2. To replace the subject or object of a sentence
   Lachlan likes eating coconut oil.
   Jumping off a cliff is dangerous, but a real thrill.

Infinitives can be used after certain verbs including agree, ask, decide, help, plan, hope, learn, want, would like, and promise.

1. After many adjectives:
   It is hard to make dinner this late.
   I find it difficult to describe my feelings about writing research essays.

2. To show purpose:
   I left for Russia to study Russian.
   I came to the office to solve the mystery of the missing keys.

[next pelican]

Hi

I need answer for this question that 1) What is lost child?

[fair oriole]

....., with whom he had won a Nobel Prize in chemistry.

A) The French chemist Pierre Curie is less known than his wife
B) John B. Goodenough worked on how to improve lithium-ion batteries
C) George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter worked together in 2018
D) Aziz Sancar, Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich studied DNA repair
E) Frances H. Arnold worked on the directed evolution of enzymes

I need help in this question mates 🙂

[spare summit]

what are the questions

[tropic stag]

I need help to do a writing

[spare summit]

those are statements

[fair oriole]

no this is the question with options

just one of them is correct one

[spare summit]

oh

[fair oriole]

its about grammar

[spare summit]

wait

so whats the actual question

ohh

[fair oriole]

.

[spare summit]

ye ik

its just really confusing

[fair oriole]

not only relative clause

it includes most grammar rules in it

so it can be confusing a bit

[spare summit]

i think A

so like

[fair oriole]

so do I

[spare summit]

in the ......,

you put the

sentence

[fair oriole]

but can you explain why?

[spare summit]

because the clause ends with talking about a person

i think

it just feels the most right out of all of theml

because some dont mention another person

but with the ones that do it doesnt make sense still

[fair oriole]

ty my brother

I think its the correct answer

but I am going to write one more question

🙂

[spare summit]

alr

[fair oriole]

Einstein's most famous formula is E=MC2, where .........

A) it is used to measure the energy a particular amount of mass has
B) changed the whole idea of space and time
C) C stands for the speed of light and M for mass
D) can be used to show that matter and energy are actually the same
E) he published it in 1905

@spare summit I thought it as D

[spare summit]

thats a science question lol

[fair oriole]

its also relative clause 😄

[spare summit]

oh ye

lol

i think its

C

[fair oriole]

Does C refer to place ?

[spare summit]

no but it sounds the best out of all of them

Einstein's most famous formula is E=MC2, where he published it in 1905

doesnt sound right

Einstein's most famous formula is E=MC2, where, can be used to show that matter and energy are actually the same

definitely doesnt sound right

unless you did a typo or forgot to write something on question D in the discord message i think its C

[fair oriole]

yes I haven't chosen one yet

[spare summit]

did you copy and paste them from your test or did you type them

[fair oriole]

I've typed

[spare summit]

oh

can you double check what D is

[fair oriole]

yes its true

[spare summit]

hmmm

id say C then

C or A

[fair oriole]

ty

[spare summit]

if its not C its A

[fair oriole]

what if its D

teacher will give grades from it

[spare summit]

i dont think it would be because "where can" doesn't make sense

if it was "where it can" then it would make a bit more sense

[fair oriole]

.

[spare summit]

oh

im not 100% sure on this one so

sorry

[fair oriole]

okay bro ty though ❤️

for ur efforts 🙂

[spare summit]

no problem 👍

[boreal pewter]

In a way it does yes

Inside that formula, that's the place where c & m are here

The other options don't work

To say A or E you would have to change "where" to "which" and remove "it"

To say B or D, you'd need just to change "where" to "which"

[bitter meteor]

Most of man's cultural roots lie in prehistory, of which we know very little.

A) We don't know much information about prehistory,where most of our cultural roots lie.

B)We don't know much about the prehistoric roots of our culture although We know prehistory well

C)Man spent most of his time in prehistory, when he had almost no culture at all.

D)All We have known so far about prehistory is that our cultural roots are there.

E)Other than the fact that its roots are in prehistory, We don't know anything about our culture

Which one has the closest meaning

[warm dawn]

We don't know much about our prehistoric ancestors, who hold cultural roots tying to us in the modern day

[bitter meteor]

Which Option has the closest meaning (It is a relative Clause question)

It is not related with our ancestors it is grammar

[acoustic zinc]

Hey, i just wanted to know if this sentence was correct and if there was only Past unreal please :

"Had I not modernized the French army, it would not have become a formidable force across Europe."

thankyou !

[near cairn]

Hi guys i have a strange question
What do you call a place where a vendor sells merchandise on the ground
Like... I know we call it a vendor booth or stall when he sells in a.... Booth or a small cabin... But what if he is selling on a mat on the ground is thre a name for that?

Guess this needs a native English speaker to answer

[warm dawn]

Mmm

Street vendor?

[mint seal]

honestly i don’t think theres a specific name for that

i’d also say street vendor

[pallid path]

anyone can tell me, how i can learn english faster, and which english concepts are important to learn faster?

[sinful jolt]

He was so short his chin would have been underwater
Why r we using have been n not had been?

[bright pulsar]

"would have been" is in the conditional/hypothetical tense.

To clarify, it is known as the "third conditional" and is made up of "if + past perfect" or "would + have + past participle" and refers to past hypothetical events.

If we were expressing a present hypothetical (also possible in the context), we'd use "would be" but we'd never use "would had."

[sinful jolt]

Got it thanks bro

[hollow night]

Complicated grammar question.

At this point in time, this person is narrating past events.

The event in question took place last year. What was the event about? He built a statue for his late father.

But, in so doing, he neglected his mother's feelings. She hated her husband.

So this guy is narrating this past event right now to a 3rd party. He feels bad about neglecting his mother's feelings.

So the question is should he say, "I have neglected my mother's feelings..." or "I neglected my mother's feelings..."?

I know the present perfect tense is used to describe events that took place in the past but are still affecting the present. But in this case, the whole statue thing is a done thing. He built that statue last year, so the whole neglecting his mom's feelings thing should be over and done with already?

[brittle drum]

Hey, how is the use of "may I have?"

[flat rune]

"may I" is more official

[olive parrot]

Since "He built a statue" and "her mother hated his father", we should say "He neglected".

[olive parrot]

Asking for permission

[hollow night]

thanks for your input! 🙂

[bright pulsar]

Use "neglected" if you're not making a connection between the neglect and the statue built. Use "had neglected" if you are making one. For example, "He had neglected her to build his deceased father a statue instead." is the appropriate tense here. "Unlike his father, he neglected her." is the appropriate tense here.

[brittle drum]

thanks u for the answer!

[olive parrot]

Thanks*
or Thank you*
or Thanks to you*
NOT thanks you

[brittle drum]

so, the correct way it's only "Thanks", not "thanks you for"?

[olive parrot]

No, you can say:
Thank you for....
Thanks for ...
etc...

NOT ~~thanks you ~~

[bright pulsar]

Yep, "thanks" is a verb and a noun and the reason you might not know how to phrase that sentence is that "thanks" is being used as a noun. It's an idiomatic, shortened way of saying "I give thanks for..." or "I give thanks to you."

[brittle drum]

thank you, what do you recommend to me for practice the word/sentence?

[bright pulsar]

There's no easy way to practice idioms. They are usually arbitrary and often have to be learned as an exception to the rule. Instead, consider using "thank" as a verb the way you normally would, but remember the exception for the idiomatic "I give thanks..." where "thanks" is in the noun form.

[brittle drum]

thank you so much!

[iron ibex]

what does "eked out" mean?

[hazy torrent]

To make a small supply of something or making it long-lasting by using smaller amounts. Like money

[mossy cave]

How to use "as"?

[warm dawn]

The red marker is the same as the black one, it's just the colors are different

As well as the fact that the red marker and black marker are not the same, the green marker is not the same as the red or black

[vapid glacier]

Which one is correct?

1. She has the same personality as Jade
2. She has the same personality as Jade's

Thank you for the answer! ❤️

[warm dawn]

1

[vapid glacier]

Okay, thank you 😄

[flat rune]

Hi, could anyone please help here...

What do you understand from the following (it's for a formal email)?

