📚｜english-questions

[boreal pewter]

After do, you put the verb in its bare form

Same as for modals, e.g. "I can walk", "I could walk", but never "I can/could walked"

[kindred oracle]

Ohhhh I get it

So if I wanna use a past verb I only need to change with Ed or put the word in past

?

Like I knew that

I wanted that

[boreal pewter]

You only need to make 1 verb past, right. You don't need to do it twice, the 1st verb already tells you

I knew that - I did know that
I wanted that - I did want that

[kindred oracle]

Ok thankssss

So much

[tidal lily]

You used auxiliary verb

Helping verbs are literally there to help shift the burden off of the main verb in regards to tense(past, present and future)
And subject-verb agreement(singular/plural).

It usually shows up for negative, interrogative and negative interrogative sentences.
But
Sometimes you use do and does to emphasize what you wanna say ex:
I practice violin everyday.
I do practice violin everyday.

I solved all the problems.
I did solve all the questions.

Felt the emphatic tone ?

Coming back to main question, nah we can't use i do knew that because auxiliary verb is there, put it on good use. Convert auxiliary verb to past form instead of main verb. Give the main verb some rest heh

[kindred oracle]

Thanks so much

So why we need to say (the problem was you)bc when we use you we need to use were

?

And I searched in the traslater and he said it’s the problem was you

[tidal lily]

Subject is the problem that's singular

[kindred oracle]

What’s the correct way

?

[tidal lily]

You is used here as an object.
You yours you

[kindred oracle]

Ohhhh

[tidal lily]

I my me

He his him

It's called lol lemme see

Persons something

[kindred oracle]

When we use you as a singular we use were

?

Or plural

?

When we use you as a plural we use were?

[tidal lily]

No, you and i are always followed by the plural form subject verb agreement

I like it. You like it.

It's Never~ i likes it. You likes it. That's wrong, blasphemous hah!

I and you are exception to the rule. English phunny

There's another layer for I lmao

I was there.
Never~ i were there. It's incorrect

But you is next level bastard lol

You were there.
Never~ you was there. It's incorrect

[kindred oracle]

Can’t we say you was?

Right

?

[tidal lily]

Can't

[kindred oracle]

Bc I’m the traslater it was (you was

Idk why

Look

[tidal lily]

You is not the subject in this sentence mate

[kindred oracle]

Oh ok

I get it

[tidal lily]

the problem is the subject the above sentence

[kindred oracle]

Thanks

[kindred oracle]

Ok😭😭

Thanks

[tidal lily]

The problem is singular in nature.
The problem was you(correct)

The problems is plural in nature.
The problems were you.

[tidal lily]

Wait imma send you a pic. You just sent me request right? I'll send you in DM

[kindred oracle]

Ok

I did it

[flat rune]

The colors of the sunbset were a ’mellow’ mix of pink and orange.

Does ’mellow’ imply ‘relaxed’ here? 🤔

[tidal lily]

Smooth ig

Or soft

[karmic raven]

What does collocations mean? For example „Find as many collocations as possible …“

Like combine different words?

[spare summit]

Yeah

Tbh i didnt even know what it meant i just googled it

[amber junco]

Collocating is the act to put something in a specific place, in that case it could also mean finding something connected to other things

A person can be collocated to a specific role for a job

Someone or something is collocated between this area

[fading totem]

‘Collocations’ in language are words that are put together (frequently) to make a specific meanings. You can have noun + verb, adjective + adverb etc.

Here are some examples.👇

[karmic raven]

Thank you 🙏

[flat rune]

I think some of these are definitely confising for beginners😅

[flat rune]

You better make some examples with these phrases! 👍

Don’t just memorize/remember them mindlessly without knowing how to use them

[wise summit]

Anyone can help me with this?
This is so confusing

[serene plinth]

Please post your answers here

We'll discuss the answers and maybe point out if you go wrong

We shall not be doing this for you though

[tidal lily]

Not gonna complete your homework

[wise summit]

My question is :
Is there any pattern for this? Or specific rule

[tidal lily]

Yes

The article(determiner) A in most cases is used before a noun*

Another use of A is in place of any

It's indefinite article so used for a vague sense

[wise summit]

Then hepatitis is a noun or not?

[tidal lily]

Another use of A is in its numerical sense of one

[wise summit]

My question is why we don't use 'a' with hepatitis but we use it with headache

Or flue

[tidal lily]

Yeah good question

[tidal lily]

Maybe because headache is formation of 2 different words head+ache
Since there can be different kinds of aches so headache classifies as a countable noun so enjoys company of a.
Whereas hepatitis is uncountable.

Same with the flu. Flu can be of various types.

[marble whale]

What does "reps" mean?

Representative?

Republicans?

[boreal pewter]

Repetitions

The next quote says it

"it's all about doing the repetition"

[marble whale]

Who knew it meant repetitions

[boreal pewter]

It's common when talking about workouts, and we have the context of bodybuilding here

[marble whale]

Do Republicans have anything to do with repetitions?

They have the same short form.

Yes?

[left kindle]

hallo everyone, can u help me with this question>.<

Question 28: "What time do you usually wake up?" asked my roommate.
A. My roommate asked me what time did I usually wake up.
B. My roommate asked me what time I usually woke up.
C. My roommate asked me what time I usually wake up.
D. My roommate asked me what time had I usually woken up.

is it b

[frigid sigil]

No we just shorten both because they're easier to say and write but they're different

[frigid sigil]

C sounds the most natural to me. Even though she already asked (past tense) when you quote what she says, its present tense.

You ask using wake instead of woke because past tense woke refers to a specific previous action and wake implies repetitive or continued action.

Also i might be wrong with grammar here but with auxiliary 'do' in the question you dont conjugate the main verb even in a question.

Do you run? Did you eat? Did he go?

Only did/do takes tense

[left kindle]

thank u so muchh^.^

[frigid sigil]

Anytime

[left kindle]

Confusion and certainty are the major characteristics of the permissible society according to the
conservative historians.
A. permissible B. conservative C. Confusion D. certainty

i think it is A but i dont know how to correct, help me >.<

[versed sparrow]

What exactly needs to be done

[left kindle]

please, correct it and can u give me the meaning of that 2 word (confusing word)

[versed sparrow]

well first of all dictionaries still exist

can you insert spaces in the places where these words need to be put?

What does the task say

[left kindle]

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.

[versed sparrow]

Seems like it's the permissible one

permissible society sounds kinda odd

[left kindle]

so which word in correct

[versed sparrow]

A is wrong

[left kindle]

can you correct it

[versed sparrow]

Well it can be anything

I need context

[wise summit]

But look at 10
It will be like this
I've got pain in my foot

Right?
But you can have different kind of pains right?

[serene plinth]

A is wrong, it should be permissive

[olive parrot]

Grammatically, it is B.
But C sounds correct as well, in daily conversations.
Choose B.

We use backshifting in reported speech.
Wake up =》 Woke up

[floral laurel]

i am begineer english

[tidal lily]

Well pain literally means ache
Maybe a native can help differentiate between pain and ache ?

Although Pain is a state. Hence abstract noun(uncountable)

[tidal lily]

Hello begineer English I'm little monster

@serene plinth by any chance did you use to play rok?

[serene plinth]

What's that?

[tidal lily]

Rise if kingdoms (war strategy game)

[floral laurel]

any body like programming c++

java

[tidal lily]

#💻｜programming

[floral laurel]

yes

programming and ethical hacking

[tidal lily]

I mean better ask there

[serene plinth]

I'm sorry but I've never heard of that game

[tidal lily]

I still remember a person used to have same profile picture as the one you using rn

Or kinda similiar

Sorry to bother

[serene plinth]

It must be something similar to mine

It's me in my pfp with a filter so, it's not possible for someone else to have it

[spare summit]

To me b sounds wrong lol but its probably right cause i forgot grammar

[olive parrot]

That's Reported Speech.

