📚｜english-questions

[dense oasis]

we can now assume that "Let me introduce you to the TOR" is supposed to mean that the speaker wants to show that thing to the other speaker

[halcyon trail]

Does the sentence „He might think that he has to remedy his (Darwin‘s) theory“ makes sense?
Remedy in the sense of rethink/reconsider?

[forest solar]

I could understand tenet to mean think/reconsider. Also to amend and rectify. Remedy usually follows the identification of something being incorrect or not as it should be.

To have a party will usually, inform you if who is having the party but the way it is used. Typically it will be " let's have a party" (let us), meaning those listening and the speaker will have the party together perhaps doing with many more others that are not there also.

I'm having a party, means i bb an organizing the party or a party. Those i speak to may or may not be invited.

You are having/had a party? It's usually a question asked of someone. If you say.. you are (you're) having a party or will either be a surprise at if you just walked by and see they have s party, or you could be telling them that they shall have a VB party (command).

These are all contrived. The most common is "let's have a party" meaning let's get together and we will all be partying, or else it will be "I'm having a party. "

To do a hair cut, will usually be spoken as,
Let me give you a haircut; or let me cut your hair; or i cut hair: I'm a hair dresser; I'm a barber: I'll cut your hair,

For the recipient it will be, i had my hair cut; i had my hair styled; i got a cut; i went to the barber; i went to the hairdresser.

[distant locust]

Hi! I hope everybody’s fine! In my english class, we have to say if we do agree with this quote: « we want to end gender inequalities but to do that we need everyone to be involved. Emma watson
I wrote that, is it corect? Idk if i made mistakes

I do agree with this quote because I think each person has to fight against sexism. It has to be a collective effort: men have to educate themselves about sexism (they can ask questions to women around them of course but it’d better if they could look for the information by themselves to lighten the mental load), the parents have to try to raise their children with feminist values (regardless of their gender), and above all, all the women (and other gender minorities who experience sexism daily) should support each other.

[amber junco]

But what is the question.

[distant locust]

Well, my teacher asked if we agree, and i asked if my text was correct, because i probably made spelling mistakes. Sorry if it wasn’t clear

[amber junco]

Nice

[flat patrol]

Hey everyone, by any chance does anyone have the PDF's for Hoff Erika 2013 language development 5th edition or linguistic analysis 9th edition?
been looking everywhere and don't seem to have any luck
Everything is too expensive and I don't really have the spare money to buy these books for my education that my teacher wants me to get

[amber junco]

Try https://archive.org/ sometimes they do have pdf of old text books

[flat patrol]

Thank you, I will have a search now

unfortunately no luck, any more suggestions?

[lyric hornet]

Contact the author directly https://psy.fau.edu/people/ehoff.php

[bright pulsar]

https://libgen.rs has both

I won't post the direct links, though

[flat rune]

in what terms

do you mean

Connect with is like to link but more in a close way, for example it is used for linking a device to a web, so it s kinda of a unique relation

[flat rune]

insnae

Mug is native he ll know way better than me. Hey bro 🙂 haha

[flat rune]

insane

so if someone wants to connect with u

it means like they wanna keep in touch with u

or have a "connection"

i wanna connect with my best friend

example

[flat rune]

Thanks, I didn't know that meaning

[flat rune]

but it depends how u use it T-T

and what context its in

[opaque current]

Isn't connect used only with people you want to be close with?
Like best friend, crush, or someone similarly close?

Not just a random friend from school, that you liked and want to chill out with every once in awhile

[forest solar]

Is it correct was the question

[forest solar]

Do close off the question marks. If it's a question, then it should be hard to make a mistake as it should be exactly as originally said. A paraphrase is where you give the same message but in your own words.

Yes it's sounding ok.

[cyan forge]

"Likes taking over dislikes" is it correct to say in the meaning that there are more like likes than dislikes?

[bright pulsar]

It's most likely referring to that, yes.

[forest solar]

It's a little hard to understand

[cyan forge]

or

Took over maybe

cuz it already happened

[forest solar]

The likes are exceeding the dislikes.

[bright pulsar]

If it already happened, you wouldn't want to use the continuous tense.

[forest solar]

There are more likes than dislikes, is good

[flat rune]

yeah but connect can also mean like "Sally connects her Lego brick's" but with connect in that tense meaning like "I want to connect with Sally" like in a friend way but it means like I want to know more about Sally or I want to be friends with Sally. In English we do not special words for friends nor family (besides some pronouns and names), I have no idea how to sum it up hope I tried to explain it

[opaque current]

I see
I guess it's kinda personal like
Someone may say I love Sally
Meaning she's my partner, I want to know a lot about her, you know the drill

While someone other may say I love Sophie, meaning she's my friend

That's probably how I felt about this word, so some people would consider it to be something reserved for people you have really close connection
While others will just say it to any friend

[bright pulsar]

I think that's probably the case, but I'd see it in a more romantic manner too. It's pretty big in dating site blurbs and all that.

[cyan forge]

When to use "I'm older than you" and "I'm your elder"?