1. (...) To which this entity approved my participation for the first time, applying an exceptionality to their age policy, based on the profile and portfolio demonstrated, and by multiple awards and recognitions in technical areas.
2. This unique training is tutored by the Digital & Integration Champion in Data Science of the company, whose main headquarters (among its four) is located in the city of Houston, TX, being this is my second unique training.

[near cairn]

Hello guys
So a friend asked me why do we say

• Would you mind helping me paint my house
  And not :
• would you mind helping me painting my house

I know very well that the first phrase is correct and the seond is wrong but whats the explanation

[boreal pewter]

When you join "help" to another verb for this meaning, the 2nd verb has to be infinitive

There are other verbs that are like this, e.g. make (bare inf), cause (to-inf)

"He made me leave his house", not "He made me leaving his house"

But you could also say

"Would you mind helping me with painting my house" (like how you'd say "help me with my homework")

This is grammatical

[near cairn]

Thank you

[midnight harbor]

formal

?

[bright pulsar]

Academic?

[sinful jolt]

Can I write this was because he used to eat 3 boiled chickens instead of this was because he ate 3 boiled chickens? Is there any diff?

[mint seal]

Saying “used to be” would completely change the context to the sample you had sent

“Used to eat” means that this person had eaten 3 boiled chickens in the past but in the present, they don’t eat it anymore

[sinful jolt]

Got it thank you

[olive parrot]

1

[sharp pumice]

Which sentence is good :
She dedicate all her time reading
She dedicate all her time to read

pls

[olive parrot]

None
She dedicates all her time to reading

Dedicate + to + [Verb + ing]

[sharp pumice]

oh yes

thanks

[olive parrot]

👍

[woeful pulsar]

Who want to be friend with me?

[kindred oracle]

What do you like talking about?what is the grammar?

For this question

?

Why they use talking with ign

?

[kindred oracle]

I can

[olive parrot]

When we talk about our excitement/habits/entertainment etc... in any situation we can use like + [Verb + ing]
I like reading (No matter what book it is or what genre it has)

But when we talk about specific details, we use like + [To Infinitive]
For example, I like to walk in the rain (not in all situations, just when it is raining or rainy)

But generally, we use both forms for both reasons. Don't worry, it is not a big deal, mostly, in our daily and informal English.

[kindred oracle]

Oh i feel you

But do you know the name of this grammar

?

[olive parrot]

If we wanna discuss the verb "Like" (to use gerund or ing after it), it is the Grammar "Main Verbs"
But if we wanna discuss the tense, it is the Grammar "Present Simple".

[olive parrot]

For this question, I'd say "Main Verbs"

[bright pulsar]

The use of a verb as a noun with the the "-ing" form is a gerund.

[pulsar lynx]

hello

what is the difference between may and might?

[olive parrot]

1. The past form of "may" is "might".
2. "May" shows a "high possibility" while "Might" shows a "lower chance of possibility".
3. We use "May" for permissions, suggestions and offers.
   Etc...

[pulsar lynx]

thanks

[olive parrot]

👍 Any time.

[pulsar lynx]

can you give a few examples

about may and might

[olive parrot]

Yes, will do.
I have a class now, I will do it as soon as my class ends.

[kindred oracle]

What is it better learn English watching movies or practicing grammar?

[olive parrot]

-May I leave sooner?
-He might have failed, he didn't study at all.
-You might be right, I don't know.
-You may close your eyes during the surgery
etc....

[olive parrot]

If you watch movies, you will memorize phrases and you will repeat them in similar situations in real-life.
But if you learn Grammar, you'll know the structures etc...

[digital sandal]

Also note that in some cases, we tend to use either of those, no matter the difference between them.

-Might I sit? (The correct usage would be: may I sit?, although it is used to get permission to sit.)
-May/Might/Can I help you? (Are all correct.)

1. May I help you? (Akin to am I able to help you?)
2. How may I help you? (Also when asked like this, you cannot simply answer yes, you have to specify what you need help with, and how the person can help you.)
3. Might I help you? (It's the same, only suggests a greater degree of possibility, as Nimafar explained to you above.)
4. Can I help you? (The informal way, although it amounts to the same thing in terms of what you're trying to say.)

Additionally, it is crucial to note that Native speakers do not really care about the difference, as most of them generally do not know what it is. Hence, you can use either of them, depending on your preference and tone.

By the way, I must disagree with what Nimafar said above, might is not the past form of may by any means. They're both modal auxiliary verbs that suggest possibility or permission. The only difference being how good the chances of you can do something are.

In other words, and to sum it up:

May—present or future possibility.
Might—uncertain or hypothetical possibility.

The way we used might I sit? actually indicates that we're not sure if the person is going to let us sit down. They may be not a very nice person and not let us sit, if we're uncertain that they will—we would use might, not may. If we're certain or sure that the person will let us sit down, then we would say may I sit?. This is usually used like this, simply because many people would be very kind and nice to let someone sit down when asked to do so. I mean, who would say you may not/you might not!, as a response? That honestly entirely depends on the person you're asking the question to, and what you're asking. This matters especially when you're asking a question to which you might get a negative/positive response.

And there's always the informal way to put it, can, can be used in most scenarios instead of those two, but that is informal and does not always convey the meaning. Nevertheless, always try to just use one, as long as you're speaking and practicing using those words in a sentence—it's all good! You will get the subtle difference between them in time, or you will not, does not really matter. As I said, many Native speakers spend an entire lifespan not knowing the difference, and it is okay because people can understand them.

[digital sandal]

However, not in the usual sense of the term.

Could/would are always confused, too. But not in the usual sense of the term.

And in many scenarios, it is okay to just go with either. It will almost never change the meaning or intent.

[olive parrot]

But natives actually don't care and use both of them.

But Grammatically, we can say that Might is the past form of May.

[digital sandal]

Yes, exactly. As I said above. They will just use can instead of either of those and claim that it's okay to do so, and frankly, it is...

[olive parrot]

Indeed.
But the part you said might isn't the past form of may "by any means", is wrong.

[digital sandal]

Okay, but the relationship between may and might is complicated, as they're not like do/did, make/made. Not so easily explained. They're both auxiliary verbs that are meant to be used in different contexts, depending on what the speaker wants to say.

[olive parrot]

Of course. They are modal verbs and sometime we found them complicated.

[digital sandal]

Though, in this explanation, where we're explaining to them the difference between might and may, that is what I mean by by no means. Because here, it would do nothing but confuse people, they would try to use them, depending on the tense.

[boreal pewter]

"He might get there in time, but I can't be sure" this does not express anything about the past. It's a statement of a future possibility

[digital sandal]

Although, a Native speaker's approach would be like this: use whichever is easier to pronounce depending on your sentence, dude.

[boreal pewter]

Historically, might/may were different tense forms of the same verb, but they don't really work that way in current English

They haven't for some time

[olive parrot]

Yes. As I said, it is not for always.
But sometimes, we use might as the past form of may.

[digital sandal]

That is what I mean by complicated. You tell them, might is the past form, it would confuse people and they would learn it wrong. Because the usage we're talking about here has nothing to do with it being the past, present, or future tense.

You might be able to do it..., is this past tense? You haven't done it yet, but you might be able to. It's a future possibility, and the usage of the might, by any means, does not indicate that we're talking about something that has happened in the past.

[olive parrot]

If someone wanna learn Grammar, he should learn everything.
For example, in reported speech, we need to know the past form of may, is might.

By everything I mean important details.

[olive parrot]

I never said always might is the past form of may.

[digital sandal]

You mean, like, if we encounter this in an exam? I do not know, Sir. I think you would just give the right answer as there's just no other way the past form of may is anything else but might. That would be the common logic.

[olive parrot]

As I mentioned an example, in some situations..

[olive parrot]

But when someone asks you "what is the difference between may and might?", you are supposed to state important things, even though they are common sense/logic.

But generally, we are saying the same thing.

[digital sandal]

Yes. When you say did is the past form of do, everything's good, and it really is. No further discussion.

-I did my homework! (Not now, not in the future, but in the past I did my homework. It's all correct.)

You're probably correct grammar-wise. As it might be how it is mentioned in the book, but in real life, as I'm sure you've seen many examples of it, the way we use might usually has nothing to do with it being the past tense of may.

[olive parrot]

If you deny "Reported Speech"

[olive parrot]

But yes, there are many things we ignore in our daily conversations. But if we are talking about Grammar, we have to state and mention details.