[spare summit]

Is c grammatically correct too

[olive parrot]

It is not Grammatically correct. But in daily conversations we use it.

But in an exam, only B is Grammatically correct and the answer.

[spare summit]

Damn

[olive parrot]

Reported Speech: Indirect Speech
That's the topic name.

[spare summit]

Alr

I would have got that wrong Lol

[boreal pewter]

B sounds better than C to you because for a significant number of natives, backshifting is just not a rule

I've posted before and I'll post again lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tense_confusion

[spare summit]

Who decided that stuff was grammatically correct anyway

[boreal pewter]

Usually exams expect you to use backshifting in all cases it's applicable

But exams are just exams, and to say "not backshifting is wrong" is seriously out of touch with how people actually speak English

[olive parrot]

Backshifting isn't the only rule speakers ignore when they are speaking.
I agree.

But, at least they need to pass their exams, don't they?

[boreal pewter]

My point is that they're not ignoring the rule

You're not ignoring a rule if it doesn't exist in your speech to start with

[olive parrot]

You either forget or ignore it. What else then?

Of course, speaking as a native and speaking as an English learner/speaker is different. We had better not mix them with each other.

I mean, natives are taught English in a way that English learners (as a second language) never experience it.

[uneven vector]

I agree with that

[boreal pewter]

Not having it to start with. Like how people who pronounce "marry" and "merry" the same haven't forgotten how to make them different, they aren't ignoring a pronunciation rule. It's just how it is for them

[olive parrot]

So we can realize they are natives, right? Because if you are learning English as a second language, you have to read and study to learn.

Besides, that's not how people learn and use English. Many students follow Grammar structures.
We cannot say they don't follow Grammar structures when sometimes they don't follow the Grammar structures (for any reason) when they are speaking.

I mean English learners as a second language.

[uneven vector]

I am not in hope that pronounce "marry" or "merry" like americans, but just worry if I hear wrong. it could be serious.

[olive parrot]

Because there is no need to make a Discord server, hire teachers, let students join just to teach English to natives. It would be nonsense, right?

The problem is some people believe that English learners (as a second language) think like natives. Which is absolutely wrong.

Imagine an American who wants to learn Japanese.

[boreal pewter]

Them and also learners who learn English by talking to people and consuming media

[olive parrot]

For instance.

Many people learn English by watching movies, that's why they always struggle with their exams.

Not always, but often.

[boreal pewter]

If someone's learned something from native English speakers, and they use it the way they've heard natives use it and are told they're wrong, that's not reasonable is it

Because it amounts to saying "the natives you learned from speak incorrect English"

I'm not denying that you need to learn the rules to do well in exams

[spare summit]

Thats me

Lol

[boreal pewter]

I don't think I've ever denied that

[olive parrot]

Not using Grammar in daily conversations isn't "incorrect"

But if a native doesn't teach his student proper Grammar and just say "Repeat whatever I say", they cannot call themselves "teachers"

[spare summit]

True

[olive parrot]

Besides, we must not mimic natives.

[boreal pewter]

What defines proper Grammar though?

[olive parrot]

Imagine you want to learn Japanese, do you mimic or do you learn the Grammar?

[spare summit]

Im learning another language and i want to be able to sound native in it so i dont have teachers i just use comprehensible input like natives would have

[olive parrot]

Text books.

[boreal pewter]

Oh dear, that's the wrong answer

Try again please

(joke)

(ish)

[olive parrot]

Unless you deny Grammar books written by dozens of professors.

[olive parrot]

Knowing how to speak like natives is good. But you need to know the Grammar and basics first.

[spare summit]

Ion even know lol

[olive parrot]

That's my opinion, at least.

[spare summit]

I can half agree cause u usually get forced to learn ur native language at school which influences how natives speak

[boreal pewter]

How can a textbook define the "correct" rules if the vast majority of speakers of any given language haven't read one? What right does a textbook have to tell some random guy who's been speaking the language all his life whether he's doing it correctly or not?

[olive parrot]

The problem is you think natives and English learners (as a second language) they think, learn and use English in the same way.

[boreal pewter]

That's not my point

[olive parrot]

If so, we can just simply end this conversation. Because I disagree.

Totally disagree.

[boreal pewter]

That's missing what I'm trying to say there

[olive parrot]

Then why do we have many Grammar books?

You wanna say the education system is wrong?

I don't appreciate what you're saying.

[olive parrot]

Is it what you mean?

[boreal pewter]

Ideally, what a grammar book does is describe the rules a language uses. Verbs get inflected this way, nouns are placed in this way, etc etc. This is helpful, people can learn how it works.
You seem to be looking at it the other way around. As if grammar books tell the language how to work

If a book gives you a rule, and it turns out that most English speakers don't actually follow this rule, what do you do?

[olive parrot]

We learn Grammar to speak the language.

[spare summit]

i probably wouldnt follow it

well it would depend

it would depend if not following the rule made it more complicated

[boreal pewter]

You might follow it to make some specific people happy, but there's minimal point actually using the rule for anything else

In such a case, the book has given you a bad description of the language

[uneven vector]

[olive parrot]

They were taught wrong.

[olive parrot]

Or maybe that's just natives who think it's bad.

What you're saying, is many Grammar books are useless and we should learn English based on how natives speak.

[boreal pewter]

If the rule doesn't describe the language well then what can it possibly be but a bad description?

[olive parrot]

Yes, but how is it famous and verified then?

[spare summit]

it honestly depends

imo

[olive parrot]

We are talking generally.

Not a specific book.

Yes, we may find some books useless. But all of them? No way.

Most of them? Still no way.

I mean famous Grammar books like Grammar in Use, American English Files, etc.

Not every Grammar book we find on the internet.

Don't get me wrong.

[spare summit]

cause natives go through the process of learning the grammar (usually) and then maybe will stop using it as they get older and maybe lazier, and so if you're learning english and see everyone not using proper grammar then you might want to just not use proper grammar as well, however that is probably a bad idea as the natives know the grammar and they just dont use it, and it could also maybe make you sound less native as you haven't gone through the step of learning the grammar then forgetting it and just jumping straight into not knowing it

[olive parrot]

Exactly.

Learn the structures first, then decide whether or not use it and sound like "natives".

But learn the structures first.

[spare summit]

ye

[olive parrot]

That's why exams are made.

Otherwise, we could just mimic natives.

[spare summit]

unfortunately i kinda forgot a lot of the grammar rules of english after speaking without them for so long

but its alr cause if i decide to relearn them it will be way quicker

[olive parrot]

Because you learned them once, so you have the overview about them.

That's different from learning English without even learning the basics. Just watching movies? No.

[boreal pewter]

If I'm saying that it's news to me. Maybe there's a 2nd one of me somewhere out there telling people that...
However, what this me is saying is that grammar books are useful in as much as they correctly describe the language. For the most part they do! For the most part they're useful because they accurately tell you how people use English. People can learn from that usefully.
But they don't do this 100% of the time. It would be nice to believe they're 100% accurate but realistically that's impossible, not least because there isn't even such a thing as 1 correct English

[olive parrot]

Well, I wish I had time to continue this conversation, but I have a class now. So, we may talk later.

[bright pulsar]

I think that there are plenty of cases where uncommon rules actually do make perfect sense despite not seeing widespread usage. I don't think that means they are not worth mentioning. Lots of analytical books regarding grammar look at how certain syntax can solve common problems. The "serial semicolon", for example, is very rare, but serves a very logical function (since most people don't even know about it, should it be disregarded?) Some books even propose a certain solution with the simple justification that "it feels better", and it most likely does to a native. Regardless, most of these grammar books are constantly evolving and releasing new volumes that keep up with how English is actually used.