[wraith moon]

Help

[forest solar]

Connect is used for people you may not have seen in a while. It's not just lovers, best friends or friends, but can be anyone you may have met in your past, or when suggesting you meet in the future. The term has always been a general term. It's been hijacked by Facebook,linkedin etc, so most people think if it in terms of anyone.

[opaque current]

Alright, thanks :3

[cyan forge]

If heart is in a bad condition is it weak, sick, bad?

[heady crypt]

Hello,can anyone tell me how to learn english effectively so i dont have doubts?what are the methods you guys use to improve reading comprehension and what apps and wesbite do you suggest me to improve all 4 modules of english?

[flat rune]

Talk to people who speak English and listen to shows, podcasts, youtube videos and maybe read english books...this is my best advice for you to learn but you rather set yourself surrounded by the language and or use apps which can help I kinda recommend Duolingo bc obivous reasons 🔥

[heady crypt]

Where do i find those peoplr who actually interested in talking?

[flat rune]

Maybe in vcs here

[heady crypt]

Duo lingo doesnt provide any translation in my language so this option is not good for me

[heady crypt]

Do you think a teacher help better than resources on website and apps we have on net?

[flat rune]

yeah

because its interactive

and you can learn alot from other ppl

[heady crypt]

Which one is interactive?

[flat rune]

I actually don't know but you can prob sign up

maybe do work sheets

[weary ore]

hi guys I'm bad with to english so can someone help me to found a way learn more english class or speak . thank you

[native cypress]

Whats gerund

[forest solar]

Friends usually say I'm older than you, when trying to impress someone that they are more knowledge (based on being older - friendly conversation). I'm your elder is not used by people that i know of, even those u up in there 60s i don't hear of it. It did get used by old people, those that are over 70ish now, but i don't think it's used much in that context now but the younger generations at they are getting older. In Australia it is used to refer to the senior people in first nations.

@cyan forge

[forest solar]

Usual term is bad heart when chatting about personal woes. Weak heart might be used by a kid to their sports teacher if they don't want to play a sport that's going to "kill" them

[wintry haven]

I just took the english test at my uni

Damn it sure was something

I got to the B2 level, probably didn't pass the C1

[cedar dragon]

Does anyone know any English essay writing practice books

[wintry haven]

For clarity, It was like a "progressive test", meaning that you had to do all the levels. If you didn't pass a certain level, you couldn't go to the next one

[forest solar]

Teachers are very expensive relative to reading and listening to youtube. In the end the teacher provides a grammatical structures and then provides some exercises to give you practice. The only benefit then is a quick feedback to say you pronounced it well or that you have the correct structure/answer.
Doing it yourself, means you can do it when you want and have time. You can spend more time looking at the structure and more time to complete the exercises. The down side is most people don't bother to set aside time to do their study and it never gets done. Vc can supplement your personal study by giving you quick access to people to listen to your work, and for you to hear things you may need immediately.

[wintry haven]

Funnily enough, I found A1-A2 far more difficult than B1-B2, Just because each audio recording was in bri'ish english or even with the scottish accent

The american ones were only in the C1

Which to me is simply wrong

American english Is generally speaking easier than british english, period

[forest solar]

Maybe Americans can't do a1/ A2

Scots are top

[heady crypt]

showing verb as subject and object

[heady crypt]

where do i found those clips?

[heady crypt]

vc??

[forest solar]

I was there. So much calamity

[swift briar]

@forest solar thanks for being very helpful in this channel

Keep it up

[wintry haven]

Idk

[flat rune]

"The company’s pitch was to drive down costs and bring innovation to space technologies".

Even if I couldn't find any similar meaning on the dictionary, is "pitch" in here translatable as aim? Like, " the company aim was ..."

Or does it have any other meaning

[flat rune]

Do David borrow my money?

[flat rune]

Got it Moneypenny just helped me on VC thank you)

[forest solar]

Yes in this sentence that's basically it. A vision or aim.

Usually pitch is used by staff to a boss to get approval for an idea. It's usually a quick concise statement, because bosses are too busy to waste time listening.

A pitch is also given when a company is trying to sell an idea to a customer for a service or product they can sell. (This sounds like your example)

But a company doesn't follow a pitch. A pitch pushes an idea into the mind of the boss, and that translates to an approved project or shapes a business through the vision, strategies, goals.

Did David....?
Will David...?
Can David...?
Must David...?

[wintry haven]

Who is David

[flat rune]

That s so clear, thank you

[round field]

right now, it’s just an example name. I don’t think they were referring to someone’s actual name

[forest solar]

Probably use it when you can use the word "probably". It's a way of admitting something may not be absolutely true because you do not know for sure, sort of.

[mental terrace]

"kindof"

like you think you're right but theres something else

"I can sort of speak French" is like saying you can kinda speak french but not too well

like not to a full degree

[smoky steppe]

Hello guys, wanted to ask you

What is the difference between "Down below/ Down under / Down"??

[mental terrace]

down below - under something
down under - australia or new zealand
down - the direction down, like left or right

[civic mulch]

Like 'to some extent', right?

[mental terrace]

i guess so?