[olive parrot]

For example, many native speakers in their daily conversations, they even omit "s" in some verbs for 3rd person singular.
She go
He play
As simple present.
I heard it many times.
This doesn't mean we can ignore the usage of "s" in verbs (works, plays, etc...).

Once again, if you wanna teach Grammar, make sure you mention important details, even if you think they are common logic.

Anyway, that was a nice discussion. 👍

[boreal pewter]

Since you bring up backshifting, it's also worth saying that it isn't a hard rule you absolutely have to adhere to

Because quite often, the choice of tense in the reported clause makes a difference to the meaning

[olive parrot]

Yes, it isn't hard.

[boreal pewter]

Hard as in, rigid, unbending

I wasn't saying it's not difficult

I was saying it's not a strict rule

If you follow backshifting 100% of the time, you lose contrasts in certain meanings

[olive parrot]

Of course.

[boreal pewter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tense_confusion standard link for this because it has a good example

[olive parrot]

Nice, thanks for sharing. 👍

[boreal pewter]

So bringing it back to may vs. might

Which I forgot about for a second there lol

[olive parrot]

😄

[boreal pewter]

Something like "We were told that a new schedule may be necessary" is not wrong just because it has "may" instead of "might"

[olive parrot]

Let me note that once again
"Sometimes", we use might as the past form of may.

[boreal pewter]

Yeae I did see you say that

[olive parrot]

Then what's wrong?

[boreal pewter]

For example, in reported speech, we need to know the past form of may, is might.
It was a response to this

You don't actually need to know that for reported speech

[olive parrot]

Backshifting is necessary for reported speech.

Sometimes, we have other options or alternatives.

[boreal pewter]

It's not, as in this sentence

[olive parrot]

I disagree. If we are talking about formal English.

[boreal pewter]

Admittedly I made that sentence up, so you could say "what if you're wrong"

[olive parrot]

I wasn't saying you were wrong
I was asking for the problem.

[boreal pewter]

So here is a report from the UK Parliament website

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/836/83604.htm

And an example it has

49. We were told that it may be possible to develop the basic Statement Validity Analysis...

Searching for the exact phrase "we were told that it may" on google yields many similar results

[olive parrot]

I still disagree.
Backshifting is necessary.
In every book, you can see Backshifting for reported speech.

They wouldn't mention it if it were not necessary.

Anyway, I have a class now, I should go.
But that was a nice discussion.

[boreal pewter]

They absolutely would, if it's established as part of ESL teaching. Similar to how textbooks that teach British English continue to teach several quite incorrect things about British English (such as /u:/ being a single long vowel, more examples if you want them but I don't want to drag the topic astray)

I put more value in the use of English by English speakers than I do in what books say is necessary without proof

[olive parrot]

As far as I know, we can rely more on books than people.

But I respect your opinion.

[echo epoch]

Can homie used to describe White and brown friend?

[digital sandal]

I agree. Thanks for the constructive discussion, Nimafar! By the way, since you said if you want to teach Grammar, I would like point out that I've been teaching people English, as well as Grammar, for years now. 🤗 Far from being a good instructor, maybe, but my students were quite happy with how I teach English so far!

[digital sandal]

Depends what you want to do with English. If you want to be a teacher, you have to, as Nimafar said, know all the details in the book and try your best to teach people everything. But, especially in Turkey, I can see that most English teachers, as well as the education system itself, are failing to teach people anything, mainly because they themselves do not know English. They're A2 speakers at best and trying to teach students English. Which results in many Turks not being able to say a word in English. So, that is what you get if you entirely focus on learning all the grammar rules and academical English. They have absolutely zero practice, hence they cannot interact with Native speakers at all. And when they try to, they sound so cringe.

In theory, they know all the rules, they are perfect. They know English well enough to maximum-score all the inter/national exams. However... when it comes to the interview (speaking part). They get the worst score one could possibly get. Remember that meme, where it says my English when I write vs. my English when I speak? That's what you get for not practicing with Native speakers, and just speaking in general. Spoken English is all that matters, in my humble opinion, if you're not planning to be an academician—why even bother? I've lived in the U.S.A. my entire life and I've never seen a single person who spoke English as it was meant to be in the book. They all had their flaws, but when you spoke that formal, boring English, they'd separate you so easily from Native speakers, because they had this informal American English that they were rocking. So, I grew up speaking it, not the formal British English they teach students in Turkey. We can clearly see which one works better for students.

[near cairn]

Hello

-he is the brightest and greatest writer in modern times

• he is the brightest and greatest writer in the modern era

So which is corrcet... I assume both?
If so whats the difference between times and era

I tried searching it on google but didn't really understand the difference

[boreal pewter]

Yes, for that you should know these kinds of "rules". My last point wasn't that you shouldn't ever teach backshifting or that it never happens. It was simply that even in formal English people do not use backshifting 100% of the time. Not because they are failing to follow a rule, but because not using it actually often makes sense for the meaning.

The point before that was that might vs. may isn't really to do with tense, which I stand by.

[boreal pewter]

They're both correct yea. "Modern times" is always going to be pretty vague. Someone might use "modern era" in a vague way too, but it suggests a clearer division between itself and some previous era (as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_era, though an author can decide to define their own eras in a subject)

[near cairn]

Thank you

[dawn lintel]

Some experts estimate that sunlight ---- 10,000 times as much power as the Earth used at the turn of the 21st century if we ---- from solar energy in the near future.
A) has produced / will benefit
B) could have produced / had benefited
C) could produce / could benefit I think it's either B or C

[mint seal]

Choose 1 answer and fate will call upon if it’s right or not

[ivory igloo]

Hi everyone, is anyone there? I'm trying to solve a syntax confusion.
The following statement:The blitz was running hard at that time, and the night before, the raid on Bristol had been heavy.

Is "had been heavy" a past perfect sentence?

Then I would like to know more: In English, can the combination of "be+adj" be changed into past perfect tense?

"be+adj"
I was strong. (past tense)
I had been strong. (past perfect tense)

Did I write the above two sentences correctly?

[mint seal]

🎉

[ivory igloo]

@mint seal Thanks very much

[fresh condor]

I never actually learned English formally, so that means it's all based on what feels right and what doesn't.
This does leave unconventional/formal English a bit unclear, I suppose?
Usually we say "I think it is best that [...]", but I've also seen "I think it best [...]", what's up with that?

[abstract lintel]

Howdy, folks!

[bright pulsar]

This is an example of relative pronoun omission. It's quite common and is used when the meaning conveyed doesn't change from omission. You can omit a relative pronoun entirely when it doesn't serve as the subject of a restrictive relative clause.

"He knew the man that won the championship." Here, "that" is the subject of the relative clause. Thus, we cannot omit it. The meaning is entirely different if you choose to do so.

"He knew (that) the man won the championship." Though the meaning here is entirely different, the subject of the clause is no longer our relative pronoun. It may be omitted without changing the meaning.

Of course, this also applies to other relative pronouns.

"He found the man (whom) the boss needed."

[fresh condor]

Ah, cheers!

[tepid kiln]

@digital sandal We were talking about ielts english words of variations (I hope i correctly got what you told me) for IELTS some hours ago. can you cast a light on that more here, please?

[flat rune]

hey! I'd like to ask, how often do you hear someone say "in a jiffy"?

came across it in a book a while ago

[flat rune]

Yes

[flat rune]

I wouldn't say it commonly used , it's just used to describe something your going to do soon , like "I'll be there in a jiffy" but it not realy used

[flat rune]

You can use any of those

[boreal pewter]

"Is" can be removed because there's a special usage of "think" that works like "think <object> <description>":

At the time I thought [his adamant refusal to give in] [right].
I hope you won’t think [me] [stupid] if I ask you what that means.
Examples from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/think#English (brackets added by me). Here both of the descriptions are adjectives, but they can also be nouns, e.g. "They thought him a fool until he proved them wrong" or prepositional phrases. Anything you can normally put after "is" can go in the <description> slot.
Ron's explained why "that" is often dropped.

[bright pulsar]

Oops. I didn't even see the "is" bolded. Thanks for the explanation from myself as well.

[boreal pewter]

👍 ** **

[flat rune]

https://youtu.be/ffbyaX9Ymt8

What is he saying from 8:27 to 8:30?