[wise summit]

This is me btw 😅

[wise summit]

I think opposite of it is better.

When I talk with my friends ( most of them learned grammar first) they always trying to build grammatically right sentences and most of the time they stumble more than me.

I commit mistakes I know it. But at least I'm not translating farsi or Azeri into English.

I think students need to learn grammar when they reached intermediate level.

[somber lance]

that's honestly the biggest joke i've seen this year

like I'm sorry, but that doesnt make any sense at all

[wise summit]

Because in my opinion, brain can absorb language and find out the rules by itself, but as a second language it may have problems to do it, at this point brain will need another external resource like grammar to help creating habits and help brain to absorb the language better.

[olive parrot]

you mean students should mimic natives even though they don't know the grammar natives use?

That's the biggest joke, I guess.

[somber lance]

Yes.

that's essentially how you learnt your own native language first.

[olive parrot]

Yes, but English isn't our mother tongue.

[somber lance]

The same rule applies.

[olive parrot]

Learn the structures first, then try to speak like a native

[somber lance]

You learnt your native language by listening and copying your parents

You must be hella smart if you understood grammar and sturcture at 4 years old

Having a milk bottle in one hand and a book of grammar in the other?

[wise summit]

I think brain can absorb language in any age.
But the process time in kids is much lower than old ones.

[olive parrot]

Even natives follow Grammar structures in their writings like essays. If you don't know Grammar and just mimic them, when you want to write an article or an essay etc.. you will get confused.

[somber lance]

Your whole sentence is a contradiction.

Natives only follow grammar structures when writing because their native.
Lots of people who write thesis don't think about grammar while writing a paper, it just comes naturally.

Think about you writing a paper in your native language.

you just know how to do it.

[wise summit]

That's correct.
Because of that people should learn grammar when they are B1 or B2

That's my opinion, ofc😄

[somber lance]

You don't make any sense at all and in fact, you should try to copy natives as much as you can

[olive parrot]

I don't agree.

But good luck with that.

[somber lance]

Ok

[stark star]

Hallo everyone

[olive parrot]

Hi.

[fading totem]

Don’t copy me.
I get all my English from @boreal pewter.

[manic widget]

Hello my name is Georgia , this is my first time here

I am little stupid

I am old woman

[stark star]

My name is chandra
I come from indonesia
This is my first time here too

[wise summit]

There was a documentary about how brain learns new languages.
A professor was talking about his own experiences and how he managed to learn mandarin and get his fluency.

He was telling that he only knew about 100 words when he went to China and after 6 months
He suddenly realized that he knows most of the words that other's saying.

In that documentary he was suggesting to teachers to not try to teach grammar to beginner students as much as possible and just mimic what people use in their daily life.
With this technique brain learns faster and actually can understand language. Memorizing the rules isn't the key to learn a new language.

[manic widget]

Hello chan

[plain salmon]

Yeah my first time here too my name is Maxence, i'm from france

[manic widget]

@stark star hello

I from Mônaco @plain salmon

[olive parrot]

If you really wanna sound like a native, learn the basics first, then mimic. That's my opinion.

[plain salmon]

i'm from paris

[olive parrot]

Anyways. Goodnight.

[finite lantern]

Welcome everyone!

[manic widget]

Je parle aussi petit peu france I am from Brasil @Ni @plain salmon

[finite lantern]

Nights nimafar, youre very helpful.

[plain salmon]

Ravie de la savoir, and welcome in the server

[stark star]

Hallo Mam

[manic widget]

@plain salmon je ne sais pas comment ça marche ça vraiment

[olive parrot]

Thanks 😊

[stark star]

Btw in indonesia, nkwis 3.00 am sir😆

[manic widget]

My English is not very well

[plain salmon]

Me too i thinks it's just for chatting and speak engligh with native

[manic widget]

@plain salmon moi aussi me too

[finite lantern]

Guys to chat, use #🫂｜beginner-chat . This channel is for English questions only

[wise summit]

Now I'm in a level that I can do that.
When I'm taking reading and listening tests, most of the times I get C1 and C2.
But as you can see
My writing isn't really good. Because I don't know anything about grammar.
It's time for me to learn the basic structures.

[tidal lily]

I second that. Actually literacy rate been really low through ages. Schooling system is a result of modern education but it did not hold back people from learning their own language.

When i see beginners being hard on themselves regarding grammar i just suggest them don't.

Putting pressure to learn rules may discourage.
It should be balanced.

[spare summit]

I agree completely however it is nice to know the existence of some grammar rules beforehand and instead of memorizing them use comprehensible input instead like this

[wise summit]

Can I say this?
' Sometimes we come around in my friend place'.

In my book come around means visit me in my home.

I was wondering how I can say we visit my friend in his home. @spare summit

[obtuse thicket]

Have you had any news about that ______ you applied for yet? "Job" or "Vacancy" please/

[tidal lily]

Vacancy

[obtuse thicket]

can I have an explanation?

[vapid glacier]

Is this sentence correct?

"We have already had one like this"

[tidal lily]

Yeah.
Before selection it's vacancy means open for public (eligible people).
After selection it's (your) job that you suppose to do

That's what I can think of

[tidal lily]

We already have one like this (present)

We already had one like this(past)

We already have had one like this (present perfect)

[vapid glacier]

Okie thx! 🥰

[tidal lily]

So which one is it 👀 past or present

[flat rune]

Do the Americans don't use the word "weekend" often ?

[serene plinth]

Job

You don't apply for a vacancy, you apply for a job.

You get the job if there's a vacancy or a need.

[vapid glacier]

The past one😄

[serene plinth]

Do Americans not use the word 'weekend' often? (double quotes can be used as well, I've used single quotes as I'm more comfortable using them)

[serene plinth]

Yes it is

[vapid glacier]

Okay, thank you! 🥰

[spare summit]

Sometimes we visit my friend

You can also say sometimes we come/go around my friends house

And you can also say place

However to me that sentence you made feels off, id recommend saying sometimes we go around to my friends place"

But still come around or go around are both fine

[kindred oracle]

I can say (why did you were alone)

?

Oh the correct is why were you alone

[wise summit]

Thank you

[mint seal]

yeah thats right

[olive parrot]

No, that's wrong.
Why were you alone is correct.

[olive parrot]

Oh, yes.

[wise summit]

@spare summit
I should use 'to' with
Come/go around, shouldn't I?

[spare summit]

ye

[inner mist]

Hello there!

[finite lantern]

Hey

[chilly berry]

Hello, guys! What is the difference between naughty and defiant?

[spare summit]

defiant is like defying something and naughty is like being bad in general

[chilly berry]

Oke doke

[flat rune]

...I saw opportunities to gain perspectives on policy-making in different periods of twentieth-century Japanese history, and to probe the distinctive Japanese practice of public non-accountability that protects high officials from liabilities under the law. If I had written the Showa emperor's story just a few years later, against the background of President George W. Bush's proclaimed “war on terrorism,”** the parallels with the 1930s and 1940s **would stand out more sharply.

What does the word "parallels" mean in this context? Can someone rephrase it for me

[hazy tide]

similarities with those time periods

[grim moss]

hey, one of my friends asked me what "I lift her bridal type" means. Do you know?

[fleet crown]

i want to ask a question
is peopleS used? because i think it's just person and people but someone told me it is person people peopleS
i found that peopleS is only necessary when you refer to distinct ethnic groups but i never heard it

[tidal lily]

People for same group(nation, ethnicity, tribe etc)

Peoples for different groups(nations, ethnic backgrounds, tribes etc.)

