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molten torrent
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Hello, I recently watched several videos in order to purchase an English grammar book, and they suggested the "English grammar in use" series. I recently received my B2 FCE, and I'm wondering if that book is appropriate for my level. I'm looking for a book that's slightly more challenging than a B2, but also one that I can afford and isn't too simple.

Additionally, feel free to suggest a better suggestion if you have one.

thank you

swift briar
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You remind me of myself

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Always beating yourself up and selling yourself short

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Bad habit

late topaz
swift briar
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You're overly criticizing yourself

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Is how i see it

late topaz
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I want quick results and am not satisfied with the progress I am making

mint seal
swift briar
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Is your English good and fluent ? Yes

Is it perfect and literature like ? No

Is it overall bad ? NO

swift briar
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Never fight mother natrue

late topaz
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you're right, I have 6 more years before I take IELTS

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and that's 2192 days

swift briar
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Good luck mate,

late topaz
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thanks

swift briar
late topaz
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gaming question that still haunts me a year later:
play on higher ranks or play at higher ranks?

late topaz
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you sure?

odd oriole
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But depends
If you are talking about playing others

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You would say
To play against higher ranks

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I'm a high ranking player because I play against higher ranking gamers

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How do you want to use it?

late topaz
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I know how to avoid my issue but I want to use either AT or ON

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so you're positive that it is AT?

odd oriole
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What's the full sentence you want to use

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?

late topaz
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but I feel awkward

odd oriole
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Don't use the preposition.
Phrase it like this..

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I used to be silver but now I rank higher

late topaz
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Thanks. Although, lets say that I REALLY want to use a prepositon. Is the sentence I wrote correct?

odd oriole
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I don't like how it sounds

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I wouldn't use a preposition

late topaz
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which kind of english is your native?

odd oriole
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I'm a teacher and Cambridge examiner

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English has rules
You can choose to follow or not

late topaz
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that's not quite what I asked

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you see, if you're British, your opinion isn't valid

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on a more serious note, thanks for the tips

odd oriole
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I teach both British and north American colloquialisms
The grammar doesn't change

late topaz
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I want to be smarter

odd oriole
odd oriole
# late topaz I want to be smarter

You want to be smarter or you want to use a preposition that isn't necessary?
Let me explain something

Many native speakers don't use words correctly.
I'm offering a little help, which you asked for. No need to be rude.
Thank you and have a lovely day🙃

late topaz
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the mean joke?

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I am sorry

dense oasis
late topaz
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I can't not do that

odd oriole
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First stating "my English" isn't valid...
Assuming that I'm speaking British English, which you didn't specify as something re

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Let's start this again...

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@late topaz
If you would like a specific country's English to be taught to you, be sure to specify that in the beginning

finite lantern
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Guys

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Calm down

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John, you know shes a teacher?

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From 60 years

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Teaching Eng

odd oriole
finite lantern
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Shush

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Yeah

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Lets wait for new questions

swift briar
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Whenever i need help

mental terrace
near cairn
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Hi guys

if you weren't my best friend, i wouldn't tell you what i really think
if you weren't my best friend, i wouldn't have told you what i really think.

Guys the first sentence is in second conditional
While the second sentence is a mixed conditional
May i know the difference in meaning between the two?

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Im confused about the usage of the mixed one

bright pulsar
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That's the 3rd conditional

mental terrace
late topaz
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@mental terracedid you also happen to have a drink like Vivek?

bright pulsar
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Mixed conditional there is used to express a present hypothetical leading to a past hypothetical

mental terrace
near cairn
late topaz
bright pulsar
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the tenses don't flip in the 2nd

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the difference, semantically, is that the first one can be true at any hypothetical present or future time. the second could only have been true in the hypothetical past, were the first statement "if you weren't my best friend" true

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it's mainly used to express the relationship here. being best friends is a continuous state.

near cairn
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This is complicated but i think i got it
Basically in mixed we care about the relationship between the two parts of the sentence more... Like a change which leads to a result... Right?

bright pulsar
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the relationship is the main reason to used mixed, yes. it's a bit tricky, but we use the mixed here because we're best friends and that's how it's always been, so the only way it would have been different in the past is if we aren't always best friends

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there's an implication which would be unsaid in a single conditional

near cairn
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I see... This is difficult to explain to lower level students

bright pulsar
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I defintiely agree

bright pulsar
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it's a bit more intuitive for natives

dense oasis
bright pulsar
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the usage of the mixed conditional tense there is definitely a bit of a curveball. most other mixed conditionals are easier to understand

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"If I had studied more, I would be much more successful later on."

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third (present unreal) + second unreal

late topaz
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all of this just makes my head go round. It's so intuitive if you actually don't know the rules

dense oasis
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not always that intuitive

bright pulsar
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it's hard to express as a native

late topaz
dense oasis
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no, am too lazy for that now

late topaz
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all right

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by the way

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I found a PDF

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and this chart

bright pulsar
dense oasis
dense oasis
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Like am soooo sure about that

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okay

bright pulsar
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yeah it's past simple

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ill edit it

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should be right now

dense oasis
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yeah now its mixed cuz past perfect and later future simple

dense oasis
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it is actually a pretty funny story cuz i crammed a lot, and then the exam was too easy, because it was aimed at A2/B1 and conditionals are kinda hard to place at the scale cuz they can be easy and at the same time tough in different case

bright pulsar
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yeah I can't even remember learning conditionals lmao

dense oasis
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natives being native

bright pulsar
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pretty much

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I only formally started learning grammar to write more consistently

late topaz
bright pulsar
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yeah but you forget all that

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the terms and composition are pretty much all forgotten

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you just remember everything intuitively

late topaz
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so what resources do you use?

bright pulsar
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for studying it formally now?

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style guides and whatnot

dense oasis
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or anything worse than that

late topaz
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do style guides include grammar rules?

dense oasis
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just random tenses and random everything

bright pulsar
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it's more technical

late topaz
# dense oasis and then the natives going like "yee a day ago a dude asking me about money, i t...