[smoky steppe]

Hmm

[smoky steppe]

A bit confused about "down below" and "down under"

[mental terrace]

down below is describing the location of something as "under another thing"
down under is an informal name for australia and new zealand

down under can also be used the same as down below

[swift briar]

Click the subscribe button down below and leave a like

https://tenor.com/view/outro-thanks-gif-13994618

[candid gyro]

Is there any difference between being considerate and being kind?

[zinc bluff]

Being kind means that youve done something good for another person

considerate involves thinking about things and not wanting anyone to feel bad

[candid gyro]

can i say that being considerate means to prioritize others as well, not only only myself?

[round field]

considerate is putting other people’s ideas or feelings in consideration, it doesn’t necessarily mean to prioritize others

[candid gyro]

what about being kind

[round field]

and being kind is respecting others in anyways, like thanking others for their services

[candid gyro]

does that mean being considerate also means being kind

[quaint hamlet]

Hey guys I wanna know how I can enrich my vocabulary

[candid gyro]

memorize and practice those words in a conversation constantly

[round field]

being kind

[round field]

Duolingo can help with that if it has your native language

[quaint hamlet]

Thanks but I cannot find friends in my offline life

Can I often chat here?

[candid gyro]

being kind is like a broader concept since it can mean being considerate, being generous, etc?

[round field]

yeah, #💭｜general is perfect for slightly normal online conversation, but not for real life communication all the time

[round field]

Pretty much
Being kind is respecting other services
Being considerate is taking other ideas and feelings in

[quaint hamlet]

I think I cannot escape from the influence of my native language

I’m a native Chinese speaker and you know there’re many differences between these two languages

[candid gyro]

I believe you can, but it takes time and dedication

[round field]

I think it is still very possible if you surround yourself in english influence and take chances, might be hard but not impossible

[quaint hamlet]

Good idea

[round field]

for what context?

Yes you can, but you have to add “will reach popularity” or “reached popularity”

I don’t know how to explain why that works so you might have to wait for a teacher or someone else to tel you so you dont make mistakes with that

[prime ledge]

Hi

[marble whale]

what does clogboy mean?

I couldn't find the word in any dictionary.

[wintry haven]

I have an urgent question for the native speakers

How do I greet a teacher on a zoom call?

Good morning? Hello?

[serene plinth]

Do you have the exact context where you saw/heard the word?

[wintry haven]

Pls

@serene plinth

[serene plinth]

But I'm not a native English speaker

[wintry haven]

Doesn't matter at this point

Just tell me what you think

@forest solar

[serene plinth]

In my school, we're expected to greet the teacher with a 'good morning'

I'd never ever greet my teacher with 'hello', not even in my wildest dreams

[twilit glacier]

hello will you guys help me in proposal to my english teacher? i mean how

[serene plinth]

What do you need help with?

[marble whale]

just realized it was a nickname

[bright pulsar]

It's fine.

[thorn owl]

What is the difference between adjust vs tune vs tweak and configure?

[quaint hamlet]

Maybe it’s ok? I’m not sure… It seems okay in grammar.

I’m not a native speaker

[buoyant thicket]

could you provide some context

yes you would be able to say it if him refers to a person who was / lived in the city and got oppertunities in / from the city.

[quaint hamlet]

This discord channel opens doors for me to practice English. It’s okay?

[buoyant thicket]

yes that would be correct, though a bit of a strange way to put it.

[quaint hamlet]

Sorry I just joined this channel today

🥲

[buoyant thicket]

haha thats okay, everyone starts somewhere.

[sullen compass]

What about since and for?

[flat rune]

Not sure but since is used when you want to clarify the start of the time period like since morning or since 1960s....and for is used when you want to specify the tenure...like i know him for 6 years

E.g. I'm learning music since 2018.
I'm learning music for 5 years now.

[serene plinth]

Since and for can also be used as conjunctions in addition to the adverbial use Mojo has told you about

[forest solar]

Adjust is usually moving something because it's not in the correct position or is not working optimally. Adjust the position of a chair so you can see something while sitting in it. Adjust the tv so it has a better view angle. You can adjust your camera to take a better picture because it's not presently taking the best picture.

Tweak is a fine adjustment. Something is ok, but could just be a bit better if you tweak it. Focusing the camera. Most is in focus, but if you tweak it a bit, you can see the hairs on the faces of the people in the picture.

Tune usually refers to things that make sound. You will tune a guitar, or violin. You can also tune an engine so that it is running smoothly. Radios and tvs are also tuned into channels.

Configure, is not adjusting. Configuring is when you have a device that has a set of parameters that need to be set, to provide you with personal usage. For instance phone software can be configured with dark or light screens, colors, themes etc. When you buy a car, you may be asked to choose options. That is configuring the car, sedan/wagon, color, wheels, leather seats etc. When you get the car, you may configure the onboard computer, seat positions, temperature, sports mode, etc. Basically configure is changing options, but not related to something that is broken or incorrect.

[forest solar]

Proposal? Proposal means you wish to ask your teacher to marry you? Is this what you are asking help for?

Or did you mean you have to prepare a proposal?

[forest solar]

Good morning mr/mrs/ms/miss/dr <surname>. Is fine and most polite. Or if they have a title, good morning professor, or good morning professor <surname>

Sorry so late

If they are casual, and if they introduce themself by their first name, then hello <given name>, of good morning <given name>. Would be okay.