[frigid sigil]

I'm not sure what this means

[spare summit]

Ya same lol

[quartz kiln]

Hello, not sure if it's possible to ask that in that channel but I would like some help from an advanced/native speaker to get some words of the lyrics of that song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMis5dd8H8

I write what I understand, leaving parts I don't understand with "?" (sometimes I have a more or less confident hypothesis, but I prefer to use "?" anyway, just in case)

The ??? fade away
The ??? away
Tell me on your ???, I'm alone
??? I'm alone
??? my mind ???
??? to delay, I'm alone

People cry and pray, I'm still trying
I'm not ???
[Same as before]

[livid thorn]

how i can learn english live ?

[desert sable]

You can look up lyrics of a song online

[quartz kiln]

These song lyrics are not available

[lost pike]

Hi! I have a question that's been pondering me for days. I don't quite understand sentence adverbs. For example, in the sentence, "Later, the scientists rejected his idea," is "later" considered a sentence adverb?

[spare summit]

What is a sentence adverb

[mortal mortar]

The problem with being a native is that you can speak the language to a flawless extent, but don’t have a clue on the names of different English components.

“What the fuck is a past participle”

[mint seal]

This is me

So me

[spare summit]

So tell me what it is

😂

Also tell me what a past participle is

[tough wolf]

hello, i have a question, which one is correct, "why did you think i was japanese" or "why did you think i am japanese"

[olive parrot]

Both.

[fierce dock]

i think the "am" is right cause "did" here is auxiliary verb

[flat cobalt]

Isnt vicinity some sort of cosmetic

[olive parrot]

No.

[tough wolf]

so... the second is more commonly used? it feels weird using was

[olive parrot]

Vicinity means nearby.

[olive parrot]

It depends on your sentence.

[olive parrot]

The area or region near or surrounding a particular place or thing.

[olive parrot]

"Why did you think I was Japanese" it implies that you're not Japanese but the listener thought you were.

And now you're asking him why he thought you were Japanese despite the fact that you are not Japanese.

Saying "Why did you think I was Japanese"

[olive parrot]

The use of the past tense "was" instead of the present tense "am" suggests that the speaker is not Japanese and is referring to a time in the past when the listener made an assumption about their nationality.

[tough wolf]

Ah i see, thabks for the clear answer!

[light kernel]

Folks, wanna make sure
If a person says "you can take from them" about an amount of things, they mean that you can take as much as you want, but imply, that not everything?

[olive parrot]

Yes, it implies that there are limits on what you can take.

[fossil wasp]

Similar words to busted and raided?

[mortal mortar]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus

Thesaurus is a great tool for finding synonyms

[hollow marsh]

alot or a lot ?

[warm dawn]

Both

[hollow night]

Grammar question. I would like to know if the following sentence is grammatically correct as it is or if I need to use the past participle. For example, should I say, "...the Diamond Boys HAD BEEN responsible" instead?

Sentence: We were investigating the robbery and found out that the Diamond Boys were the culprits.

Context: An officer talking about an old case.

[spare summit]

Whats a sentence adverb and a past participle

[spare summit]

please

[mortal mortar]

I dont even know what a partaciple is on its own

[spare summit]

lmao

i think its something like have been

but im not sure

[mortal mortar]

This is what happens when you sleep through 6th grade english

[fleet crown]

i want to ask a question
is peopleS used? because i think it's just person and people but someone told me it is person people peopleS
i found that peopleS is only necessary when you refer to distinct ethnic groups but i never heard of it

[spare summit]

people = plural of person

ive seen peoples before but im not sure if its grammatically correct and it definitely isnt plural of person

[mortal mortar]

Pretty sure the second part is true, but i too have never really heard or used it

[spare summit]

yea

[spare summit]

lol true

[warped tendon]

can i say i had had my car fixed last month

transforming i had fixed my car last month into i had had my car fixed last month

and what happens if we change it to reported speech

[quartz kiln]

Up

[tidal lily]

@fleet crown
I do remember i answered your same question earlier :/ hope you won't ask same question again xD

[amber junco]

On the first sentence sounds like someone else had fixed your car while on the second one you fixed it by yourself.

[mortal mortar]

you could just say,

"I had my car fixed last month"

assuming someone else fixed it

if you were the one that fixed it, it would then be

"I fixed my car last month"

I dont believe the second "had" is needed

[olive parrot]

He said that he had had his car fixed.

[exotic stag]

What spoil banana covering would be called?

[steel marsh]

spoil?

banana covering is called peel

[exotic stag]

Like the banana peel is looking fully riped?

[steel marsh]

spoil means ....ummm....like after a certain time a food item is not edible ( cant be eaten ) so we call it spoiled

[steel marsh]

riped means the final stage of maturity of the fruit

[exotic stag]

Yeah but what would the metaphor be?

[steel marsh]

hm?

[amber junco]

In the UK a fruit can get mouldy even without mold or just being "off"

[steel marsh]

!

[amber junco]

Also you are asking for synonyms not metaphors

[steel marsh]

ohh

tf

i was questioning

myself

over that

for a long time

cuz i couldnt understand what he/she meant

[amber junco]

I think she's a woman

[steel marsh]

oh

[steel marsh]

done.!

[fleet crown]

Ik but you have begginer lvl and asia i want some americans and british ppl to answer

[fading totem]

Yes, ‘peoples’ is a thing.
It’s refers to different nations/ groups.
‘The ancient peoples of the British Isles included the Anglo-Saxons, Picts and Celts.’

[desert scarab]

I believe it's a time connective!

[mint seal]

Some people aren’t exactly on the same level as their role

[steel marsh]

so true

idk my level

so i selected intermediate

but i guess it shud be more than that

ok advanced matches better

is advanced < fluent?

[mint seal]

no

it goes from begginer, intermediate, advanced, fluent then native

[steel marsh]

ok

ty

[mint seal]

i think-

yes

[desert scarab]

oo then how do you choose between fluent and advanced?

[steel marsh]

same q

i have the*

[mint seal]

to me, the difference would be that fluent probs mean that you’re able to communicate without any sort of issue at all. You’d also know all the fundemental and core grammar, and you talk like a native

[desert scarab]

ahh i see! So it's up to us to decide which category we fall under?

[steel marsh]

yep!

[steel marsh]

sounds perfect

[desert scarab]

ooh alright, thanks sammy!

[steel marsh]

np

[steel marsh]

core grammar?

[mint seal]

advanced stuff in grammar

not all fluent people need to know all their grammar

*what i mean is, like us natives you don’t need to remember the names of the rules

[fleet crown]

Tysm

[regal blaze]

True! But still they are important

[fleet crown]

Ik but i would rather hear it from advanced or more ppl

[mint seal]

yeah

[tidal lily]

Bruhhh

Anyways)

[spare summit]

Hello whats a past participle and a sentence adverb

[wise summit]

Are you serious?

[spare summit]

yes

[wise summit]

@spare summit it's the 3rd form of verbs.
Go went gone
Gone is the past participle form of go

[wise summit]

Got it?

[spare summit]

oh

i thought that was the perfect tense

[wise summit]

Nope

[spare summit]

so whats the perfect tense

[wise summit]

You use past participle in perfect tenses

[spare summit]

i have gone

thats perfect tense i thought

oh wait

so gone is the past participle

in that sentence

[wise summit]

Perfect tenses are in this shape.
Present perfect : have + pp
Past perfect : had + pp
Future perfect :will have +pp

[spare summit]

this is the pain pain of being a native i dont know these terms lol 😅

[spare summit]

ohhh

ty

[wise summit]

Pp == past participle

[wise summit]

No worries

[spare summit]

the funny thing is i wouldnt even know what the perfect tense was if i wasnt learning another language rn lol

[wise summit]

Hahaha

[wise summit]

Same here.
I think comparing tenses in languages is the worst thing that a teacher can do

In Azeri there is about 44 tenses

You can't match tenses between Azeri and English. 😄

[spare summit]

o-o

[wise summit]

Which language are you going to learn?