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dense oasis
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that dude is like insane

bright pulsar
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it's crazy because evean natives can't understand him for a few days

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I watched him a bunch and so now i understand him

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but at first it's like a new dialect

late topaz
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okay, do you understand this:

bright pulsar
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um...

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no.

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that one is too tough

late topaz
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oh yeah yeah I have heard about it I've seen some of these documentaries

bright pulsar
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yeah that's all i got out of it

late topaz
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and I ain't believing none of that

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something about government and samples

dense oasis
late topaz
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we went full action mode

dense oasis
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i heard like KDBDIEBDJEKWWJBEDBBF

bright pulsar
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xqc watchers can catch everything up till the samples part

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from there idk who understands it

dense oasis
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Yeah i learned about his existence i think... today

late topaz
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and this guy is also super fast

bright pulsar
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i think i'd get a headache from trying to focus hard enough to keep up

late topaz
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that's what people had to do before audio editing was invented

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just talk very fast

dense oasis
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I kinda understand that xqc guy tho, because if i think about this, then in my native, polish, if i get enough speed and get excited enough, then i really go into eminem mode

bright pulsar
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lol yeah

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polish is quIck

dense oasis
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yeah this is a pretty quick language lol, doesnt help that it sounds like beetles buzzing and leaves on trees rustling even when it is spoken slowly

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@bright pulsar if you heard "alphabet boiiiis" without any context, would you get what this means?

bright pulsar
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alphabet boys?

dense oasis
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Yes

bright pulsar
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um. it sounds like a preschool gang or something

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not familiar with it, no

dense oasis
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it means feds

bright pulsar
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ah

dense oasis
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because CIA, FBA, etc, have these acronyms

dense oasis
bright pulsar
late topaz
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no

bright pulsar
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that's a 4chan term

late topaz
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I'm a normie

bright pulsar
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that's good

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u dont wanna go on 4chan

late topaz
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what is glowies?

dense oasis
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feds

late topaz
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oh

dense oasis
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same as alphabet boys

late topaz
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can you tell me something?

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why is grammar so weird

bright pulsar
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because grammar tries to explain language eloquently

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and people don't like using language in certain ways

late topaz
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like, second conditional is used to refer to unlikely events in the present or the future, right?

bright pulsar
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so grammar becomes weird

late topaz
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I got 2 resources saying that

bright pulsar
dense oasis
late topaz
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oh, never mind

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the Madonna university

bright pulsar
late topaz
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this is just blatantly wrong

dense oasis
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it is correct

bright pulsar
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looks fine

late topaz
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really?

dense oasis
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Yes

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thats what it is used for

late topaz
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so when I say, for example "Would it be okay if I went with you?" it would imply that the case of me going with them is unlikely?

dense oasis
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thats a different context because now you are making a proposition by using a conditional

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so i would perceive it as implying you wanna go and you are now checking what id say, but you are using a conditional to make this less bold and direct

bright pulsar
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it is hypothetical

dense oasis
bright pulsar
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it's polite for that reason

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I almost never see it as a hypothetical but just a way to make a polite request... but it's a textbook 2nd

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you're giving them an easy way to decline by proposing it as unlikely

late topaz
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okay, and now the cambridge dictionary says this: We use the second conditional to talk about the possible result of an imagined situation in the present or future. We say what the conditions must be for the present or future situation to be different.

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ah, never mind

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it's just ambiguity I don't like in instructions

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I guess you could say "but John, it is possible, though unlikely, those are not mutually exclusive definitions"

bright pulsar
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"Would you be happy if I left?" - If I left, you would be happy. Hypothetically, you would be happy if I left. This is not an "unlikely" event, but a hypothetical statement. We assume that something is true so long as something else is true. It doesn't have to be unlikely for it to be the 2nd conditional. I may have every intention to leave. The hypothetical is if that you would be happy if I left, but we don't quite know until I left. It's not that leaving is unlikely.

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Essentially, hypothetical or very unlikely.

late topaz
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but the phrasing above does not allow for such meaning

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"hypothetical situation THAT <...>"

bright pulsar
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the cambridge phrasing?

late topaz
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the Madonna university phrasing

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the one that you said "looks fine"

bright pulsar
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hmm, i did say it looks fine

late topaz
bright pulsar
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yes, that's still pretty much the formal definition, as I understand it

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i'm looking for more about this, because it's phrased like a second conditional but certainly not formally one.

late topaz
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I think at this point it doesn't really matter. However, the time period which the conditional is applicable to is the only thing that does.

bright pulsar
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I wouldn't say it matters at all, because that's just how we use it

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but I do wonder what english stack exchange would say about it. wonder why I can't find anything

bright pulsar
late topaz
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the first answer is rather comprehensive

flat rune
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They dont know geography

late topaz
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It was obvsiously a joke, I even followed it with "on a more serious note"

flat rune
late topaz
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then what's happening?

flat rune
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I was just saying is cooler to joke abt americans

bright pulsar
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we make fun of each other

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it's a faux rivalry

late topaz
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I only make fun of the pesky brits. Americans wouldn't even understand

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By the way, @bright pulsar did you find the stackexchange link interesting?

bright pulsar
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not anything I was looking for, sadly

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gave up for now

late topaz
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but now I know what COCA is

bright pulsar
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yeah I've seen it afew times

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it's probably just not a second conditional at all

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dunno, article was interesting tho

bright pulsar
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hey, don't make fun of that

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I like using that, as an american

dense oasis
# dense oasis bloody hell!