[boreal pewter]

"And so Pac shot at more than 2 cops, Pac shot <?> dude that tried to run down on him?"

<?> I want to hear "at the" bc it would make sense but it sounds more like "it through", idk I'm not sure about that part

[bright pulsar]

Yeah, sounds like some conglomeration of at a/the as well

[flat rune]

Ok thanks

[warm dawn]

And so pac shot at more than two cops, pac shot at some dudes that tried to run down on him?

[digital sandal]

Where, Bliss?

[flat rune]

can you say

"you're whetting my curiosity"
when someone isn't gonna tell me something that really interests me.

[tepid kiln]

well, id like to get to know more about this moment (in the screenshot there is our dialogue in russian about ielts)

[flat rune]

yeah , that's what i thought. thanks!

[thick raven]

Hey mates

[flat rune]

So I'm writing a paper for extra credit about how old English became modern English. My mom is an English major so I thought I would ask her thoughts. She ended up telling me that English is a romance and latinate language when, especially if you look at old English and the area/ people (anglo-saxons) English originated from is very clearly proto-germanic. This is also clear in the type of inflected language English uses through nominative, indicative, genitive and dative. I do not know it's all just very confusing.

[echo epoch]

When can you use the word "shitty" on someone?

[mint seal]

Bro I’m Aussie and I do the same shit

[storm coral]

hey guys, can somebody help me out with this jokeline ? : "If you are looking for douches, they are in aisle me. " (quote from parks and recreation) ^^

[warm dawn]

No

[warm dawn]

Douche/Douchebag is a derogatory "slur", and an aisle is, in this case, a row in a grocery store. So they're saying if you are shopping for douchebags, go look in aisle me (Calling himself a douche)

People do say it

[flat rune]

I concur

[warm dawn]

I counter, British

[flat rune]

what is the best way to learn and remember new words ?

[thorny parrot]

Flashcards and practice. Consistent practice is really the only way

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/12awfe4/sentence_diagram_help/

If someone could answer my question on reddit it would be greatly appreciated

[dire vessel]

also watching shows/movies in english, and listening to music can help! there’s an app called LingoClip that lets you study song lyrics!

[sinful jolt]

He has been abused by his ex-wife before dating me or he had been abused by his ex-wife before dating me
Which one is correct?

[dire vessel]

he had been abused- since it’s past tense

[sinful jolt]

Thanks

(When will our midterm result come out) is this grammatically correct?

[dire vessel]

yes!

[kindred oracle]

If I knew Is in past or present or future?

Im confuse

[marble spear]

it's in past

[olive parrot]

Past

[proper basin]

hello everyone

[bleak sun]

Hi, what "tho" means and how we use it?

[flat rune]

tho means though. I attached a picture below for you to look at 😀
@bleak sun

[bleak sun]

Thank u

[grand dagger]

Hello everyone

[stiff jungle]

Hello

[sinful jolt]

I won't be able to collect the form tomorrow how would I give it 2 u by tomorrow?
Is this dramatically correct?

[untold helm]

What are you trying to say? The first half is correct, I'm just a little confsed on "How would I give it to you by tomorrow?"

[sinful jolt]

I was asked to submit the form tomorrow but I won't be able to attend college due to some personal reason so I won't be able to submit it
So what should I say?

[untold helm]

"I apologise, but I will be unable to submit the form tomorrow, due to personal reasons. Could we please reschedule the deadline?"

Does that make sense?

[sinful jolt]

Thanks

[lavish kestrel]

有chinese？

[flat rune]

Hi, I have a question about using apostrophes. When I want to talk about habits that a group of students has, do I say: The students habits, The students' habits or Habits of the students? I would also appreciate an explanation why it is correct in a certain way.

[warm dawn]

The students habits

It's the correct way

[mint seal]

"students' habits" would be correct, reason being is when you're referring to a group that hold a possessive thing altogether(whether it's a physical item or a metaphorical thing), you'd use a plural of noun(a person or more etc.) + apostrophe + noun to indicate possession

"habits of students" is also correct(without the "the") but would be most suited in a sentence

[icy ferry]

how do you guys pronounce - ?

[untold helm]

A hyphen ( - ) is grammatical, we don't pronounce it but treat it as a pause in the sentence

[rapid bronze]

Farty farts made of oxygen chloride potassium oxide calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide and methylmaine and uranium oxide with silver chloride mixed with hydrogen chloride oxide oxide Farty farts made of oxygen chloride potassium oxide calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide and methylmaine and uranium oxide with silver chloride mixed with hydrogen chloride oxide oxide

[flat rune]

It's not pronounced, it's can be used as a cut off of the sentence like " hey guys" but instead you dont finish the sentence so: " hey guy-" otherwise as someone said , as a pause in the sentence , can be used as both

[marble whale]

Hi guys, which is correct
My friend is a gay
Or
My friend is gay

[dire vessel]

my friend is gay

[south sundial]

Typically itd be "My friend is gay"

my friend is a gay would work if youre using gay as a noun

[olive parrot]

The 2nd one.

[boreal drift]

Hello, Im wonderring how we can say a french word in english but translators and dictionary are a bit confusing me...
In want to know how to say the french word "Figure" but it doesnt mean the same as "To figure"... Its maybe like "An acrobatic skill" for "une** figure** acrobatique" in french

Maybe figure is correct ?

[dire vessel]

do you mean figure as in the shape of something? as in how it looks?

[boreal drift]

Hmmm kind of

Like in gymnastic, when u do something with the bar, how can we call it ? A figure ? Or just a gymnastic movement

Maybe a skill

[dire vessel]

yes, I think 'skill' would be more fitting

[boreal drift]

So "figure" is totally incorrect ?

[dire vessel]

it's not something I've ever seen used, so I suppose so

[boreal drift]

Ok so I can say "a suite of skills" or "a chain of skills" ? Not sure for the 2nd

[dire vessel]

the phrase 'a set of skills' is what's typically used, you could use 'suite' as well, but 'set' is more colloquial

[boreal drift]

Oh ok thanks

So it means that there is one skill after an other ?

for "A set"

[dire vessel]

yes, exactly!

a group of skills, essentially

[boreal drift]

Like when dominos fall one fter one, its a set a fall ?

[dire vessel]

if- for example -a gymnast is going to to multiple skills, that would be a set

it is similar to dominos in a way

[boreal drift]

YES

Thx

[dire vessel]

no worries!

[boreal drift]

It was hard to find cuz translators say "a series" or "a suite" and "figure" so its rlly not colloquial as u said

[dire vessel]

yes yes

'series' and 'suite' could be used, but they sound a bit odd in casual conversation lol.

[boreal drift]

Yes

[dire crane]

What is correct and what is more proper? "Group name" or "Group names"?

[dire vessel]

it depends on what the context in

if, say, there was a group of people, or a team, it would be 'group name' singular, or 'team name' singular, since there is only one group being named

[dire crane]

Sorry i meant "group names" vs "groups names"

[dire vessel]

it would be 'group names' !

[dire crane]

Cool, thanks

[dire vessel]

no worries!!

[dire crane]

How about "policy unique indetifiers" and "policies unique identifiers"?

[dire vessel]

policy* unique identifiers :]

[dire crane]

I see such "assemblies" all over my work. Just to make sure. I want to say that there is a possibility to specify plenty unique identifiers from which every refers to some policy. For instace there might be plenty isbn numbers from which every refers to a single book, right?

[sinful jolt]

Can someone tell me y the author has used 'used to' instead of just 'sang'?

[boreal drift]

How do u say "Vagabond", is it "Wagabon" or like from "Valorant" VA

[vale crypt]

Like valorant

[boreal drift]

Ok its what I thought

[abstract musk]

Because we use "used to" to talk about past habits that are no longer true, or actions in the past that do not happen in the present. That statement implies that children don't sing about that anymore.

[olive parrot]

He is talking about a routine (habit) in the past.

[boreal pewter]

There's an easy trick to answer this sort of question:
V is never pronounced as W

[zenith pilot]

which one is correct??

[boreal pewter]

The majority vote is right

(Though the 3rd one also works, especially in AmE)

[olive parrot]

4

[boreal drift]

Haha ok thx

[sinful jolt]

In this page he used 'ate' instead of 'used to eat' y's that?