[spare summit]

r u from azerbaijan then?

im learning german atm

[wise summit]

Iran, but my first native language is Azeri

[spare summit]

ah

[wise summit]

The second one is farsi

[spare summit]

so northwest iran

[wise summit]

Yep

[wise summit]

How do you know that? That's strange 😄

[spare summit]

i like linguistics

[wise summit]

Ooh, great
I like scripts.
And I always wonder how they related to a language and sounds

[spare summit]

ah nice

[wise summit]

ن = n
I wonder what made people to create these shapes.
And why they sound same

[spare summit]

well its just people interpreting a sound differently

[wise summit]

@spare summit I remember when I was 5 yrs old, Idk how, but I found a way to relate sound and script by myself
And wrote my fathers name 😄 in farsi

[spare summit]

o-o wow

[wise summit]

No one thought me that, I just learned it.

But Idk how 😄

Because of that, I always wonder is there a relationship between scrips and how they sound or not.
It was just a coincidence

@spare summit and adverbs describe how/when/where things happened.

Like these Quickly, slowly, yesterday, last week, here, there, today, daily, never, rarely, extremely, annually

[spare summit]

yeah ik adverbs but i didnt know if there was a difference between adverbs and sentence adverbs

[wise summit]

As I know sentence adverbs, are kinda adverbs that can modify a clause or a sentence.
And they usually end with 'ly' and they usually come at the beginning of a sentence.

Actually Fortunately Regrettably
Apparently Hopefully Seriously
Basically Ideally Strangely
Briefly Incidentally Surprisingly
Certainly Indeed Thankfully
Clearly Interestingly Theoretically
Conceivably Ironically Truthfully
Confidentially Naturally Ultimately
Curiously Predictably Wisely
Evidently Presumably

These are sentence adverbs

@spare summit
Did you get it?

[spare summit]

I see ty

[boreal pewter]

They show what you think about the sentence as a whole, unlike normal adverbs that modify some specific verb

I did it ironically - not a sentence adverb (I did it for the purpose of irony)
I did it, ironically - a sentence adverb (the fact I did it was ironic)

[wise summit]

Thanks for confusing us 😆

[marble whale]

Are there any slang idioms to say "I'm very hungry"?

Or a very vernacular expression?

[olive parrot]

I am starving.
I could eat a horse.
Etc.

[spare summit]

^

[wise summit]

@spare summit are you from the US?

[spare summit]

nah the uk

[warped tendon]

It's __their __house .
what does __their __refer to ?

[spare summit]

context?

[thorny viper]

Their refers to a group of people.

[alpine glen]

what means “i’d”?

[spare summit]

i would

[alpine glen]

but it’s only “would”?

[spare summit]

yea

i would -> i'd

it shortens it

[tulip pulsar]

thankss

[alpine glen]

tysmmm

[tulip pulsar]

what is the difference about ''as'' and ''how''

??

[native forge]

Can you call a really small pebble a "pebblet"?

[desert sable]

You can, but nobody would

It’s a made up word

[amber junco]

I don't really understand the question, As you can see is not what you ask is How you ask it

[spare summit]

Heres a better question: what are the similarities between "as" and "how"

(They are not interchangeable words most of the time)

[tulip pulsar]

oh tysmmm

[mint seal]

Sounds like a pokemon

[bright pulsar]

All words are, to be fair, made up. That said, most natives probably don't know the word.

[boreal mulch]

Hi, guys. I am trying to get the part of the interview here https://youtu.be/ADXZHAYPhMI?t=212
The host asking something like “It is a part of main, i think? Or just a little unwell, milking for a as small role hit?”. I can’t get it. Please, help me. Thanks

[flat rune]

the president got the congressional authority he needed to increase the American presence in Vietnam—the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by an overwhelming margin in the Senate

what does "passed by an overwhelming margin" mean? can someone rephrase it for me

[dense pulsar]

Heyo! I have a question regarding quantifiers. In my English exam a bit of time ago, I reached a weird sentence while solving my exam. It was

Can you give me _______ advice?

1. any 2) many 3) much

The options were pretty inconvenient. Two answers (any, much) aren't that suitable to put in the blank, but there was only one ticket and one answer. No multiple choices, no unavailable options allowed. I was hesitated between any and much, and finally I chose to circle much, though both are considered correct even if by %1. Is my answer considered correct?

Note: There wasn't any additional context or clarification that tells what to do or pay attention to. It was just this sentence and there words

[flat rune]

Any ig

Sounds more correctly than another ones

But I'm not sure

Or much

[dense pulsar]

But there supposed to be one correct answer, and the others wrong, but much here can be correct

Yeah it's confusing

any/much can be used
hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[flat rune]

Any sounds more correctly than much

Can you give me any advice For solve this issue

[flat rune]

Ex sentence

[wise summit]

For solving
To solve

Right? 🙂

[marble whale]

What does "camp in tone" mean?

Fallout games can be camp in tone

[flat rune]

Yep

[spare summit]

Any

"Much" and "many" sound off

[dense pulsar]

but isn't much grammatically correct?

[flat rune]

What's the difference between

"From 1965 through 1968"

And "From 1965 to 1968"

[spare summit]

Probably

It just doesnt sound as right as any

[amber junco]

"Through" sounds like something active non stop from that period to that period, while "To" sounds like something that existed from that year to that year

[spare summit]

^

I didnt know how to explain it lol

[amber junco]

Since is a question you are checking if "any" advice exist, if it was an answer you can politely demand for "many" question, "much" is like undefined amount but is not used in this context

[flat rune]

Thanks, another question:

the president got the congressional authority he needed to increase the American presence in Vietnam—the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by an overwhelming margin in the Senate

what does "passed by an overwhelming margin" mean? can someone rephrase it for me

Does it mean that the majority supported the passage with only a very small opposition

[amber junco]

Seems to imply there was an election or a law proposal that has passed, maybe the phrase is incomplete

But yeah seems to be "people greatly approve that"

[north ivy]

What does "Pulling your legs" mean?

[spare summit]

"Are you pulling my leg" means "are you joking"

So it means "im joking"

[silver hull]

When someone wishes you to break a leg, and you take it literally💀

[flat cobalt]

How do i say the character is calm (idk how yo word it)
"boaz tries to become calm"?

I need help

[versed sparrow]

tries to be calm, tries to stay/remain calm

tries to calm him/herself

[flat cobalt]

Ty

[flat cobalt]

How do i use "fateful"

[amber junco]

What are you trying to say?

[wise summit]

What does " all the wear and tear" mean in this sentence?
" luckily the car can take all the wear and tear. "

[amber junco]

The car can handle some tearing by usage

[wise summit]

So what does this mean then?

Do it mean it's still usable?

[amber junco]

Yes the car is strong and it will resist all the off road driving

https://media.tenor.com/NdAl3LyxRqQAAAAM/rally-wrc.gif wear and tear

The car can take it all

[wise summit]

Now I got it

Thank you

[dense pulsar]

so "many"?

[amber junco]

It's a question so "any"

[dense pulsar]

I chose "much" though

[amber junco]

You can't cause is a question

[dense pulsar]

Our teacher says that "much" is only used with question and negative

[amber junco]

Also a question is countable so you can have many questions but not much questions

[dense pulsar]

The sentence is
Can you give me _____ advice?

not can you give me _____ question?

[amber junco]

I'm explaining the grammar so you will arrive to the solution logically

Re read the first answer, the solution is there

[dense pulsar]

It's the only sentence, so we actually don't know what's wanted
That's why I got confused

[amber junco]

||Can you give me any advice?||

Oh sorry I noticed now @dense pulsar
You can demand many advices

[marble whale]

Hi
Anybody knows the meaning of "camp in tone"?
Fallout games can be camp in tone

[fading totem]

’Fallout games can be camp in tone.’
The person who wrote this believes that Fallout games are somewhat theatrical and ‘over the top’.