Have you seen my trolley, Charles? I am sure I left my groceries in it, just when we were next to a till, and also, where is my bloody luggage?!

dense oasis
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bloody hell! I know him!

bright pulsar
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good lad, him

late topaz
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I don't have much, but I got myself an american flag background on steam

dense oasis
late topaz
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I want to hear Ron and @mental terrace say it

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actually, no

mental terrace
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say water?

dense oasis
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When americans drink bottles of water, they drink bottles of water. When these pesky brits drink bottles of water, they drink bahwahwahtahs

late topaz
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say Murica

mental terrace
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you do NOT live in pennsylvania

bright pulsar
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lmao who would wanna

mental terrace
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ikr

late topaz
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Pensyllvania is a nice place I heard

mental terrace
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living in pennsylvania is like living in upstate new york

bright pulsar
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i've been there

dense oasis
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Are guns legal that place?

mental terrace
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overshadowed by big city yet in pennsylvania the cities are shit

mental terrace
bright pulsar
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or rather, i've been to pennsylvania

dense oasis
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nice

bright pulsar
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it's a

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commerce port

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really

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not a special city

late topaz
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look at this

dense oasis
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did you buy yourself a gun?

late topaz
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beauty

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this is perfect

mental terrace
late topaz
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if only there was an ocean by the side

dense oasis
late topaz
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I wanna live there

dense oasis
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i wanna too, but europe does not allow guns so easily

late topaz
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Atloona, Pensyllvania

mental terrace
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trust me on that

late topaz
mental terrace
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mmmmm you’d get bored in 1-2 years

late topaz
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wanna bet?

mental terrace
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what the fuck is an “atloona”

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smh

late topaz
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Get me a job in the US and we will see

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oh,right

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I need a visa

mental terrace
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marry an american

late topaz
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and the only way to get it is by going to poland

mental terrace
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free visa

dense oasis
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thats just masochistic

bright pulsar
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lOL

mental terrace
late topaz
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You know how people say that you need delayed gratification

bright pulsar
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"man wants to go to america, refuses visa because he doesn't want to marry one of them. said 'they for the streets'"

late topaz
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that is the reason why I can't do anything

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the closest I will probably ever be to going to the US is 7 years down the road

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I'll be 27

mental terrace
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what is it with you and 7 years

late topaz
mental terrace
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you mentioned it before

late topaz
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go there forget the game

mental terrace
dense oasis
late topaz
dreamy marsh
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i want to ask about 'it', 'that' and 'this' in a phrase. i have a big difficult when i have to choose wich one to use in a phrase like "i can do it/that/this". can someone explain me it? that? this? I DONT KNOW

round scroll
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how often are you playing fo
otball

dreamy marsh
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?

tough wolf
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is the idiom "i'll take your word for it" rude? isn't it basically mean "I believe you"?

mental terrace
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“I don’t know anything about what happened but i’ll just believe what you’re saying for now”

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longer version kinda?

tough wolf
mental terrace
tough wolf
bright pulsar
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it's usually a respectable skepticism.

frosty charm
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can someone explain to me the difference between "consistent" and "persistent" in simple words?

mental terrace
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“Despite being told to leave, he persisted to annoy the shopkeeper.”

supple holly
frosty charm
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oh I see thank you both!!

thorn owl
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what is the difference between to attach and to affix?

mortal citrus
flat rune
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can i post a long story like google docs, but the genre is trigerring and very dark. i want someone to proofread and add comments

dense oasis
supple holly
dense oasis
marble whale
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What does "downsizing of the military" mean?

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Does that mean that the number of people in army was reduced?

dense oasis
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like shrinking them

rare glacier
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I'm struggling to comprehend what is happening in the illiad (novel) any tips?

echo epoch
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What does "got em" means?

dense oasis
# echo epoch What does "got em" means?

Usually when there is some competition between two groups of people, like teams, and one wins, then the team who won might say "got em" meaning they won with the losers

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like "we/I won with them"

dusky steppe
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So I'm learning English by English Grammar in use and got confused by this exercise

  1. I like your house. How long do you live / have you lived here?
  2. You’ll need an umbrella if you go out now. It’s raining / It’s been raining.
    My answers were "do u live" (1), "it's been raining" (2) and they all are wrong and I can't get why
serene plinth
dense oasis
# dusky steppe So I'm learning English by English Grammar in use and got confused by this exerc...
  1. How long have you lived here?
    This is the correct answer, because they started living here in the past, and now they still are living here. So, present perfect is the best choice, because in this case it describes an activity which started in the past, and is still continuing.

  2. It's raining.
    This one is correct because the speaker wants to speak only about the current moment, that's why it's present continuous, it speaks, in this case, only about the current moment. If you used "It's been raining" then this kinda sounds as if you were lacking something - present perfect continuous like this usually needs something to mark the timespan, like "It has been raining for five hours"

serene plinth
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Ok black cat's more informative than me ....

dense oasis
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just joking, am not qualified

late topaz
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you're overqualified

serene plinth
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Ping?

serene plinth
dense oasis
late topaz
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and it just so happens that you know everying every time

serene plinth
late topaz
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I couldn't have imagined a funnier situation

dusky steppe
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Thanks guys now I got it

swift briar
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@late topaz what happened man

late topaz
swift briar
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You said something not very nice earlier

late topaz
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What? When?

swift briar
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Can i dm you ?

late topaz
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yes

flat rune
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have you heard of filter feeder? 🤔

Whale sharks are not predators, though: they are filter feeders that feast on swarms of microscopic plankton.

like a big whale swallowing a lot of water with small fishes in them?

late topaz
# flat rune have you heard of filter feeder? 🤔 > Whale sharks are not predators, though: t...

yes, that's exactly what they do, but not to fishes. Filter feeders rely on plankton, which is not bigger than 1 inch (~2.54 cm). There are many ways to do it as well. A whale shark opens up its mouth and tries to catch as much plankton as possible. After that, it expels water through its gills and plankton gets stuck on the rough mouth surface (as far as I understand). Whales don't have teeth and use baleens - brush-like structures to filter water. They push out the water using their tongue and swallow the plankton.