@olive parrot

[dire vessel]

it insinuates that he still eats that much for breakfast, but the piece is written in past tense

[sinful jolt]

If he still eats then y did he use ate & not eat?

*eats

[dire vessel]

because the piece is written in past tense, so it’s recounting events/telling a story that already happened

with the assumption that Boggis would continue his eating habit even after the story is told

[sinful jolt]

Oh got it thanks

[pseudo fulcrum]

HII

GOOD MORNINGGG

[olive parrot]

Because he still eats it.

[olive parrot]

Because this context was written in the past and the author was mentioning a specific situation/time

[dusk geyser]

What does “Problems of the couriers” mean? Its from an excerpt from a short story “The tachypomp” 1874.

You are fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils.--Shakespeare. Your narrow intellect cannot understand and appreciate a generous mind. There is all the difference between you and a Surd, if I may say it, which intervenes between an infinitesimal and an infinite. Why, I will even venture to say that you do not comprehend the Problem of the Couriers!"

I admitted that the Problem of the Couriers should be classed rather without my list of accomplishments than within it. I regretted this fault very deeply, and suggested amendment. I faintly hoped that my fortune would be such-

[gusty harness]

It's a reference to an algebra problem created by a French Mathematician in 1764. Basically two couriers are sent out at different times, walking at different speeds. The problem is to find when the second courier catches up to the first. In practice it helps to solve problems involving division by zero.

[dusk geyser]

Thank you so much, now it puts things into perspective and makes the story clear!

[boreal drift]

Can we say "Currently" and "actually" in the same sentence ? It looks weird for me but idk

Like "Actually, I am currently..."

Ah yes I m dumb

[tacit dune]

What is difference between because and cause?

[fair gale]

what is "nvm" means?

[tacit dune]

Thanks

[fair gale]

Thank youu

[blazing cloak]

who can speak with me?

but i can speak little bit

[vital reef]

How can I improve my English writing skill? if you have any suggestion that will help me. So, please share with me.

[blazing cloak]

in half an hour, okay?

[queen thorn]

I'm ready when you are

[blazing cloak]

OK, thx)

[blazing cloak]

No problem

[mint seal]

big text coming through

[serene plinth]

[mint seal]

Improving your English in this server or elsewhere by a dumb native speaker

Ok so whoever is new to English, you’d always ask yourself “Oh, where do I start?” right? Because if you’re learning English all by yourself, it’s gonna be hard right?

English is split into 4 categorical skills: Speaking, Reading, Writing and Listening. You may choose the following to improve on first, or you can do them all in one go. Personally as a native speaker, if you’re using English as a use in everyday life(socially), I’d say put Speaking and Listening at the top of your priority list. Reading and writing if you want to get a job somewhere, or if this is school related stuff

1. Speaking

Here in this lovely server, there are plenty of VC’s for you to join! They are categorised into the corresponding levels Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Fluent(note that you don’t have to be that level to join the VC, e.g. natives can join beginners, intermediates can go to fluent etc. this is not restricted and its the matter of your preference of who you want to talk to). By speaking with other people you can develop two skills at the same time. Listening with others will allow you to get exposed with different accents, and speaking will improve the usage of vocabulary, intonation, and a more understandable accent etc. this will help you train your ears and get used to the environment, and also an easy way to make friends. If you’re a shy introvert(like me), you can hope into the shy vc and wait for someone to join. If you want someone to help you improve your accent, you may send it in #🗒｜pronunciation -my-accent for some feedback!

Of course this isn’t restricted to discord, I highly suggest you to practice speaking English to people in real life too(maybe you can learn a thing or two!)

2. Listening

This was already mentioned above in speaking, but there are actually more ways for you to improve listening!

a. Songs: Songs are a great way to learn English, as often they include a lot of expressive words and meaningful sentences(well, most of them). Songs can help you memorise English words quicker, since there’s a melody that can stick to your brain.

b. Podcasts: Podcasts are also great because they can hold conversations about something you may be interested in. Listening to them also helps you get exposed to the language of English. I highly suggest you listen to them whilst reading the transcript at the same time. You can possibly jolt down some words you don’t know and look them up in a dictionary or something to improve vocab

c. Watching YouTube videos, movies, TV shows etc.: This one is self explanatory as to podcasts, if you’re learning English then it’s HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for you to watch the video with subtitles.

3. Reading

I cannot stress enough, books, articles etc. are simply a great way to get you into the habit of reading! Often any sort of text will include different sorts of vocabulary that you haven’t heard. You can write them down(as mentioned above)or use any sort of technique that helps you remember things(my personal favourite is sticking sticky notes on items or around the house so that you can read them everyday, or make flash cards).

4. Writing

Whether if you’re writing an essay, story, or a discursive, writing is a great way to test your skills. You can improve your writing by planning what you want to write first. Structure it, before writing the actual thing. Make sure to review your grammar rules before hand. If you want your text to be checked, simply post it in #📝｜proofreading

Additional stuff

If you want to ask any questions about English, you may send it in this channel #📚｜english-questions -questions #🗃｜resources are here if you need it. (I HIGHLY SUGGEST CHECKING PINNED MESSAGES)

#🌄｜word-of-the-day new vocabulary and #🌅｜idiom-of-the-week ay for writing skills and metaphorical meanings.

Hope this helps!

ok i reached the limit, almost

If people wanna add to what i wrote you probs cant but you can ask to pin, ig

wait @queen thorn lemme fix the channels

[queen thorn]

Wdym the channels?

@mint seal

[mint seal]

where

Bro im braindead rn you gotta locate where

oh

LMAO

im stupid

i meant, it didnt do the #📚｜english-questions thing

it just wrote eg “# english questions”

you can pin it now

[mint seal]

and if i have spelling mistakes or whatever, imma kms cuz im tired

anyways

[queen thorn]

No no

You did great

Lemme kms in your stead

[mint seal]

i honestly didnt think i was gonna write that much-

[queen thorn]

[serene plinth]

😌

[blazing cloak]

Thank you very much!!!

[blazing cloak]

Can you do it now?

[queen thorn]

Oh sorry that was for Kiu.

But I think I could VC in a couple hours from now

[blazing cloak]

Ok

[mint seal]

@rigid barn

[hollow marsh]

Judgement or judgment ?

[spare summit]

judgement

[bright pulsar]

The spelling is different in British and American English.

Judgment is the American English spelling, so use that if you intend to learn American English.

[quaint linden]

judgement

[flat rune]

is "derelict" a common word to describe an 'abandoned building/house'? 🤔

[gusty harness]

Depends on whether you mean spoken ot written English. It's common in Literature, but you won't hear it a lot in spoken English.

[flat rune]

👌 🙏

[tidal lily]

Yeah, in fact words and their synonyms have had popularity too through different era/periods/generations

[olive parrot]

Both are correct.
British/American

[flat rune]

how can I fix my accent? its kind of goofy

[boreal drift]

Can we use english and american variation in the same sentence ? Like colour and judgment are from eng and the other from american

[olive parrot]

Yes, that's fine. We can use them in our sentences, but in exams like IELTS, it is much better to use one form. All in American or all in British, but in our daily conversations that's totally fine.

We need to take it easy; otherwise, we will get confused and bored.

So don't worry, Mimiquii.

[velvet lodge]

hi

[boreal drift]

Oh, thanks a lot

[boreal drift]

Not rlly the good channel to start a convo x)

I was kind of confused at first when my discord underlined the word "color" in red cuz it is not UK english but US so it would be colour

[near notch]

Hello!
Each culture is unique with its own way of life and own perspectives of the world which would all be lost if there were only one language.

In this, I think, the "which would all be lost if there were only one language" is an adjective clause(or in other words relative clause), isn't it?
I'm not sure if I'm right so what do you think it is?

[summer lark]

Hey guys! When Americans say "a fine university," do they mean that the university is excellent or it's average?

[gusty harness]

Usually they mean it's excellent but a lot of it depends on tone and context.

[summer lark]

Cool, thanks!

[dire vessel]

typically when something is referred to as ‘a fine (item)’, it means the thing is excellent. if it was flipped, like saying ‘that (thing) is fine’, that typically means its average/okay

[mortal edge]

What does OGs mean?

[real prawn]

OG used to mean "Original Gangster", although some people use OG as a quicker way of saying Original.