Joe reached popularity as a talented athlete is fine. Slightly more common alternative is "Joe shot to fame...". Or even simply "Joe is famous now"

[civic mulch]

We can also say 'rise to popularity/fame', right?

[spare summit]

someone can have a rise to fame yes

[civic mulch]

Doesn't just 'rise to fame' work? Like, 'He rose to fame following the release of his first album'

[spare summit]

yes

[civic mulch]

👍

[wintry haven]

Ty

[amber junco]

Does "don't worry about it" sound rude? What other expressions would you suggest?

[thick turret]

well, i dont think so, buut u can use "no worries" or "no problem(np)" too

[knotty elbow]

When to using "do" to make a question pls ?

[rare marsh]

hi, can someone help me with this. When do i need to use "THE"? it seems to me that duolingo puts them random
I see the border between the countries
do you have the toothbrushes?

[knotty elbow]

"The" is nominative, so it change the sentence meaning

[rare marsh]

I dont know to explain it because im still learning too. But from my understanding questions start with auxiliary verbs like: do, does, did, is, are, was, were, etc
Do you need help?
Do you search something?
Are you looking for something?

[rare marsh]

i don't understand

[knotty elbow]

Oh i know thankss

[knotty elbow]

When you need to buy bread, you say :" hello can i have bread pls"
But when you ask from your friend the key you say : hi bro, can you give me the key pls ?" ( because you and your friend know and has the keys ) you know ?

[amber junco]

"The" you point at unique things, notice that sometimes you also see "the second" but at the end is always pointing out at unique subjects

If you just want bread you ask for bread, but no I want THE bread

Also dates are unique, the 1st of September

[knotty elbow]

Because you don't want particularly this bread but just a bread

[amber junco]

You use "Do" similar to "Can" to say "Are you capable of" like:
Do you need help
Are you capable of NEEDING help?

It's usually for yes and no answers

[knotty elbow]

Like ... If you want meet your baker from your friend you will say : its THE baker of my village. But if you just want present him profession you will say : it is baker

[rare marsh]

thanks, i think i understand

[amber junco]

*it is a baker
You need "a" to point at generic things

[knotty elbow]

Yes i forgot sorry

[amber junco]

You're welcome, ask here anytime

[knotty elbow]

I understand thanks

[amber junco]

I actually might be not 100% correct I just went on intuition 😅

[knotty elbow]

Oh don't worrie i use "do" with my intuition i just wanted to know the rule 🤡

[rare marsh]

i think you use do only for present simple. (but i may be wrong )

[knotty elbow]

"Do you needed any help in you life ?"

Hum idk 🤔

I thinks this sentences its correct

But its not present

[amber junco]

Will you need... Is in future form

[knotty elbow]

No its false my bad 🥲

We use did in past

With past

[amber junco]

In that case is "Did you needed..."

[knotty elbow]

Yes

[rare marsh]

do you need not needed

[knotty elbow]

Yes but i wanted make a past sentence but i write "do" and don't "did"

[rare marsh]

but i wanted to make a sentence using past and i wrote "do" instead of "did"

kk, back to duolingo. thanks for help and see you around

[zinc dew]

No

[amber junco]

Argh need to study more also please explain

[serene plinth]

English doesn't allow double negation except for very few special exceptions

So didn't needed is just wrong

[serene plinth]

It? The Baker is a person. So it should be, 'He/she/they is/are the baker of the village'.

[knotty elbow]

Yes my bad sorry

[serene plinth]

The is correct there btw

[serene plinth]

Read this
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/a-an-and-the

[knotty elbow]

Tomorow because from me its night 🌃

[forest solar]

I use "do" all the time to make questions. However thinking about it, you will receive yes/no answers (it's a closed question). Open questions will hopefully get a longer answer.

Do you like to eat? Yes
What do you like to eat? Burgers, Ice cream, vegetables....

[forest solar]

The sentence is used in response to someone who feels they have done wrong, perhaps apologizing. It's not rude to say, don't worry in response.

[forest solar]

"The" is the definite article. It is used in front of a non, when you are referring to a specific object.

If you are taking about countries if the middle east, and during the conversation you refer to countries again, you would use the countries, to continue making more that those are the countries you are talking about. If you do not use 'the', and just say 'countries' you are referring to any country in the world generally. For example, " i lived in the middle east. The countries are very hot." You can tell that in the second sentence i am saying middle east countries are hot. If i was to leave " the" it if the sentence it would be.... " i lived in the middle east. Countries are very hot". This example, is telling the listener that countries in general are very hot, all countries, but just middle east countries. Fluent English speakers would not use the second example. It is probably understandable, but confusing (perplexing).

"A"/"an" is the indefinite article. It refers to a type of object(noun) but does not suggest you are referring to any particular one. For example, "I lived next to 'a' lake". You know i lived by a lake, but you do not know which one, because i am speaking generally. "There is a big lake in my city. I lived by 'the' lake" is used to indicate a specific lake (the lake in the city. Something that we have been referring to or discussing)

[forest solar]

Use the present tense of the verb when adding do/did i make a question.