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and this is what a baleen looks like

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fascinating!

dense oasis
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Now, the crazy part, we evolved to do both

granite topaz
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does "drove" (past "drive") and "rose" (past "rise") really exist?

swift briar
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They do indeed exist

flat rune
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I really dont understand what "awe" means. It has appeared multiple times in books and I have checked the meaning so much times, but I still cant understand exactly what meaning the word conveys

swift briar
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That look is basically "awe'

dusk fossil
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good morning everybodypepelolipop

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word formation without changing the form and with the addition "to" does not apply to adjectives? or only noun

dusk fossil
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does this no apply to all adjectives?

spring carbon
dusk fossil
spring carbon
azure viper
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good afternoon everybody

tepid mica
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I have a problem… For example, the word “thoughts”… this word has the letter S at the end, but it’s hard to pronounce it because there is a t before, which is silent, so combining it is kinda hard when pronouncing

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any tip for improvement?

late topaz
tepid mica
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thx

late topaz
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Do you pronounce the ‘TS’ sound in English correctly? Many English learners have difficulty saying “pizza”. This is understandable because in many other languages, the TS sound does not exist. In this lesson, I will help you improve your pronunciation of the TS sound. We will look at the shape of the mouth needed to produce this sound. I will go...

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hollow night
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Vocabulary question. What do Americans say instead of "cheeky"? I understand "cheeky" is a British word, so what do Americans say to mean the same thing?

cerulean tusk
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what does it mean in BrE?

noble wasp
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hey! i'd be glad if someone helped me w these 2 silly structure questions by telling me which is correct

"do you know how i can...?"
"do you know how can i...?"

"can someone help me?"
"can anyone help me?"
"anyone can help me?"

(also i got kinda confused abt when i should use anyone/someone)

amber junco
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  1. Second one is the correct since in questions you swap the subject once
  2. Second one is correct cause you are referring to no one specifically
    Third is wrong grammatically
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You can also say "someone" are you sure you don't have to find the mistake?

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@noble wasp

alpine pier
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In the 34, why D is not a correct answer?

amber junco
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Yes, also 35 is "knows" cause you are talking about general things rather than something specific

boreal pewter
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It's a little hard to explain because it covers a few slightly different ideas, I'd say it's like a small naughty fun attitude. Examples are easier

  1. "This police force needs more manpower."
    "You don't mind a bit of manpower do you Doris!"
    "Oi, cheeky bastard"
    (adapted from a scene in Hot Fuzz)
  2. "We can't buy it", he said with a cheeky grin, "but we could always steal it"
    (entirely made up)
  3. "Can you all hand in your phones please"
    "Well, I can hand it in, but do I want to..."
    "Don't be cheeky, I've had enough of that today."
    (I'm sure I heard things like this several times at school lol)
boreal pewter
noble wasp
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so in the second question both first and second examples are right?

btw is "are" in the question i've just asked in the right position?

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@amber junco

amber junco
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In English, you need to swap subject to make a question only once

You are alright
Are you alright?

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@noble wasp

desert sable
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That’s such an integral part of my vocabulary

amber junco
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They use it but is more common in the UK

amber junco
flat rune
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don't translate it into your native language. English is unique.

amber junco
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We would still translate like that even in Italian, is about understanding the sentence

flat rune
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it can confuse you sometimes

amber junco
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That's odd

late topaz
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Translation should be avoided at all cost if you want to learn the grammar of your target language.

amber junco
serene plinth
flat rune
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"Se eu soubesse..." If i knew

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A Nancy fala como se (as if) ela soubesse tudo.

flat rune
amber junco
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The first one is not correct grammatically, you can swap subject only once in a question

Do you know how I can do it?
Do you know? How can I do it?

serene plinth
flat rune
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my sentence is correct

amber junco
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Not really cause "confuse you" sounds like something actively trying to confuse while "being confusing" is a passive thing due the situation, but I'm not here to argue

amber junco
serene plinth
swift briar
late topaz
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By the way, I've been looking up stuff online and found that in the exercise #35 both A and C are correct, though it different situations. It normal writing we use A (knows), but in formal writing the latter (KNEW) is preferred

serene plinth
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'knows' is said in spoken English

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Or native English

cerulean tusk
serene plinth
cerulean tusk
serene plinth
cerulean tusk
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actually, howdy is the same as hi

swift briar
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@cerulean tusk also it has been truly a while, how have you been bud

cerulean tusk
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but im ok. just been busy with work and stuff

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and you?

swift briar
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And "stuff"
Aka
Better call saul

cerulean tusk
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haha nah, finished that

late topaz
cerulean tusk
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fantastic series tho

late topaz
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because it's supposed to be a past subjunctive mood

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obviously they don't and can't know everything

serene plinth
late topaz
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so KNEW in that case should be used

serene plinth
late topaz
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yet almost everybody says that both are fine

serene plinth
swift briar
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@cerulean tusk here's your first question in a while

What's the difference between "on things" and "of things"

serene plinth
amber junco
late topaz
cerulean tusk
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immediately i think "of things" is suggesting something like the ingredients or composition

swift briar
cerulean tusk
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but not detailed, obvi

late topaz
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@cerulean tusk Would you choose "knew" over "knows" in the sentence "She talks as if she (knows / knew) everything?"

cerulean tusk
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on things.... mabye thats talking about the location of something? not really sure just by itself

swift briar
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I think both are correct tbh

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Depending on what he's talking about

late topaz
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I am defeated

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look at the reply author:

cerulean tusk
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did you have different people in that sentence on purpose? she talks he knows/knew?

swift briar
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knows isn't wront either

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Can be applied depending on the idea that the speaker is trying to convey

late topaz
cerulean tusk
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knew, i would prolly change the tense of talk also

swift briar
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I know, speaker sounds more professional

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Lol

cerulean tusk
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she talked as if she knew everything

swift briar
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Talker sounds like someone talking a lot

cerulean tusk
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like you

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haha

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j/k

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she talks as though she knows everything

late topaz
cerulean tusk
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not necessarily a completed event

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Texas baby!!

swift briar
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Lmao

cerulean tusk
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and yes, it is a country

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as we see it

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haha

swift briar
cerulean tusk
late topaz
cerulean tusk
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yep

late topaz
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Now I just have to ask Mr. Green

cerulean tusk
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eh

late topaz
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do I ping him or just leave the message?

late topaz
cerulean tusk
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why not just start there?

serene plinth
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I'm a guy who goes around correcting ppl if they use American spellings cuz Idk them

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By now I've learnt quite a few American spellings

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Need to learn more

flat rune
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how did the megalodons become extinct?
(an extinct species of shark)

🤔 is the needed here?

knotty vault
flat rune
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[megalodon]
the embryo would eat other eggs (its siblings) while in the womb, helping it to grow so large.