[mortal edge]

Thx

[real prawn]

np

If you are confused about some words which are slang, you can use UrbanDictionary. Its a website btw.

[summer lark]

Thanks!!

[flat rune]

May I ask what is difference from "scare" and "afraid"?

[mint seal]

“Scare” can mean to become frightened or frighten someone else. “Afraid” just means to be frightened

They both practically mean the same thing but the meaning can change depending on the context

[flat rune]

Ah, I see, thx

[mortal edge]

Sorry but again what does sa'r mean????

[sinful jolt]

Have we met before or did we meet before which one is dramatically correct? If both r correct then what is the difference between them

[mint seal]

I believe both are grammatically correct but its better to say “have we met before”

[spare summit]

i have no clue and ive never seen it before

[dire vessel]

‘have we met before?’ is a standalone, ‘did we meet before..’ could be used to cite a specific place you may recognize the person from, like saying ‘did we meet at Tim’s dinner party?’

[flat rune]

Just my personal opinion.... But "have we met before" can sounds a little stand-offish or harsh. You would use this where you do not really know the person and want to confirm where you know them from. You are inviting them to clarify how you met. "Did we meet before (at Tim's party)" would be a more polite way to confirm where you know the person from, but you have an feeling that you have met before. Both imho are ok and fair ways of getting confirmation as to how you know the person, but I am always mindful how to use the question.

[spare summit]

it depends on the tone of how you say it in my opinion

[flat rune]

Agreed, adding an a "oh" and being pleasant can soften the way of asking

[radiant hare]

" Ravi Singh's itchy head was equivalent of Pip's useless facts : armour and shield when the knight inside was squirming"

Someone please explain. Also is the highlighted sentence related to the above one ? If yes , how ?

[slim shoal]

This question appeared in my assignment: "Which of the following sentences from the reading is a fact, not personal opinion, not a fact?", what kind of sentence pattern is this?

[flat rune]

do you hear 'purr' often? with cats/machine/cars?
when cats make that cute noises do you call it 'purr'?

[true light]

Unsure about whether I should use "help" or "helps" in the following sentence:

"I do eat very "healthy" and take quite frequent SLOW walks between my study sessions tho, which I also belive HELP/HELPS [with upholding concentration while studying]"

Anyone who might help me?

[boreal pewter]

It should be "was the equivalent of" or "was equivalent to"
Anyway, that's not 2 sentences, it's just 1, so yes they are related. "armour and shield when the knight inside was squirming" is an analogy for something that protects you.
It probably means Ravi Singh scratches his head as a distraction when he's uncomfortable. And I'd assume Pip starts telling people about random stuff as a similar reaction

[boreal pewter]

"helps", there's no plural subject

healthy -> healthily, while we're here

Or you can add a noun after "healthy" like "food"

The sentence is fairly formal and then there's "tho" in the middle lol

[boreal pewter]

Bad

Is the kind that it is

[slim shoal]

so its not a correct sentence?

[boreal pewter]

It's meant to get you to separate the sentences into those 3 categories

(probably, you can see the exercise and I can't so you'd know)

[slim shoal]

the answer is "not a fact"

[boreal pewter]

No that doesn't make any sense

The question asks "Which...?"

Which of the following sentences

The answer has to be about the following sentences

[slim shoal]

Which of the following sentences from the reading is a fact, not personal opinion, not a fact?
A: fact
B: fact
C: fact
D: not fact

the answer was D

[boreal pewter]

Yea there you go

A, B, C, D are 4 different sentences right?

[slim shoal]

yes

[boreal pewter]

Yea

[boreal pewter]

So it is this

It's just badly written

[slim shoal]

but the answer is just A "not fact", not > fact, not personal opinion and not fact

[true light]

Hmm, but isn't the following sentence correct? (The two added words are capitalized)

I do eat very "healthily" and take quite frequent slow walks between my study sessions tho, BOTH OF which i belive HELP [with upholding concentration qhen studying]

[slim shoal]

didnt separate it

[boreal pewter]

Yes, because now you have "both" which forces it to be plural

[boreal pewter]

Separate them as in, put each sentence into its category
Honestly though, if something is a fact, it must also not be personal opinion, so those criteria don't make sense

[true light]

Okay, but I refered to two things as helpful in my original sentence (the walks and the "healthy" food), which is why I felt that it woulf be logical to use "help", since that's the conjugation you're supposed to use when dealing with plural.

Oh well, thanks a lot for helping me out!

[true light]

Adverbs are hard...

Sometimes they're the same as the adjective of the same lexeme, other times they are not....

[boreal pewter]

Yea, I agree with your logic. Unfortunately the original just doesn't sound right with "help", for whatever reason

[slim shoal]

I still cannot understand why I cannot choose facts, isnt it asking for facts too?

[boreal pewter]

Colloquially yes, but the sentence didn't look colloquial

[true light]

I agree with this

[boreal pewter]

It's asking, as far as I can tell, for you to write which one of the options each of those sentences is

A sentence can't be both fact and not fact so you can only pick 1

[slim shoal]

It's a select question, three of them are facts, one of them is not fact. The question appears like it's asking for a fact, but the answer was not a fact??
Is that question a correct sentence? or just my problem

[scarlet helm]

I think you'll use 'help' here.

[true light]

See above discussion between me and Alc

[scarlet helm]

Didn't understand, why have we used helps and not help?

[true light]

Bc the English language, just like most other languages, is weird xD. At least as far as I can tell - there might be a logical explanation behind it

I guess the two things I mentioned (the food and the walks) are clumped together in to one reason, just as you can say:

"I eat a lot of protein and work out, which IS [the reason as to] why I have a muscular body"

[boreal pewter]

Yea, that's the best I can think of to justify it too

But it's not a great answer so I didn't say it

[tidal lily]

Subject-verb agreement.
Singular subjects followed by verb + s/es

[boreal pewter]

Because you could equally write for example
"I eat a lot of protein and I work out, which ARE [the 2 main reasons] why I have a muscular body"
As an explanation of why "are" works (even though it doesn't)

plain "which" doesn't have plural agreement after multiple finite clauses

But that's not really an answer, it's just a re-statement of what you already know

There has to be a plural quantifier or a plural noun to trigger the plural verb agreement, basically 🤷

[kindred oracle]

Hi guys

I need the best way to learn English

Im so tired and that’s stressful

I only wanna learn American English but I don’t know how or what can I do

[boreal drift]

Studying US music lyrics can help

I also have a question, just to be sure, "Hot" is never use to talk about weather or temperature right ?

Like, we say warm, not hot, it doesnt mean the same right ?

[swift crater]

Americain series,movies or youtubers?

[spare summit]

You can say "its hot today"

It is used to talk about weather and temperature

Warm means basically the same thing as hot but in my opinion warm describes a temperature slightly colder than hot does

[spare summit]

Honestly just keep talking in english with people. I met a friend 1-2 years ago who barely spoke any english, and he gradually over time just learnt (spelled learned in american english) more and more english, without any stress over learning it, and now if i met him again he could convince me that hes a native speaker

Immerse yourself in the language

[echo epoch]

How to use the word purpin appropriately?

[light kernel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/gGxcoLPqiiQ?feature=share

Is it an idioma?

[sullen gulch]

In English, is Male pronoun default?

[dire vessel]

no, not typically- if you're talking about someone you don't know the gender of, typically we use 'they' as a genderless/gender neutral pronoun, like saying 'someone left their jacket here,'

[languid parrot]

hi

i need help

[dire vessel]

what's up?

[kindred oracle]

Thanks

[boreal drift]

Ooooh ok, I was confused cuz ppl always use it to describe ppl like "Ur hot" and its not the same sense

[spare summit]

Yes it can be used for that and the weather

[radiant hare]

It was written "was the equivalent of " in the book

Also ,Thank you

[novel goblet]

Hey guys i have text that has to be in the passive voice and in correct tense, did i do it right?

And for some reason i cant send it great

[boreal drift]

Is it better to put aSpace or not after a word

Like:
Is this correct ?
Or this is correct?

@outer swift he posted it everywhere I think

[dire vessel]

the second one is correct :)

[tidal lily]

Question marks don't need space

[wild dove]

Very similar to periods and exclamation marks, they do not need spaces either.

[tidal lily]

Yep yep question mark is itself an exclamation mark

[wild dove]

What do you mean?