[forest solar]

It is an ok response to use it on occasion. For example, if you ask who is it?, When the fire is being knocked on, a person can respond 'it's the milk man'. Similarly if you ask someone who answered the door, they could respond with it also. Used as a gender neutral term.

[oblique venture]

I am up for something or I am down for something

both have same meaning ?

can someone explaing to me

[round field]

Up for something means you probably can do something, but you don’t have to

Down for something means you are very confident and excited for something
@oblique venture

[round field]

I thought the reaction was a middle finger and felt like I did smthn wrong for a second 😭 💀

[serene plinth]

I don't think the aforementioned sentence is a cleft one

[fickle bane]

👀

[spare summit]

what does cleft mean?

[serene plinth]

I'm copy pasting.....

We use cleft sentences, especially in speaking, to connect what is already understood to what is new to the listener. In a cleft sentence, a single message is divided (cleft) into two clauses. This allows us to focus on the new information.

It-clauses are the most common type of cleft clause. The information that comes after it is emphasised for the listener. The clause which follows the it-clause is connected using that and it contains information that is already understood. We often omit that in informal situations when it is the object of the verb:

A:
Sharon’s car got broken into yesterday, did it?

B:
No. It was Nina’s car that got broken into!

[spare summit]

thx

[candid gyro]

Is it correct and natural to say "I'll save your number back."?

[spare summit]

like a phone number?

[candid gyro]

yes

WhatsApp number

[spare summit]

yeah probably

[amber junco]

It's how Yoda speaks

[mint seal]

hello

[dense oasis]

welcome Kiu

[mint seal]

hello there

[dense oasis]

welcome Kiu

i was wondering if am talking to two different people

[mint seal]

bro its been happening with everyone

istg-

[dense oasis]

i can be your cat, not bro

meow

[noble wasp]

which is correct, "where are u going?" or "where are u going to?"?

[serene plinth]

Both are correct

[noble wasp]

could i ask it like that:

— i'm leaving now
— where?

or should it be "where to"?

[noble wasp]

wiat ig itd be "to where" not "where to" if this is possible

[serene plinth]

Well neither's exactly correct. If it's a super informal context, just 'where' is enough

No.... what are you trying to imply there exactly?

[amber junco]

If you create an object and describe the manner you could say "made out of passion"
If is a gift you could say "I made it just for you"

"Emotion" is use to indicate things in your mind, so an object can "give you emotion" but the thing that will make you do things is "passion, love... etc"

[spare summit]

where to

[amber junco]

Is also fine to say "Where"

[spare summit]

oh

sounds weird though because when you leave somewhere youre going to somewhere else

[native cypress]

Whats gerund ?

[amber junco]

"Where" can only used as response like "What"

[spare summit]

wdym

[amber junco]

If I'm using words like Where, Why, How, What... They must be used in response of something else

-I been running all day nonstop
-Why?
-I had to meet a friend on the other end of the city
-Where?

[spare summit]

yeah

[amber junco]

You also sound really straightforward so don't use it too often 😂

[amber junco]

It's a verb in ing form that can be use as noun, example studying

I study...... at the moment (You need to say what you are studying answers "the English language")
I'm studying at the moment

While studying I spend sometime answering here

[bright pulsar]

Those examples aren't gerunds. They're just verbs with the present participle form. To be a gerund, they have to actually be used as nouns. For example: "Reading is relaxing," and "I like studying."

"Reading" is a subject in the first example. "Studying" is a direct object in the second.

[serene plinth]

[amber junco]

Thanks my bad examples will end up teaching me more

[forest solar]

I don't understand the meaning of you include "back". It is ok to say," I'll save your number"

[spiral abyss]

greetings everyone, I'd like to ask a question
if one was to start learning different languages and expanding their experience in each, how would their English be effected? (specifically languages completely foreign like chinese or Hebrew or the likes)

also is there a test I can take here to rate my English language skills?

[forest solar]

'Where to?' Is fine. But not just 'where', especially with the statement, I'm leaving now. Generally, 'where' will be responded to with 'where what?' because it doesn't make real sense to ask.

[candid gyro]

it's like saying "I'll save your number too." Is it incorrect to replace too with back there?

[dense oasis]

generally, if we really wanna be picky and just harsh, then every second you speak a different language than english, your english deteriorates, but in real world this is not as easy to forget the language you already know as I just kind of threatened it might be, like you'd have to really pay no attention to it and not use it whatsoever to forget it, assuming you already know it well

[spiral abyss]

I see

also do you guys have tips on how to write a scholarship application letter over email?

[forest solar]

A an example, I spent about a year in Germany, speaking French and German primarily full time. After only about 3 months, when i was speaking English, i would be unconsciously throwing in the propositions of French or German. It was a little strange.

[spiral abyss]

hm, interesting

when you learnt a 3rd or 4th langauge did you feel your cognitive ability improve?

[forest solar]

Use 'too' or 'also' but not back.

[forest solar]

Email is the medium. Just write the letter as you would normally and attach it as a .pdf. don't do it as the body of an email. You don't know what it will look like at the other end.