While it sounds shocking, such "intra-uterine cannibalism" is common in modern sharks.
It means mothers produce relatively few young, but each gets as much nutrition as possible.

🤔 intra-uterine?

flat rune
serene plinth
mental terrace
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you don’t need it but it doesn’t change anything if you do or don’t have a “the”
personally i’d drop the “the” but im not gonna tell u to do that

flat rune
serene plinth
dense oasis
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id also keep it

flat rune
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do whatever you want, both are fine. nothing wrong here.

no need to be too picky.

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people will understand you

silver iris
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Are they any differencies between Someone/ Somebody and Anyone/ anybody ?

signal gust
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I'm still trying to understand why English has gendered pronouns

serene plinth
signal gust
serene plinth
signal gust
silver iris
dense oasis
dense oasis
silver iris
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Thanks a lot @dense oasis @serene plinth

dense oasis
mental terrace
hot pelican
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there's only he/him she/her dont believe the other non sense.

mental terrace
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💀

late topaz
dense oasis
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We understand your concerns. Thankfully, I think there is no possibility of you being harmed by whatever might be supposed to harm you. No worries shyIm

cerulean tusk
cerulean tusk
# flat rune > how did `the` megalodons become extinct? > (an extinct species of shark) > �...

"the" usually helps to point out something specific. like "you should ask a teacher" (any teacher) vs "you should ask the teacher" (probably your teacher)

since the sentence is more general in nature, speaking of all megalodons, "the" is not really necessary. as others pointed out, in this case, it doesn't really change the meaning of the sentence with or without it. in my opinion, whatever rolls off the tongue. English is complicated, try not to over complicate it. 🙂

noble wasp
#

hey! i got some questions abt prepositions and i'd be glad if smn helped me

  1. i saw a north american saying "i'm beginner on french"
    i got confused abt which preposition would be correct cuz i think ive already heard phrases like "i'm beginner at" or "i'm beginner in". ALSO, is the article "a" necessary before "beginner"? cuz he didn't use it

also are the sentences below correct regarding the prepositions?

  1. "my level in english"

  2. "i'm B2 on english"

cerulean tusk
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yes, im a beginner in French

#2 is ok
#3 would be better said im a B2 in English

flat rune
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Can anyone tell me what's the difference between "has" and "have"?

amber junco
swift briar
stoic island
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Guys i wanna know how to pronounce "want you " (t-y) in American accent

cerulean tusk
#

I wan chu

serene plinth
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'They' is used when gender is unknown/unspecified gender

signal gust
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Predicting pronouns also sucks

brave wind
mental terrace
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"they" is common for if you dont know the gender

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most natives say "they" when they dont know the gender

signal gust
# mental terrace attacked ?

I'm trans and they misgender me on purpose with "they" when I clearly state that I want to be referred to as "she/her"

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That's also how they attack on transgender people

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By intentionally referring as "they/them"

mental terrace
signal gust
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oh

mental terrace
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nobody's attacking you

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it's the standard

signal gust
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They have purposefully done that

mental terrace
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if its on purpouse then fair enough but in most cases its out of respect bc we dont know your pronouns

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would you rather be called a he by mistake ?

signal gust
mental terrace
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its a middle ground thats not meant to offend anyone

signal gust
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ik but

signal gust
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Even three fucking pronouns

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They intentionally did this to me

mental terrace
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i'm really sorry
they is standard when people don't know your gender identity, a middle ground
if ppl r intentionally calling u they even tho u tell them not to then fair enough they arent cool
but trust me they isnt meant to be offensive

signal gust
signal gust
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i saw that but it gets really ambiguous between the main idea of the paragraph

mental terrace
#

it's just
"they" is meant out of respect
if they continue to use "they" even when you tell em not to then thats not cool

signal gust
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Ty

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:3

mental terrace
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np!

swift briar
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@mental terrace i like your participation in this channel, keep it up blossom

hollow night
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Grammar Question. Which one of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

  1. I don't care if he IS undefeated in the past.

  2. I don't care if he WAS undefeated in the past.

zinc bluff
hollow night
dense oasis
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"in the past" makes me want to use past simple, and "was" is past simple

hollow night
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thanks for the answer! 🙂

tepid mica
flat rune
stone dove
long cove
#

Hey guys Abhishek(Begineer) from India,i am here to improve my communiction skills.Any suggestions how i would start?

stone dove
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What do you mean by communication skills? Spelling, grammar, etc

long cove
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i cannot speak fluently

stone dove
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You just gotta keep studying and talking to natives and fluent english speakers

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That’s the key to it

long cove
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ok

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i have been communicating with my friends in english

stone dove
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Nice keep going

dense oasis
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"in the past" phrase seemed important to them

stone dove
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Yeah would depend on the context though

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Actually yeah i would do that, doesnt matter about context

dense oasis
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i mentioned i would go with "i dont care if he was undeafeted in the past", because in the past made me emphasize it

stone dove
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I would still do
i don’t care if he’s undefeated

dense oasis
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like for example a year ago right

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okay

stone dove
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I’ve heard that a lot more than what you said

dense oasis
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yes absolutely, i agree, this shorter version is way more natural

teal raven
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would u mind Giving me some easy trick for conveting word into verb noun adjective and adverb

serene plinth
teal raven
# serene plinth Could u kindly elaborate a bit?

identify identification classify classification( if verb or adj end with fy or fic ,I just need to add cation at end to become noun?)
enjoy enjoyable enjoyment
protect protection
inspire inspiration
(clever clverness
Kind kindness,if words are adj ,I just need to add ness at the end for noun?)