[formal fractal]

How do I stop talking in monotone

[marble whale]

You can whisper or cry aloud

[formal fractal]

wdym

[marble whale]

Try changing your pitch

[near cairn]

Hi guys
Do we say

I need a pair of trousers
Or
i need trousers
Same question for "pants"
Like i see that this is one item as a whole unlike socks and shoes which are consistent of two items so is it right to say "pair" with it when i mean to talk about one item

[thorny viper]

You can just say "I need trousers." If you are in a store for example, you could tell someone "I need a pair of trousers." I prefer to say pants because it is a lot more common where I live.

[olive parrot]

Yes. A pair of socks, a pair of shoes, a pair of gloves, a pair of pants etc.

[olive parrot]

When you say "I need trousers", it means that you need one or more trousers, but it isn't specific about the quantity.

[marble stump]

Can you give me some advice? is correct. Much is used for uncountable nouns.

[dense pulsar]

Yes, advice is uncountable

[placid moss]

But as I know in interrogation or negetive sentences we use 'any' instead of 'some'

[flat rune]

What does "a tack-up" mean ?

What is the sentence?

[marble stump]

Oh yes. That's right. My mistake..I didn't notice... Yes I also learned that any is used in negative and interrogative sentences and some in positive.

[vapid gorge]

hello lovlies, anyone's got a good online dictionary suggestion for checking different forms of a word?
Like for example the gerund form of a word or the past tense of a word

[boreal pewter]

Most dictionaries give you inf, past, past participle (e.g. merriam webster, collins, dictionary.com, wiktionary)

The gerund is always formed regularly so there's no need for a dictionary to give it

[vapid gorge]

yea
but sometimes i wanna double check my pronunciation

for the purpose of further advancing my accent *

alrighty bestie

let me check them rq

[boreal pewter]

For pronunciation, if dictionaries don't have it then forvo and youglish are good

[vapid gorge]

I'll check those too, thank you bestie 😌

[north ivy]

I have a question!

Where did he "came"

Or

Where did he "come"

Which one is correct?

[near cairn]

I see so when i say "i need a pair of trousers" it means i need one right

[near cairn]

You mean "when" ?

[north ivy]

Where did he "came/come" from? is the full sentence.

[olive parrot]

Yes.

[strange sinew]

Which do you think is correct?

[north ivy]

Come, Am I right?

[strange sinew]

Yep! Do you know why?

[spare summit]

i dont even know why tbh lol

[north ivy]

It is the form of past simple tense, The question form. Wh question + did + Subj. + V.1

• obj.

Am I right?

[strange sinew]

It's a bit more simple than that, haha. You only conjugate one verb. Since the verb "did" is conjugated, everything else is going to be in the infinitive.

[north ivy]

Yeah, I already know it for the first time, just wanna talk with you guys!

[pallid moat]

Is this sentence correct?
Sorry my bad, this gift is for Ryan but it’s for another Ryan, the name is repeated
I’m a bit nervous for the first time I post a question here🤣

[mint seal]

No no! Don’t be afraid to ask anything English related!

Please put quotation marks around the sentence

So that we don’t get confused by reading it lol

But yeah it looks fine, but I’d replace the second comma with a full stop instead

[north ivy]

How to use "according" in a sentence?

[charred mauve]

i think that it would sound like:
according to opinions, the game "cyberpunk" is a complete mess
or
according to recent data, app development jobs are paying very well

correct me if i'm wrong

[mint seal]

Yes

You get a cookie for being right

[charred mauve]

haha thank u

[mint seal]

🍪

[pallid moat]

Got it, I will put quotations around the sentence next time, tyvm mate😊

[wanton ridge]

what's the difference between "photo of bil" and "photo of bil's"?

[fading totem]

Assuming ‘Bil’ is a person:

1. Photo of Bil ~ Bil is the subject of the photo. It’s a picture of Bil.
2. Photo of Bil’s - Bil owns/ took the photo. It’s his possession. It could be a photo of any subject matter.

[fossil wasp]

Sonic's "mum" looks well above Sonic's eyes when they are talking about being one family, hiding being a car wreck.
👆👆👆👆👆
This is a comment on a movie scene where they were driving a car and then it crashed,
Someone please explain the purpose of it?

[distant hazel]

Looks like an error

Probably should read “behind a car wreck”

Need more context

Looks written by a non native.

I see no purpose

It’s word salad.

[fossil wasp]

Lol

[tidal lily]

Photo of bil is a complete sentence and makes sense. Just like above said, it's a picture of bil himself.

Photo of bil's is a phrase and doesn't make complete sense. You gotta add something to make a complete sense like photo of bil's car/wallet/wife/noodles.

[dense pulsar]

Is this sentence: "Can you give me much advice?" grammatically correct? Don't judge by the "this sounds off" or "this is natural" please, I just want if this form of sentence with the use of "much" can be grammatically correct

[desert sable]

Yes it’s correct.

[flat rune]

why the sentence correct?

isn't advice is uncountable thing?

[desert sable]

Yes, hence much instead of many

[flat rune]

oh yes

sorry i was wrong😅

[desert sable]

You don’t need to apologise

:))

[flat rune]

:).

[dense pulsar]

My teacher wants an evidence that it's correct grammatically from a verified/well-known source. He says that much can only be used with "how" -> "how much" lol. Where can I find an evidence about that so that he gives me the mark

[desert sable]

He is definitely wrong

The only evidence you need is the definition of much

[dense pulsar]

will I find it on cambridge for example?

[desert sable]

@dense pulsar

[dense pulsar]

ty!

[desert sable]

Also you don’t say ‘an evidence’. Evidence is an uncountable noun so you just say ‘my teacher wants evidence’

[dense pulsar]

Hopefully he doesn't persist in his mistake

[dense pulsar]

Thanks for the info

[wise summit]

Chatgpt says this

The sentence is grammatically correct, but it would be more natural to say "Can you give me some advice?" or "Can you give me a lot of advice?" instead of "much advice."

[dense pulsar]

I take care of the grammatical side

Alr said that I want a straight answer

[flat rune]

Hey, is there a difference between saying British and Britain.
For example :(the British colonization) or ( the Britain colonization)🥲

[marble whale]

You still can say evidences

For some weird reason

[desert sable]

No. Nobody would say that

I mean maybe in academic English

But it sounds very very strange in daily language

[desert sable]

British is the adjective. Britain is the noun

[marble whale]

It would be the British colonization

Colonisation

[flat rune]

Umm ,I've been told that both are correct

[desert sable]

No, you’d definitely say British colonisation

[flat rune]

Okay, thanks

[desert sable]

It’s the same reason you’d say British empire and not Britain empire

[flat rune]

Thanks

[split mulch]

Hello everyone 👋😄

[wise summit]

@flat rune can I dm you?

[cosmic gorge]

Of course, there's a difference between "British" and "Britain"! "British" refers to the people or things related to the United Kingdom or Great Britain, while "Britain" refers to the country itself. So if you were talking about the colonization of the United Kingdom, you would use "British colonization," not "Britain colonization."

[cosmic gorge]

the difference between "photo of Bil" and "photo of Bil's" is that the first one refers to a photo of a person named Bil, while the second one refers to a photo that belongs to or is associated with someone named Bil. So if you're talking about a photo that belongs to Bil, you would say "photo of Bil's." But if you're talking about a photo of Bil himself, you would say "photo of Bil.

[cosmic gorge]

A more natural way to phrase the sentence would be "Can you give me a lot of advice?" or simply "Can you give me some advice?" So there you have it, champ. Don't try to overcomplicate things, just keep it simple and straightforward.