Read the requirements for the scholarship on the website. There is information usually given on what they require, or format or style etc. It may even be a video application for example.

[forest solar]

You can start to see patterns between languages, that may help guess vocabulary or structure, or even give a basic understanding of languages from near by countries.

[spiral abyss]

does it extend beyond linguistics

(like mathematics and day-to-day life for example?)

[forest solar]

I tried lots of languages, useless now. My mathematics didn't improve. I don't think i noticed any change at all.

[spiral abyss]

💯

man

well I wish you the best of luck

if you or anyone wants any help I could offer do not hesitate to ask.

[forest solar]

[mental terrace]

whenever i go to greece or albania for an extended period of time i tend to replace normal words like yes and no with the greek and albanian words (still saying "yes" in greek to this day)
i'd also usually have a delay in some english convos because im not used to speaking it at that point
english def isn't lost but i just take some delay when not speaking it for a bit

[spare summit]

At least you arent a monolingual beta

[mental terrace]

friendly fire will not be tolerated

[spare summit]

Bruh

[forest solar]

I also recall a slight delay, when English was required, but i think it was due to the shock of not being the language of the moment.

[spice crescent]

Does anyone know writing petrarchan sonnet?

I need help

[amber junco]

If you need just a mock online test you could try the British Council app, the pool of questions isn't large so do it every now and than

[amber junco]

You improve on the field you are studying on, you will never learn how to go to space by reading french grammar books

You will probably learn how to talk about cheese

[forest solar]

Ça, c'est pas vrai

[amber junco]

I didn't meant that french can't be astronaut

Nice but I need a question

[swift briar]

@bright pulsar hey ron

Can i dm you ?

Ping me whenever you're available

[swift briar]

Don't worry about it, was a troll account

Dealt with

[dull flame]

Disha Florence never thought she would become a web novel writer.The lady from Bangladesh，was trying to find a way to free herself from the restrictions faced by a woman，（1）______wish she has had since she was 8.

Why put "a" instead of "the" in front of "wish", hasn't the wish already been stated in the previous sentence "find a way to free herself from the restrictions faced by a woman"?

[marble whale]

Which is correct:

1. Did anyone play Starfield?
   or
2. Have anyone played Starfield?

[balmy dome]

Why do some people use double negation in informal speech? E.g. ain't no way. Does it more emphasize the negation itself?

[balmy dome]

Has anyone*

Unfortunately, my knowledge in the grammar isn't as deep as I wish it would be, but I believe that the second one is more appropriate as you're asking about others' overall experience

[mental terrace]

both are fine

apart from it's "has everyone"

[mental terrace]

i just say it because

it's just what i say really

just an evolution of the speech

[mental terrace]

its just an evolution of "no way"

[amber junco]

the mistake is to play garbage

[forest solar]

By using 'a', wish, we are saying that it is over of many wishes she may have had. It is indefinite. If 'the' is used, then we are assuming it is the only wish she had, which is too specific to be sure of. We therefore use the more general assumption that 'the' wish to free herself is just one of many.

[forest solar]

Ain't is just poor English that is commonly used in some parts of the world. Then it's made worse by following it with no. It actually works out as 'there is not no' >>> there is, which is opposite to what the speaker is trying to say. 🙅‍♀️

[hybrid ingot]

How can I inform someone of the death of another person in a respectful manner?

no one died btw just asking lol

[forest solar]

Both are ok, but are different questions for different situations. The second is the more usual question to ask. You want to know if anyone has ever played the game in their life.

The first question is related to a more recent timeframe and situation. An example would be if a bunch of friends went to a game convention, and you all played different games. Then you may ask, "did anyone play ...?". The difference is that it relates to the event. The friends may have played it at other times, but this question confines the question to the convention.

(2 should say 'had anyone played...?')

[forest solar]

That is something that takes a lot of thought, even for professionals. Generally personally, have a direct approach, and is probably the best. "I'm sorry to have to tell/inform you that ...
A. has passed away
B. died
C. been killed in a (reason)"

[forest solar]

No lols

[hybrid ingot]

lol

[hybrid ingot]

when I pronounce "passed" should I emphasize the d at the end or is it more of a t?

[forest solar]

Passed, not past
Pronounced with the 'ed'

[round field]

It’s a really soft d, but if it’s next to a vowel it should give off a soft mix of ‘d’ or ‘t’ like “passed over” (pas-tou-vur)

This could vary from person to perisn

[forest solar]

InTeed

[hybrid ingot]

hahaha

[forest solar]

Excuse me .... inTeeT

[hybrid ingot]

no t only if it's next to a vowel

inteed

[forest solar]

E on both sides

[hybrid ingot]

lmao

you're not wrong

[round field]

lol

[balmy dome]

My gratitude, ma'am!

So, you personally advice to avoid using this "word replacer" even in informal speech? But aren't such details create casualness? Or is it beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable?

[boreal pewter]

"poor English" what the hell lol

It's not standard, but that doesn't mean it makes no sense or that people use it because they don't know how to use something else

People use it simply because it's part of their dialect, as it is in many places around the world

---

It also follows sensible rules like most things in English do, and if you understand them then it isn't strange at all. Multiple negatives happen because of negative concord, i.e. negating a sentence negates all parts of it. Plenty of languages do that, it is not in itself an illogical process (good luck telling Spanish speakers they're speaking poorly). By historical chance, the features of English that became standard don't include that, but that's arbitrary and certainly not the fault of anyone who uses it.