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Some verb are also added by ive and able as adj
Prevent preventable preventive,notice noticable appreciate appreciative
Do y'all study every words or have easiest method to memorize? Thanks in advance

serene plinth
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You could learn up the patterns but they won't help in the long run

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For example-
Brave - bravery
Coward- cowardice
Important - importance

teal raven
#

thanks i'll learn suffixes nd presuffixes

serene plinth
elfin cairn
#

What is the difference between pupil and student ?

mental terrace
elfin cairn
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oh thank u

serene plinth
trail slate
#

What’s a dollar movie??

mental terrace
cerulean tusk
cerulean tusk
# trail slate What’s a dollar movie??

this usually happens before the movie is released on streaming platforms or DVD/Bluray
(and a demonstration, in my opinion, of just how overpriced other movie theatres are)

echo epoch
#

What is "Toast" in slang?

finite lantern
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?define toast

hazy heraldBOT
# finite lantern ?define toast
Word: toast

Definition 1 (noun): a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
Definition 2 (verb): propose a toast to
Definition 3 (noun): a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

Other definitions can be found here

finite lantern
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@echo epoch

flat rune
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The percentage use of this word (waverer) is?

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Is it widely utilized?

vagrant copper
#

is this sentence grammatically correct?

"So the quality of the print was not good, I changed the typewriter ribbon."

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second sentence:
"You should have finished the work yesterday, yet is not close to being finished today."

native forge
#

"Dang" or "darn" What do you guys prefer?

swift briar
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Darn sounds kinda silly

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As in goofy

native forge
native forge
swift briar
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Like more family friendly

zinc bluff
flat rune
#

to be honest I say "damn" more often

mental terrace
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"damn" is the most realistic and is used by literally everyone
"dang" is seen a little funnier if pronounced funnily but still normal
"darn" will have people probably laughing at you unless you're in the south

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yep

flat rune
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ecstatic,

  1. Overwhelming happiness
  2. Involving an experience of ‘mystic self-transcendence’: an ecstatic vision

🤔what does the 2nd definition mean?

mental terrace
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it goes into philosophy i think but it has something to do with someone realizing who they are and meanings and stuff like that

flat rune
mental terrace
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transcendence is just like, realizing a greater purpose or thing

dusk fossil
#

is the auxiliary verb "do" used in the future tense?

dusk fossil
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the verb "do" is often used in the future. but I need to understand about the auxiliary

flat rune
#

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Death
health
disease
spread

dusk fossil
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I know. I'm talking about the future. please read the question carefully

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" is the auxiliary verb "do" used in the future tense?"

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In short, I'll figure it out myself. Thank you for your time

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I understand now, thanks

dusk fossil
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@bleak tundra want to continue. it turns out in sentences when we designate time with the use of "will" then it is a modal verb of an auxiliary verb ?

dusk fossil
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@bleak tundra means right. Understood. Thank you. and then in our country there is frequent misinformation about English.

lost cipher
#

He will eats or he will eat
with "s" or without ?

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thank youblossom

dusk fossil
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@bleak tundra
1.our training material is presented in an erroneous version sometimes
2. I'm thinked . modals can't always be auxiliary, right?

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If they ask me if I will eat. and I will say in response "i will" is this permissible?

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here it turns out not as an auxiliary

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Well, finally, at least some kind of proposal I managed to draw up correctly))))

serene plinth
# dusk fossil why is so ?

Do is used as an auxiliary verb in present tense

Do can only be used in future tense as the main verb of the sentence. E.g.- will/shall do

hollow night
#

Grammar Question. Can someone tell me if the following sentence is grammatically correct?

Sentence: We're in a church and it's daytime. I don't think those ghosts will be showing themselves.

dusk fossil
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stop. I didn't understand. so is it a modal verb? I am asking about whether it is possible for a modal verb to not be an auxiliary

dusk fossil
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fine, thants👍

serene plinth
dusk fossil
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@serene plinth a current person who gave an example of when a modal verb may not be an auxiliary

dusk fossil
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@serene plinth

dusk fossil
lost cipher
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What is the different between pulled and pulled up it's pretty much the same

serene plinth
#

I'm sorry but Zacky is wrong

serene plinth
dusk fossil
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@serene plinth auxiliary verbs change the meaning of another. and then the phrase, then the word does not change, but only describes the verb.
so i think you are wrong

serene plinth
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Auxiliary verbs don't change the meaning of another. They help in verb conjugation. Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verbs which also express modality while helping the main verb express tense, voice and other aspects. @bleak tundra @dusk fossil

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Think of it in a very simple way

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Modal verbs are a KIND of auxiliary verbs

dusk fossil
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wiki -
English auxiliary verbs are a small set of English verbs, which include the English modal verbs and a few others.[1] Although definitions vary, as generally conceived an auxiliary lacks inherent semantic meaning but instead modifies the meaning of another verb it accompanies. In English, verb forms are often classed as auxiliary on the basis of certain grammatical properties, particularly as regards their syntax. They also participate in subject–auxiliary inversion and negation by the simple addition of not after them.

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@serene plinth I wrote. because I don't translate well. i just want to know the truth

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@serene plinth I'm reading the syntax section. so maybe you are right. i will have to read again. Thank you peepodetective 👍

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@serene plinth I hope you are not offended that I argued. I just had the intention to ask. but bad i did it

flat rune
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Can anyone help me if anyone have like source of Grammer

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Like academy Grammer or something videos or courses

vagrant copper
serene plinth
serene plinth
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If I were you, I'd reword it a bit....

marble whale
#

Do you need "the" before Kremlin bot?

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You are a Kremlin bot.
Or
You are the Kremlin bot.

lunar token
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if there's only one Kremlin bot that everyone knows about, then you're the Kremlin bot

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if people don't know which Kremlin bot you're talking about (just any bot/a previously unknown one) then you're a Kremlin bot

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It's the same as if you said "she's a French spy" versus "she's the French spy"

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@marble whale

haughty nova
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I don't know why, but after a piece of dialogue in writing, it feels okay to me to write

X said, playful.
But I know that "playful" should be an adverb ("playfully") yet writing it in its adjective form doesn't sound wrong. But it is, right?

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or can it also be read as an adjective to the noun X?

flat rune
#

can you explain the concept of Self-transcendence in simple words? 🤔

hollow night
#

Grammar Question. Can I end a sentence with "it is"?