[light kernel]

.

[glass sonnet]

"Thank you for having me" Why does this sentence use having?

[cunning basalt]

o

[fluid osprey]

"Your name is not on the list" or "Your name is not in the list" Which is right?

[tidal lily]

On

[fluid osprey]

Thank you.

[kindred oracle]

Hi guys

I have a question

Why in this case he say(unfortunately I do find everything funny )why he use do?

[flat rune]

Guys i want prove my english and im searching for friend who i can talk english

[kindred oracle]

I can

[olive parrot]

To emphasize.

[zenith cradle]

hey same here im searching it too

[tidal lily]

Just like the other guy said to emphasize

There're more ways to emphasize your wordings like using emphatic pronouns
E.x.:

I learnt English myself

He himself tackled the whole situation

[tidal lily]

Tomorrow/After 17 hours i can

[kindred oracle]

Umm so which the most color do you like?

Is it correct this question

?

[winged compass]

I'd rather say: "What is the color you like the most?" Or. "What color do you like the most?"

[scarlet yacht]

Which color do you really like?

[kindred oracle]

Ok Thanksss

But Is it correct

?

[knotty willow]

add me

[warm dawn]

What color do you like most?
@kindred oracle

[knotty vault]

Hi.
Is Children's home and Orphanage the same? Or... does the society split the kids if they lost parents, they have to get in their own "home" and don't have to "disturb" other kids who got parents? xD...

[dire vessel]

they’re about the same, but ‘orphanage’ is a bit outdated.

[knotty vault]

So Orphanage was more used in the past, mainly for the kids from all the war families, where the parents did die?

[dire vessel]

yes, I believe so. it’s a term that you see in older books for the most part.

[knotty vault]

Okay, thank you.

[warm dawn]

I don't think orphanage is outdated at all

[wild dove]

Yeah neither I think it depends on where you’re from

[dire vessel]

it does depend- where I’m from, ‘children’s home’ is more widely used

[sinful jolt]

Staying in a luxurious hotel with a swimming pool, gym, and helipad must have been quite an experience as well.Staying in a luxurious hotel with a swimming pool, gym, and helipad must have been quite an experience as well.

Y he used must have been and not must had been?

[dire vessel]

what is the difference?

[midnight harbor]

why did he use something other than the exact same thing?

im not sure

[midnight harbor]

what is your favorite color

[sinful jolt]

Sorry I meant y he used must have been instead of must had been

Auto correction😅

@dire vessel

[dire vessel]

ah no worries lol

‘must have been’ is grammatically correct

[sinful jolt]

There is no word like must had been?

[midnight harbor]

it's because after auxiliary verbs like must, you have to use the plain form of a word

have is the plain form

must have been also sounds more natural, flows better, and sounds better than had been

[sinful jolt]

Oh

[sinful jolt]

Is this grammatically correct?
Should I say y he used or y did he use?

[midnight harbor]

either one is fine

did he use is more formal and longer

did he use is better to say though

[sinful jolt]

Understood Thanks mate

[midnight harbor]

np

[boreal pewter]

"why he used" is ok, but it's not actually a question

It stands in for "(the reason) why he used"

So you could say "I don't know why he used it", that makes sense, but "Why he used it?" doesn't work as a normal question

This is a really common mistake, especially you see it with "how"

E.g. "How to pronounce this word?" instead of "How do I pronounce this word?", I see a lot

[tidal lily]

Have been is used for present perfect tense.

Had been is used for past perfect tense.

It depends on the context of wherever you read it

[flat rune]

Could anyone explain to me the differences between these adjectives?:
Inner/outer
Inside/outside
Internal/external.

[wild dove]

I can’t tell you the scientific/linguist understanding but I can tell you examples

You would use inner as in, the inner circle or inner workings of an object, similar to internal, same as outer, such as outer ring.

Inside is usually used for volume or capacity, such as, the egg is inside the fridge, or he is standing outside his house, kind of like a position

Internal I see as more of a uncommon use, as you would sometimes say the internal organs, or external heat, the heat that is being produced by something. Internal and external are much more uncommon.

Hopefully someone else can give a more linguistic view on it tho

[flat rune]

Thanks a lot but when it comes to "inside" I meant meaning of this word as an anjective, e.g. inside information or inside beauty. When can use inside or inner in such cases?

[flat rune]

hello there! what's the difference between "on the server" and "in the server"?

[flat rune]

I think IN the server would be someone who's just part of it. ON the server would be someone who's currently online.

Who practice shadowing? Could u tellme the best actor's to shadow pls(american accent)

so, which one would be more correct: "there's so many troll IN this server" or "there's so many trolls ON this server". I've always used the latter, because it simply feels better but now I'm not so sure...@flat rune

[flat rune]

hey! I'd recommend Neil Patrick Harris. he's very soft-spoken and easy to understand

he plays Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother

Oh I will check about Neil

Thanks, I appreciate it

[bright pulsar]

I would say that both are equally correct. The term "server" is a bit abstract and open to interpretation in this context (you can't really be "in" or "on" a server in any logical aspect here) so it's fine either way.

Language is what people use, and I've seen both.

[midnight harbor]

i'd say "in" if you're referring to a specific thing, and "on" for the general/overall thing.
So many trolls in this server.
So many trolls on discord.

[flat rune]

How to develop my writing skills, I'd write business letters. Any tricks pls

[digital sandal]

There are some helpful videos on YouTube that can enhance your writing skills!

There's a technique to it. It takes practice as well.

[near cairn]

Hi guys do we say

who gossips more women or men
Or
who gossip more women or men
Do we add s or not to the verb after "who" in this case?

I assume its the second one because we are talking about plural (women And men) right?

Or do we take them as one entity

[flat rune]

Well, like the others say, both are right, but it really depends on context. It's really your choice :)

[vestal flint]

Question for natives here. What is the difference between the present perfect and the present perfect continuous, and in what situations would you use one over the other?

[warm dawn]

First one

[brittle swift]

hai

all

i am sai

[flat rune]

can the literary device foreshadowing be in a song?

Is this phrase an example of it?

"I started to listen
And I found that there was more to this story"

whole intro of the song

"I started to listen
And I found that there was more to this story (Nah, nah, nah)
No more, no more struggling
No more, no more suffering
No more, no more struggling
No more, no more suffering"

[flat rune]

How could you make the difference between present and past in this sentence "my grandmother couldn't speak French" ?

[flat rune]

It's already in past tense but present tense would be "My Grandmother can't speak French"

[flat rune]

It's still hard for me to understand because I think we can use "couldn't" in present tense, I mean if I say "I couldn't fix it" I can see the both tenses mix up.

[pseudo urchin]

well in that last example it was still entirely past tense because you have tried to fix something but you could not so maybe a minute later you would say to a person "I couldn't fix it" while it was not that long ago it would still be considered past tense

[flat rune]

So do I have to always consider "couldn't" in the past tense ?

[pseudo urchin]

yes

[flat rune]

Okay, thanks

[pseudo urchin]

also you dont add a space when adding punctuation you would say "tence?" not "tence ?"

[flat rune]

If you say so, I mean it's not a real mistake cause the meaning doesn't change, and it's clearer for me

[pseudo urchin]

yes but its not proper when writing it's a common mistake for people but yeah

[flat rune]

Anyways, thanks for your answers

[pseudo urchin]

happy to help

[flat rune]

Hi guys do any one know chrome extension that can save any word I want so I can remember it again?

I found useful extension
https://lnkd.in/drRpsUtS
If any one need it

[olive parrot]

We use could/couldn't in the present & the future when we cannot say for sure.
It could rain tomorrow (We cannot guarantee that)
But for abilities, when we use could/couldn't, we actually mean a past ability.
I could run when I was a kid.

So, your sentence is in the past.

And of course, "Could" is more formal than "Can".

[flat rune]

Am i able to get an englisch accent as a native german speaker?

[vestal flint]

Yes, it is possible. But might require a lot of practice and dedication. It also depends on your accent. Some people have a stronger accent than others. German has a distinctive pronunciation of certain English words like "th" and "r". I recommend watching English movies and stuff if you want to improve your accent. You should also decide what accent you aim towards. Since English have lots of different accents, like British, American, Australian, Welsh, Scottish, Irish etcetera.