[south wyvern]

Are these two statements correct in grammar?

1. How long ago did you study English?

2. How long did you study English?

[boreal pewter]

1. This makes it sound like someone successfully completed studying English in the past. We don't typically view studying in that way, so it sounds strange. You could ask "How long ago did you start/stop studying English"

2. This is fine (though a teacher may expect you to stick "for" at the start or end depending on how pedantic they are)

[balmy dome]

I believe no language can be fully studied as it tends to change over time, which means it's a life-long process, so most likely the question should be "how long have you been studying English?".

[urban abyss]

hey everybody , I have a couple of questions first of all what youtube channels would you recommend to practice lisitening and increace active vocab , second , is there any female partner who wants to practice with me

[noble wasp]

"these machines don't make life easier — they make life more harassed"

what does "harassed" mean in this context?

[abstract raft]

I have a question

Is it right to say my mother is More lenient than my father?

[mental terrace]

yes

[mental terrace]

harassed is used as an adjective here, so life is described as strained or stressful

harassed as an adjective can be different from harass as a verb

[noble wasp]

got more 2 questions

1. in "it used to be that if a client..." can "if it used to be that" be replaced by "back then"?

2. "you're keeping me from working". is "keeping me from" in the sentence implying that I'm forcing the other person not to work or that I'm just annoying them in a way they can't focus on working?

[abstract raft]

How to use blood related in a sentence?

[mortal citrus]

1. Yes.
2. “Keeping me from” implies that someone else is preventing you from working.

[noble wasp]

for the #2 can i use it in both contexts i exposed?

[mental terrace]

yea

[bright pulsar]

Sure.

[dull flame]

thanks

[spiral abyss]

greetings people I wanna ask

if I want to rate my scholarship application and improve it based on someones judgement who do I send it to

someone here?

[forest solar]

Yes. They create casualness, but as i said it is commonly used in parts of the world as normal. Its a sensitive word usage. ( as the following comment from Alc indicated. ). If people use it where you end up speaking English, then feel free to use it. However, so that you don't get in trouble in parts of the world that don't use it, just avoid it. Using it in anything other than casual or local conversation may mean the difference between winning a contract or losing it.

Disclaimer: And there ain't no problem with not using double negative. I use them all the time.

[forest solar]

These are both valid questions grammatically, but have different meaning. The first asks how long ago was it when you studied. That could be 5, 10 30 years ago, perhaps when the person was at school.

The second question is asking how long did you spend studying. That could be 1,2 or perhaps 3 years duration.

Example to both. I studied French 20 years ago when i was in school. I did it for 3 years.

[forest solar]

Yes, nothing can be fully learned in a set period, but lots of people just stop and move on to other things in their life. Starting a language is not an indication it will be studied to perfection. Many kids are just forced to study, and never look back once they leave school.

[spiral abyss]

also, applying for a scholarship seems a little confusing

like where do you find their requirements for the application? do they have a specific email address for application?

[noble wasp]

"you're learning english by yourself, I take it?"

is this sentence gramatically correct?
and does "I take it" mean "I assume" here?

[mental terrace]

yep

[flat rune]

would you consider this text below to be sexist? 🤔

The way he looked at her had changed.
He no longer noticed the fine lines beneath her eyes or the slight crookedness of her teeth.
She was like a painting he’d always enjoyed looking at, but whose true beauty had only become apparent once he learned to see past the imperfections.

[mental terrace]

i think it's fine but i'd need more context to be able to really give you an answer

[mental terrace]

oh god this is gross

ew

[flat rune]

😅 💀

[flat rune]

really?

my reading comprehension is not good rn
but i could feel its somwhat creepy

[glad shuttle]

Hi guys

I'm new here

[mental terrace]

it's so fucking weird

it's like a pedophile wrote it

[flat rune]

😨

should i keep reading

[serene plinth]

It's weird

But I don't find it really bad

The puppy fat is kinda.....

But the rest isn't that bad imo

[serene plinth]

Yeah, if you want to

[serene plinth]

Just this part actually was good

[flat rune]

Her brown hair was **piled **on her head,
with a few tendrils framing her face and neck.

🤔 does it just mean her hair was well-organized, groomed?
or is it somekind of haircut

[flat rune]

👍

[abstract raft]

Is family reunion adj or noun?

[serene plinth]

Noun

[serene plinth]

You could say it was tied in a sort of bun

[flat rune]

A -“I spend half my life trying to avoid clichés, but I think I’m turning into one.”
B - “It’s called getting old.”
A - “Hey, I’m still young. Or at least youngish.”

🤔 cliches are like quotes?

is chatgpt right?
(https://ibb.co/r3ckFfy)

[serene plinth]

Cliches r not quotes...

[serene plinth]

It's kinda correct

[flat rune]

love chatgpt, and YOU!