For example:

Man A: It's 10 thousand dollars.

Man B: Isn't it supposed to be only 5?

Man A: That's the rate yesterday. Today, it's gonna cost you 10.

Man B: Fine, 10 thousand dollars it is!

Is the highlighted sentence grammatically correct?

haughty nova
hollow night
#

Thank you all for the feedback! 🙂

haughty nova
keen rose
#

Hello^^ do you say

1 : i put my bag in the back of the car

2 : i put my bag in the trunk

Can we say both ? Which one is the most used ? Thx

dense oasis
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I could go even further than you do and say "I put my bag into the trunk"

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This is a fine expression, because the trunk of the car has to be opened in order to have something shoved into itself

keen rose
#

so "back" is not said?

dense oasis
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well, if you mean the trunk specifically, then people would use the trunk word

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it is more specific

keen rose
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Thx^^

cerulean tusk
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because its quicker and no meaning is lost

crisp zodiac
#

What's mean "moist" and when I can use this word

amber junco
crisp zodiac
amber junco
dense oasis
#

Or at leasy prevents it from being dried and parched

amber junco
dense oasis
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*at least

stiff glade
#

hellooo, i wanna ask something. what does "Pioneering" mean?

hazy heraldBOT
#

:x: That word could not be found in the dictionary.

mental terrace
#

?define pioneer

hazy heraldBOT
# mental terrace ?define pioneer
Word: pioneer

Definition 1 (verb): take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
Definition 2 (verb): open up an area or prepare a way
Definition 3 (noun): someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

Other definitions can be found here

cerulean tusk
swift briar
#

@cerulean tusk Youre drunk

cerulean tusk
#

blame it on the a a a a a a a alcohol

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i switched rooms and then looked for this in the #1140816252986732654... when it wasnt there, i thought it got deleted

flat rune
#

Is it okay to create your own hyphen in words? For example; narcotic-scheduled.

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Or is it better to not compound the word to make your point across

hazy heraldBOT
#

:x: That word could not be found in the dictionary.

serene plinth
flat rune
dusk fossil
#

what is the difference between "do" and "made" ?

brave wind
mortal citrus
# dusk fossil what is the difference between "do" and "made" ?

Use “do” for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks. Use “made” (simple past comes from “make”) for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do.

“I do the dishes” —> “Do” represents an action

“I made a cake” —> “Made” refers to having produced or created something

dusk fossil
sacred perch
dusk fossil
sacred perch
#

As in, you do actions, but you make things

dusk fossil
sacred perch
dusk fossil
sacred perch
dusk fossil
sacred perch
#

But what I meant was could you provide an example of the exception you met?

dusk fossil
#

(I remember moments, not details)

sacred perch
dusk fossil
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@sacred perch I hope you understood me correctly that I'm talking about what, that the verb "do" is used with things

sacred perch
dusk fossil
sacred perch
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Cuz I don't think I've ever heard do being used with nouns before

dusk fossil
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@sacred perch "You're making her cry" I also have a hard time understanding why it's used here

sacred perch
#

Mind me, in some cases, do is used along with make as it has been in the example I just used

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But since you don't do cry and you cry, that's why the do isn't in the example you used

dusk fossil
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@sacred perch "I don't force myself to do the dishes", what there no so?

dusk fossil
#

why not here

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why is it not needed here?

sacred perch
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Which is why make is not necessary anymore

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Because force is doing the job make would've done in its place

dusk fossil
#

im understood, it synonym

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@sacred perch now we have studied the meaning, does this mean that this word has more than one meaning ?

sacred perch
sacred perch
sacred perch
flat rune
#

Would ppl somtimes say they are going to resign to mean they are going to QUIT their job? 🤔

I usually see it used to describe politicians.

amber junco
#

Yes, resign is more formal

sacred perch
#

And since jobs are mostly in a formal and professional environment, the word resign is mostly used instead of quit

silver iris
#

Why is this sentence wrong ?
"The New York mayor's salary"

mental terrace
mint seal
silver iris
mental terrace
#

id rather use the first

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less wordy

mint seal
#

But I’m sure there’s a better way to word it

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Is there context here?

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Or like, did this sentence come from a paragraph of some sort?

silver iris
mint seal
dusk fossil
#

"make a leap" this idiom? Right?

mint seal
#

It can be used as an idiom

dusk fossil
# mint seal yes

fine,I am beginning to understand the flexibility of English
thanks

dusk fossil
dense oasis
mint seal
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or rather I ‘suggested’ or ‘wondered’

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but I agree on your statement

dense oasis
mint seal
dense oasis
#

Yes, the second sentence I provided is absolutely independent lol, otherwise it'd be very weird

mint seal
#

that’s why I thought that way 😓

dense oasis
#

*mayor

silver iris
#

I had to translate the sentence into English. Their translation therefore gave the second sentence which is supposed to mean " the salary of the mayor who is administrating New York "

mint seal
dense oasis
#

You are the native here

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Not me, lol

mint seal
mint seal
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between both

dense oasis
mental terrace
dense oasis
#

hm okay you assume so, but, if you really look at the second one, are you sure? like if you pretended as if the first sentence did not exist

mental terrace
#

yes

dense oasis
#

hm okay

mental terrace
#

both make me think of “the salary of the mayor of nyc”

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no idea how i could get “the responsibilities of salaries managed by the mayor of nyc (or whatever it was)” from it

dense oasis
#

interesting lol

mint seal
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🤔

dense oasis
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Possibly, but at this point i just assume that if am, for instance, polish, then i can not be a mayor of an american first tier city

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But idk

mint seal
#

I’m overlooking it haha, but at the end both are right regardless unless if the context is clear about something specific

mental terrace
#

it’s more natural to say “of”

dense oasis
mental terrace
#

just sounds correct over “in” but technically both are fine

mental terrace
dense oasis
#

i mean you are but, okay anyway lol

mint seal
#

English is truly confusing and astonishing-

dense oasis
mental terrace
mint seal
mint seal
mental terrace
#

i cant find any way that English makes sense except for not giving genders to fridges or whatever

dense oasis
mint seal
#

I know French is harder but pls, English

mint seal
mental terrace
#

you know you got a fucked up language if there are compilations to try and spell the word correct

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lol

#

competitions*

dense oasis
mint seal
mint seal
#

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humble talon
#

Guys should I put should here after they?