[flat rune]

Ohh , thank u a lot

[cosmic gorge]

no problem

[dense pulsar]

There was only this choice!!!

There wasn't a lot of or some!!

[spare summit]

This

[desert lava]

I have a question about nouns _cases.
Which noun case dose this sentence apply for.(you opened my eyes)

Oh nevermind it's in the vocative case.

[charred mauve]

can someone recommend me any video with tips or whatever of how to make sentences like a native speaker? i mean, formulate the phrases properly
i'd appreciate

[mint seal]

This is an interesting request

https://youtu.be/k-3857X6fS8

[frank junco]

how is the best way to learn grammar guys?

[mint seal]

Read a lot and practice often. Make sure you understand the fundamentals of grammar before being able to memorise them

[frank junco]

like from books?

[mint seal]

Yup, and use grammar books as resources

I mean references

Oops

[frank junco]

can u gimmie recommendation book for reading?

[frank junco]

ok,
Im just practicing via Duolingo, rn

[mint seal]

It depends on the level you’re reading at the moment

[mint seal]

I hope the app is useful

[frank junco]

A2 mybe

[frank junco]

yea it works i guess

[mint seal]

Im sorry i can’t really recommend anything because the novels I read would most likely be confusing. You can try looking at #🗃｜resources to see if there’s anything to your liking

[frank junco]

its ok thanks for the suggestion

[vestal flint]

No problem,I'm glad I could help

[mint seal]

…?

[spare summit]

Hey can you explain to me what the vocative case is?

[tidal lily]

Now I'm intrigued what novels you talking about) ^ ^

[mint seal]

ive read 2 romance novels but they're a bit cheesy

[tidal lily]

Can you name them if you don't mind ? Well otherwise in DM?

[modest juniper]

Please help me clarify one point. When we talk about a particular software, what preposition should we use?

For example:

I work on various projects in Figma.
I work on various projects at Figma.

[mint seal]

in

[dim heart]

“It was a hard trip, especially when the closest town was within a several hours' walk through the darkness of the forest.”
Does this sentence support the idea that you need to walk several hours through the darkness of the forest to get to the town?

[tidal lily]

@mint seal

[mint seal]

thank you

[mint seal]

yup yup yup

you get a cookie for being correct

🍪

[dim heart]

Thx for your help)

[spare summit]

yes

[austere hinge]

hello

everyone

[mint seal]

hello

[fossil wasp]

"I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye" what does the phrase mean?

[viral mango]

(This , that and there)
What is her place in the party of speech?

[fading totem]

This doesn’t make sense.
Re-write please.

[thorny kiln]

I don't stand a chance against him in/at gambling.

Should I use in or at

?

[lost pike]

Is it ok to say "Encircle the letter of the correct answer." or it should be "circle"?

[spare summit]

Just circle

[spare summit]

At

[amber junco]

Sounds like a response, but it doesn't make any sense without context, so I assume this is Spiderman 3

Peter Parker is reacting to the name of the guy on the photo of Spiderman, I assume that "I'm going to behave dirty (above the rules probably violently) and you going to see me"

[fossil wasp]

Yeah, it is Spiderman 3. Thanks for the help!

[deft swan]

Hello! I'm thinking of writing a paper about aphantasia for my semantics class but I'm unsure how to go about it. I don't even know if it could be done.
Does anyone have any tips, good resources, or advice? If the theme isn't the best is there something similar I could do?

[amber junco]

This is an English language study group, so I don't know what to say other than use Google?

[deft swan]

I know, I just wanted to check if someone had any info. Sorry for bothering

[mint seal]

Is there a specific way you need to write it, or are you just writing about it

And you dont know how to start?

[idle barn]

Hello guys

[deft swan]

I'm unsure whether the theme is good or not? Whether aphantasia could have something with semanthics and I just needed some advice

Google isn't really helping

[dense pulsar]

Is the definition of figure: a drawing that represents something or something?

[spare summit]

Kinda yeah but it could also mean different things like in the phrase "figure of speech"

[tidal lily]

An outline(composing a shape or an idea).
This can fit in most of the context

[dense pulsar]

It was defined like this in out hieroglyphics lesson

In the exam there was a question "Syn of drawing:___"
and the answer was "figure"

I put hieroglyphics tho

[dense trail]

today I found this sentence: I owe old man "a favor or two"

What does "a favor or two" mean ?

I have searched google but not thing was clear

[tidal lily]

A favor or two basically means gotta do something when asked by the old man(in return because old man may have helped speaker in the past)

[dense trail]

Is this a idiom ?

[gusty harness]

Not really. An idiom has a meaning that's more separated from the words used. Like "it's raining cats and dogs"."A favor or two" is too literal to be an idiom.

[spare summit]

This ^

[rugged root]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Szd_T7o-nwo

[formal fractal]

Hello everyone, I have times where my english is not good and where I don't feel like it but there are also times where my english is good and I can speak properly

Why's that?

my level is c2 proficient

[tidal lily]

Maybe the comfort* level matters? Or the topic you choose? Maybe interest or wide knowledge in certain topics? Possibly formal informal settings have an impact?

Maybe your teacher can assess better whom you're in frequently in touch with or your practice buddy.

[frank basalt]

"I decided to take him under my wing"
what's the meaning of "take him under my wing"???

[tidal lily]

I'd conclude it means : decided to take care of him ?

[frank basalt]

make sense

like protect him

[mellow patio]

did you draw this

Looks like it was drawn in an exercise book

[tidal lily]

Or took him as an apprentice kinda

[frail meadow]

is it offensive to ask people has the cat got your tongue guys?

also why the idiom its not over until the fat lady sings could someone give me hints on where it stems from?

[wanton steeple]

yes.

[amber junco]

Is not offensive, more like you are being too much informal, is fine if is a friend but a stranger could see it as being rude

[spare summit]

nah its diary of a wimpy kid lol

[tidal lily]

Can the word reflexes be replaced with agility here?

[light kernel]

What's the difference between "batch" and "consignment"?

Example of batch:
"A fly, i understand, seems insignificant, but trust me, the batch will be good for nothing if we don't clear the contaminant!"
Example of consignment:
"There's been a consignment of art dumped in the front... You'd better watch it!"

[spare summit]

Consignment is like meant for someone

[light kernel]

Meant for someone to what?

[spare summit]

No i mean like

Its a batch which is meant for someone

According to google at least

But it also sounds right to me

[light kernel]

So, like a special batch for a particular buyer?

[spare summit]

Yeah i guess

[light kernel]

Thanks

[hazy tide]

i think they both apply to this situation so you could

[desert lava]

He forgets his backpack.
Is (His backpack) a possisseive pronoun or possisseive adjective?!
What I know that possisseive adjective always be like a (possisseive adjective_noun) but I want to make sure if I'm correct or not.

[spare summit]

Whats a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective

[flat rune]

Well, pronouns relate to nouns. You can use a pronoun in the subject or an oblique (anything other than the nominative or vocative) argument. For instance, with English's default SVO word order, you can say, "I am me." Herein, "I" is a first person pronoun as the subject and "me" is a first person pronoun as the direct object. Now, possessive pronouns are words like "mine", "yours", "hers", etc. Why? Well, they can act in place of nouns (e.g., "that is mine", where "mine" is the object). Possessive adjectives cannot be used in place of nouns; instead, possessive adjectives act like adjectives. For instance, you can't really say, "That is my." Why? Well, "my" acts as an adjective. However, you can say, "That is my dog." Similarly, you can say "That is a good dog." Thus, words like "my", "your", "his", "their", "her", and "its" aren't pronouns at all.

[spare summit]

Ohhh

[spare summit]

Possessive adjective

[frail yew]

What's the difference between "get bored" and "got bored"?