You can get feedback on your accent in #🗒｜pronunciation

[shy shell]

Does anyone know how to correctly pronounce benzylamine with correct stress? I come here because I don't know where else to turn to as all the pronunciation sources I've listened to all pronounce it differently. I've heard it pronounced like BEN-zil-uh-meen, BEN-zil-AH-meen, ben-ZYE-luh-meen, and ben-ZILL-uh-meen.

[warm dawn]

Zye sounds wrong but all the other ones work

[shy shell]

funny enough thats how google says its pronounced is ben-ZYE-luh-meen

[boreal pewter]

It's a benzyl + an amine group, right

[shy shell]

yes

[boreal pewter]

So I'd say it the same way I say those 2 words in order

[shy shell]

so my intuition wants to say it would be BEN-zil-AH-meen because benzyl is pronounced BEN-zil and amine is pronounced AH-meen, but it sseems to be wrong

or well i mean thats what common sense would suggest i think but ive heard it 3 or 4 other ways so now idk anymore

[boreal pewter]

The guy on youglish https://youglish.com/pronounce/benzylamine/english? says it as benzyl + amine

It's just that he pronounces "amine" alone as a-MEEN

Which you can hear him do at the start of the video

[shy shell]

oh right

[boreal pewter]

Really the only thing that makes sense is to add together "benzyl" + "amine" for this word

People just have different ways of saying the 2 parts before they're combined

[shy shell]

what makes sense to me is to say BEN-zil-AH-meen

[boreal pewter]

Yea that's how I read it in my head when I read your question

Well, maybe

I'm not sure what "AH" represents

[shy shell]

like the same sound the a makes in apple

or hat

æ

yeah that symbol

[boreal pewter]

Ah ok, I say /'εj.mɪjn/

The sound in face

[shy shell]

oh so ɛər

or what

ɛə

oh yeah you speak british english i speak american

how would you say phenolphthalein btw

[boreal pewter]

/eɪ/ it's usually written as

[shy shell]

because ive also heard this pronounced like 20 different ways idk what to believe anymroe

mainly the phthalein part of it

[boreal pewter]

Usually I ignore the ph lol

I say "usually" I mean like, back when I was studying chem

the 2nd ph that is

I can say phth but why bother

[shy shell]

yeah i figured that. most people do. but mainly what im wondering is how would you say the end? because ive heard it like THAL-ee-in but also THAL-een. so ive heard people add an extra syllable at the end for the -in part but then ive also just heard people combine that and make it one long ee sound

[boreal pewter]

I've always said een at the end, so the whole word is 4 syllables for me

[shy shell]

so youd say it like FEE-nawl-THAL-een

or something like that anyway

maybe some minor difference cause youre british but i mean thats about in the ballpark for how youd say it?

[boreal pewter]

Same way this guy says it https://youglish.com/pronounce/phenolphthalein/english/uk?

[shy shell]

oh yeah i guess that makes sense cause you pronounce amine with a long a

i say it with an a as in apple

so i feel inclined to pronounce phenolphthalein the same way she pronounces it https://youglish.com/pronounce/phenolphthalein/english/us?

or wait no not that guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqyP-vbtlZY&t=225s

3:43

[dim heart]

Is there an adjective "missed" in English?

[gusty mango]

Are a television and washing machine a furniture?

[fading totem]

Usually TVs, washing machines etc are called appliances.

[rain oyster]

how do you use the word ''ick'' in a sentence

[gusty mango]

How do I know the difference between furniture and appliance?

[fading totem]

Usually an appliance uses electricity.⚡️

[tidal lily]

Furniture is usually a resting(lay down, sit, etc) place for people and things(clothes, books, files, any stuff)

[tidal lily]

Missed itself being used as adjective
For example: missed call

[flat rune]

"Ick" is said in disgust or some kind of disgusting substance
Like: "Ick! There's a cockroach!"

"There's some ick on the wall!"

or "There's something icky on the wall!"

It's gross

[rain oyster]

but like, people also say, ''he just gives me the ick''

what about that

[flat rune]

it means he kinda creeps you out, or gives you weird feelings

[rain oyster]

yeah

tysm

[dim heart]

I am a bit confused. Does the adjective "missed" in the phrase "missed call" describe the feeling or the emotion of a person, who has missed a phone call?

[proper wing]

missed here is a participle

a participle is a verb which functions as an adjective

similar examples-
ironed dress
drinking water
burnt wood

[boreal pewter]

No, it's a call that was missed

"I have 7 missed calls in my notifications"

It's not a participle in drinking water, unless you mean water which is drinking

[bright pulsar]

Water fit for drinking. It's an adjective in that context. "There's not enough drinking water to go around."

[dusty plaza]

Can someone rate my pronunciation ?

[tidal lily]

No, adjectives are supposed to elaborate nouns.
Call is a noun here that got missed.
Eg:- old tain/red train
Train is a noun that is old/red.

Eg:- junk food
Food is a noun here but of junk/unhealthy quality.

Eg:- black pen
Pen is noun here that is of black color

Adjectives are not restricted to emotions only. They are supposed to provide more information about nouns, pronouns

Bonus :- adverbs elaborate adjectives

Eg:- cheap black pen/ big black pen
Cheap/Big is an adverb,
black is an adjective
And the pen is a noun here.

[tidal lily]

#📝｜proofreading

[bright pulsar]

Adverbs can be used like that, but the example you gave is wrong. Cheap/big do not modify "black." They modify the noun. "Black' is not big; the pen is big.

[tidal lily]

Yeah

I just woke up and chose violence lol

[tidal lily]

1. Very young child

2. old age home

Imma leave my mistake there.
I believe people learn from mistakes more

[tidal lily]

Oh! Btw adverbs modify meaning of noun as well

Imma learn the adverbs again later today

[bright pulsar]

Adverbs cannot modify nouns. They can modify the meaning of nouns by modifying adjacent modifiers.

[ivory igloo]

What is the meaning of company in the following paragraph

Here now, today, I am once again in academic groves——grove is, I believe, the right word——where knowledge is garnered, where learning is stimulated, where virtues are inculcated, and thought encouraged. Here, in the broad United States, with a respectable ocean on either side of us, we can look out upon the world in all its wonder and in all woe. But what is this that I discern as I pass through yours streets, as I look round this great company?

[tidal lily]

In accounts we were taught that Company is originated from Latin word com means together and panis means bread. Means people come together and open up a business to earn their bread(profit).

Here the company word means companionship. The people and environment around the speaker

[ivory igloo]

@tidal lily your meaning is that "company" can mean a group of people?

[tidal lily]

Actually company literally means group of people

In corporate world as well. It's a group of people who commence a business

Collective word is company.

[ivory igloo]

@tidal lily very good. No wonder some articles translate "company" into "people"

[tidal lily]

Yeah, it shows you're a keen reader

[ivory igloo]

@tidal lily Thank you for your detailed explanation

[tidal lily]

Learnt multiple times in business studies, accounts, financial management, direct and indirect taxes etc so i can't mistake it 😂

[ivory igloo]

@tidal lily Then you are right. I moved on to the next paragraph, and there's a sentence, "I see uniforms on every side."

[tidal lily]

You can also use it like
I got great company instead i got good friend circle.

They carry the same meaning 🙂

Or for just a bunch of strangers as well you met on a holiday

[ivory igloo]

@tidal lily Your English is so good that you can understand the meaning of the company without the content of other paragraphs.

So I will continue to work hard to learn English.

[tidal lily]

No at all, gotta learn lot more 🙏

[ivory igloo]

Thanks for your help, I have completed today's learning task.

Here now, today, I am once again in academic groves——grove is, I believe, the right word——where knowledge is garnered, where learning is stimulated, where virtues are inculcated, and thought encouraged. Here, in the broad United States, with a respectable ocean on either side of us, we can look out upon the world in all its wonder and in all woe. But what is this that I discern as I pass through yours streets, as I look round this great company?

此时此刻, 我又一次置身学术丛林, 我相信"丛林"一词描述是贴切的, 这里是获取知识, 激发求知欲望, 培养美德, 激发思想的地方. 在这里，在广阔的美国，我们的两边都是令人尊敬的海洋, 我们可以瞭望世界上的所有奇迹与苦难. 但当我穿梭于你们的街道，环顾这大群人时, 我看到了什么呢?