#
But I must lead my kin
Lest, they (should??) go astray```
mint seal
humble talon
#

It's just that my English teacher and I are both undertale fans and argued about this moment of the lyrics.

mental terrace
#

but if not ykyk

sly pier
sly pier
humble talon
stone dove
#

Hi

stone dove
#

old english ? lol

sly pier
# stone dove What does that even mean

The word “lest”?

You can replace it with “for fear that”

“But I must lead my kin, for fear that they go astray”

“I must lead my kin, otherwise I worry that they will go astray”.

sly pier
dense oasis
#

A question, actually about the aforementioned word. Is this understandable for an average native speaker? Like if I include "lest" in some formal sentence

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or is it uncommon to the point when it is not

haughty nova
#

Depends on their age I think lol

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Or if they read any classic literature in English

dense oasis
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I would be more than glad to use it during some certifications lol, id just make sure i use things properly and not make a fool out of myself by an accident

sly pier
# dense oasis A question, actually about the aforementioned word. Is this understandable for a...

I agree with the person above, it depends on the person.

I think this word is understandable for most native speakers as long as it’s provided in a sentence. Well-read natives will probably immediately know what it means without context.

The usage of it is uncommon because it’s pretty much restricted to literary works, especially more classic english literature and poetry.

I wouldn’t use it in a formal document, or anywhere outside of a creative writing environment (for me personally).

dense oasis
#

okay makes perfect sense, i guess it is just like very rare words in my native too, sure some exist, but if someone has never read a book, then they may find it difficult to get my point

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thanks Alexei and MadeOutOfCake

balmy dome
#

Hello, I'd like to ask a question related to the spelling of American English. Do you use a hyphen for the noun forms of phrasal verbs? E.g., break-up or breakup, warm-up or warmup and so on.

bright pulsar
#

Might have to refer to a dictionary for which is more accepted on a case by case basis

dusk fossil
#

"You did not have much money "
in this sentence, is he"have" a verb copula?

vagrant karma
#

Does anybody need English help randomly?

dusk fossil
dusk fossil
#

1.me need to eat.
2.i have to eat
someone explain the difference

serene plinth
dusk fossil
solid copper
#

I want to level up my communication along with written English from b1 to C2 level , Is there any way ?

serene plinth
# dusk fossil I need an explanation of course

The sentence should be 'I need to eat'.
'me' is a pronoun that works as the object in any sentence. E.g.- He gave me something to eat.
In the aforementioned sentence, 'me' is the object to the verb 'gave'

serene plinth
serene plinth
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Achieving c1 is a feat in itself! Fluent English speakers(non-native) are B2-C1. C2 is achievable but it requires hard work, persistence and consistency.

serene plinth
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It's done in spoken English often... But it needn't be correct

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dusk fossil
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@serene plinth I understand everything, thank very much

serene plinth
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Since English is a language, you need to have an overall development.

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That includes brushing up on all 4 soft skills; speaking, listening, reading and writing

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Now, depending on your need you may prioritise one over the other

dusk fossil
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@serene plinth Do you know a site where they will talk about the auxiliary verb "have"?

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(but as a semantic one I know, but as an auxiliary I don’t)

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@serene plinth "have" - He, as an auxiliary, only indicates the time?

marble whale
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Can someone explain the term whataboutism in plain English?

lost cipher
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He doesn't deserve pearls

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is that right

sly pier
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dusk fossil
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my car is washed every month - It's right ?

sly pier
# marble whale Can someone explain the term whataboutism in plain English?

Whataboutism is a tactic in debate where someone changes the subject of the debate to avoid criticism.

Not trying to get political but an example would be:

Person A: “It was wrong of Russia to invade Ukraine”.

Person B: “But what about all the bad things the USA have done?”

It’s basically when someone does something wrong (or is accused of it), but instead of admitting it, they say: “but what about when…”

sly pier
crisp zodiac
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Guys is "zero in on" a phrasal world or not if it is where can i use it

magic scroll
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Hello pals

sly pier
# lost cipher Why didn't we say **the** pearls

You can say both.
“He doesn’t deserve pearls”
“He doesn’t deserve the pearls”

The difference is:
The first one could be referring to any pearls, just pearls in general.
The second one means that the sentence is referring to a specific group of pearls.

“I don’t want a cat”
“I don’t want the cat”

You understand the differences in those two right?

serene plinth
sly pier
# crisp zodiac Guys is "zero in on" a phrasal world or not if it is where can i use it

I’m pretty sure it’s a phrasal verb.

It just means to focus all your attention on, or to locate with very good accuracy.

“We need to zero in on the customer service aspect of our company”
“We need to focus our attention on the customer service aspect of our company”

“We zeroed in on the location of the plane”
“We found the precise location of the plane”

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CALL IN
if im at home right now,
and i just called my office to check if everything is fine

did i just CALL IN the office? 🤔

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flat rune
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and the president called in THE TROOPS?

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a dozen INTERVIEWEES called in to the job?

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silver iris
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Why in this sentence we use "of" and not the genitive 's ?
" The decision of the jury will be announced tomorrow "

dense oasis
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Like, to express that "something belongs to someone" in english, people usually use one of these constructions:

  1. The cat of John.
  2. The John's cat.

both mean the same, the second is often the most used one, because it is shorter to say

dense oasis
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both are fine

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dense oasis
mint seal
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lemme reword my sentence to make it clearer-

dense oasis
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Maybe not really because here am trying to keep the english correct, but in other channels or outside of servers it gets veeeery messy haha

mint seal
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but ur examples r fine, now thinking about it

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its 6:30am and im braining well

dense oasis
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Oh yeah, the order is kinda reversed here, and I see this pattern often when americans are trying to convey something very quickly, and it eventually turns out to be a very deep mess of random, unordered thoughts, or a story with reversed events

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