[flat rune]

Well, "get" is in the present tense, and "got" is in the past tense.

[frail yew]

Oh I see, I usually see many people using "got bored" in a present tense, thanks

[kindred oracle]

Heyy

Can I say

What did you was doing

?

[frail yew]

In not expert but, with did (past simple) or was (past continuous) you are already indicating that it is past, so you have to use one, you cannot combine both.

[kindred oracle]

Oh ok

Thanks

What’s the difference owner and own?

[mint seal]

Owner - Name of a person that owns property
Own - Claiming or possessing property

[kindred oracle]

Thanksss

How can I learn English fast

?

I understand the sentences but idk how to make a correct sentences

[mint seal]

I had made a guide in pinned messages but if you’re asking specifically, you need to revise your grammar rules in order to make sentences

Specifically correct ones

You also need to understand how they work

However, don’t be afraid to make a sentence and worry if it’s correct or not

You’ll learn through your mistakes

[kindred oracle]

Can you send me the guide?

[mint seal]

^

This is a general guide though

[kindred oracle]

Thanks

[kindred oracle]

As you were saying in that guide I just want to learn socially English

That’s my priority

[mint seal]

Yes yes

[kindred oracle]

So I don’t need to use grammar

Or I need?

[mint seal]

You need it

[kindred oracle]

What kind of grammar

[mint seal]

Otherwise how are you going to speak English?

[kindred oracle]

Bc Idk

[mint seal]

Literally everything

[kindred oracle]

Sometimes I know sometime i forgot the words

[kindred oracle]

Like what?

Bc i rlly don’t know

[mint seal]

Speech, sentence structures, verbs, tenses etc.

You gotta be able to learn a lot of grammar to express what you want to say

But when you learn these rules and continuously practice them, you won’t need to remember how they work

[kindred oracle]

I know how to use the present simple,future simple and past progressive

[mint seal]

Though a lot of beginners know better grammar than others

[mint seal]

That’s good then

[kindred oracle]

What do you think it’s the more important grammar

?

[kindred oracle]

Is it correct that I say it’s in this question

Or I need to say is it

?

[mint seal]

Well, I’m a native speaker so I don’t remember anything about grammar. I think the most important part is learning the sentence structures. Basic ones like subject + verb

[kindred oracle]

Ah yes I think the same

[mint seal]

*Which grammar is most important

Your question was almost correct though

[kindred oracle]

But some grammar has an estructure like after yo about with need to use a verb with ign

This is gerund

[mint seal]

I think you can phrase it like “Which do you think is the most important grammar”

[mint seal]

I’m assuming you’re right because I don’t even know what gerund is

[kindred oracle]

Ohh that’s the problem idk how to make correct questions

😭😭

[mint seal]

It’s ok, you were able to get your message across

It’s important for others to be able to understand you, but you also gotta type correctly

Or speak correctly

Then you can start messing around

It’s like learning the rules of anatomy before you can create whatever artistic chaos you want

[kindred oracle]

Im trying that’s the reason why I’m here

[mint seal]

That’s good

You’re doing great, honestly

[kindred oracle]

But sometimes I’m tired

😭

[mint seal]

Why so?

[kindred oracle]

Bc I wanna know a lot of english

But I can’t

I need native speakers friends

[mint seal]

I can be your friend

[kindred oracle]

Ok

Let me send a request

I can’t

[mint seal]

My friend requests are off, I’ll send you one instead

[mint seal]

Take it one step at a time

[kindred oracle]

Ok

[kindred oracle]

I will

[spare summit]

Well they use it to describe they got bored in the past but they can still be bored in the present it just depends on context

[spare summit]

You can say "what were you doing"

[spare summit]

Flashcards and yt grammar vids for fast learning but if you cant be bothered to do all that just talk in english with people and over time youll just start to understand and be able to write your own sentences more

And in either method come here whenever you feel stuck on something and someone will help you out

[sleek fulcrum]

Yeah I did that and after 2 yaers my weak point is still grammar

years

I literally do not know which sentence is the correct one here:
'Some natural disaster have been occuring lately.'
'Some natural disaster have occured lately.'

[steady summit]

If i............ Closer to my office, i could walk to work
A)lived
B)would live
C)had lived
D)live

Which one is the right one?

I chose A

[silk lily]

hi

[formal fractal]

D

Guys I need help in conversations

Like the native speakers can tell a lot of stuff

while me I'm just replying with basic messages

Is it because I'm not yet fluent

unlike in my native language, I can talk about a lot of stuff and things

[mint seal]

which one do you think is correct?

[mint seal]

wrong, try again

[steady summit]

C?

Can't be D and B

[mint seal]

i was joking with u

[steady summit]

It's either A or C

[mint seal]

It’s A

[steady summit]

But why should it be A and not C?

[mint seal]

you were right

[mint seal]

the sentence isn’t past perfect i guess, im not sure tho but its not C even tho its gramatically correct

Have a cookie for the right answer

🍪

[steady summit]

My teacher said it can only be C

And not A

[steady summit]

I'm hungry so i will gladly accept the cookie

[mint seal]

ah im re-reading it again and it makes sense with C more actually sorry sorry

it’s about context and tense here

[mint seal]

well A was not correct but you are kind, so you deserve the cookie

it’s in past perfect so A wouldn’t be correct(I don’t know my tenses too well, feel free to correct me)

man I think I’m not braining

[wise summit]

You mean your brain doesn't function well? 😆😆

[mint seal]

yes

[wise summit]

Welcome to the club

[mint seal]

thank u

[wise summit]

Are you Australian?

[tidal lily]

Yeh you're right here.
There are Two events in the past dependent on/related to each other. So one needs to be written as past perfect (had+v3) and another event as past tense (v2).

@mint seal got ya back mate take rest 🤙

[mint seal]

indeed I am lad!

[mint seal]

thanks lad!

[wise summit]

Now I get why you are so cool

[mint seal]

ehh?? I’m not that cool HAHA, you are tho!

but thank you for the kind words

[spare summit]

Neither are correct lol

Some = plural so natural disasters

[sleek fulcrum]

My bad I suck at English grammar

[spare summit]

Yes np

As long as ur understandable it doesnt really matter

[sleek fulcrum]

What really matters is my grade

[spare summit]

Bro i accidentally wrote ja lol

[spare summit]

Oh are you learning it in school

[sleek fulcrum]

No, my English is self-taught

[spare summit]

Oh ok

So then why does a grade matter

[sleek fulcrum]

So then I can apply for a good school

[spare summit]

Ohh

Nvm

Well if you have any questions about grammar that you see then just ask here

[sleek fulcrum]

Yeah, when do you use has or have been, I studied this and forgot and the cycle continues

has/have, has been/have been

Grammar is taught in Vietnam very strictly so I need this

[spare summit]

Pretty sure C is grammatically correct but you will even see natives use A, i originally thought it was correct until i read option C lol

[spare summit]

Ah

Has is for 3rd person singular and have is for everything else

[sleek fulcrum]

But in what usecase?

[spare summit]

He has, she has

And then have for everything else

[green girder]

“I have been learning English”
“My friend has a new phone”

[sleek fulcrum]

Oh sorry I meant the tenses

[spare summit]

You have i have we have etc

Oh

as a native idk the names of the tenses but i would describe have been/has been as a continous action that started a while ago and still continues to the present

E.g i have been learning german for 10 months

[sleek fulcrum]

Difference between

“I have been learning English”

"I am learning English"

[spare summit]

I have been = you have been doing something continously in the past and present

I am learning = only at present

[green girder]

^

[sleek fulcrum]

Ohhh

That clarifies everything taank you

tahnk you

thanlk you

thank you

[sleek fulcrum]

My English is dumb I meant clears