🫡

[serene plinth]

Think of it as life turning repetitive, monotonous and boring

'trying to avoid cliches'- avoid doing the same boring things/ things turning out as what's most expected....

They basically would like to spice things up in life maybe

[serene plinth]

It's kinda like this

[flat rune]

[serene plinth]

The strands of loose hair is being referred as 'tendrils framing her neck and face'

[flat rune]

Adam watched his twins rolling around in a red-faced tangle of limbs.

🤔 red faced tangle of limbs?

(they are fighting on the rug)

[candid gyro]

are restraint and self-control interchangeable?

[serene plinth]

https://tenor.com/view/bjj-wrestling-jordan-preisinger-jordan-teaches-jiujitsu-fighting-bjj-technique-gif-26096909

[bright pulsar]

yes, in most cases

[flat rune]

https://tenor.com/view/bojack-gif-22160592

[flat rune]

[bright pulsar]

"there are no restraints for the project." would be an example of them not being interchangeable.

[serene plinth]

Red-faced --> flushed face

[flat rune]

porch is the outside part of the house with a desk?
it doesn't matter whether if it's the back or front?

(https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/fit-in/x/https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/featured-image-front-porch.jpeg.jpg)

[candid gyro]

"How are you going to make up for the mistakes you've made?"

what does to make up mean?

[flat rune]

To remedy

(his son just died in the hospital)

*A storm of conflicting voices battered Adam’s mind.
Is this really happening? Yes, Jacob’s gone. He’s never coming back. How can that be? Half-an-hour ago he was fine. It can be and it is. He’s dead. Dead. Dead...

Adam stared at his bloodstained hands. They seemed to be getting smaller, as if they were floating away from him on an outgoing tide.
The noises of his mind and the hospital were receding too, until all that remained was a silence like an ocean.

🤔 does the use of metaphor here sound weird to you?
🤔 how abt "a silence like an ocean)

[candid gyro]

what is to remedy

[flat rune]

To make something good which can replace the bad thing you done

[candid gyro]

thanks

[dusky steppe]

so in present tense we use "can" when we're absolutely sure it is true and we use "could" when we're not so sure about it. Did I get it right?

[bright pulsar]

I don't think I've ever seen a backyard deck called a porch. Could be fine though.

Nah. Definition of porch explicitly states "front part of a building," so it'd be the front deck.

[flat rune]

Joe Biden pitched for a $25bn increase in the World Bank’s lending capacity.

[forest solar]

Oh i thought it said tentacles framing head and neck 🙅‍♀️

[swift briar]

Wtf

[marble whale]

Octopus legs taste pretty good.

I love octopus legs.

[marble whale]

Could is past.

[forest solar]

It's not sexist. It's just a romantic description of a person. It is not referring to gender or portraying gender in a demeaning or less able manner

[flat rune]

hey guys i have a question

[marble whale]

Being a man myself I can tell you men don't perceive women like this.

[flat rune]

the pronoun it refers to...
During that decade, scientists in England developed the first computer program. It took 25 minutes to complete one calculation.

a- the first computer program

b- one calculation

which one idk

[marble whale]

Sounds v er you sexist.

[flat rune]

are you ok?

and no this is not a homework or a test this is just a question everyone in class is arguing over

soooooooo? what

come on

[marble whale]

You've been sitting there waiting for someone to respond to this. Congratulations.

[flat rune]

not really

and thank you very much

[marble whale]

Hehe. 😄 Took me 25 days to find the calculator on my phone.

[mental terrace]

what

[zinc dew]

Same. I read up for context and still have none.

[near cairn]

Hi guys what's the correct answer here and why

[serene plinth]

I wish!!!

[serene plinth]

Has your test ended?

[near cairn]

Of course haha i was just curious about this question

[serene plinth]

It should be the 2nd option then

[forest solar]

Atone for your sins, especially the grammatical sins.

[forest solar]

A

[candid gyro]

what does effort mean here?

What is the difference between to distort an object and to bend an object?

[candid gyro]

What's the difference between a hectic, tight, busy schedule

are they ghe the same

[forest solar]

Spell incorrecter change

[round field]

hectic means a crazy probably unorganized schedule that makes it hard or guves no room for other activities

tight means little to no time and room for other activities

busy means a probably more organized schedule that also has not a lot of time or room for other activities
@candid gyro

[flat rune]

He was a tall man, thirty-six, born of English-German stock,
his features undistinguished except for the long, determined mouth and the bright blue of his eyes,

1. 🤔 He's of English and German descent?
2. 🤔 His features are normal except his mouth and eyes?

[mint seal]

The letter combination of 'un' has two ways of reading it, depending on the word itself. The first way is 'oon' and the other way is 'uh-n.' I'm not sure what you mean by translating it as "an" but it's not possible

[mint seal]

Correct

[flat rune]

Kiu 🫡

[mint seal]

Your nickname can be pronounced in a variety of ways

So it's up to you on how you want people to pronounce it

[candid gyro]

"The crude thing about deception is that it is built on the very emotion that is essential for human relationships... trust. The greater the trust, the greater the betrayal."

What does crude mean there?

i've done it, and I still don't understand. That's why i am here

what is croase

rough?

i can't still understand the whole text

the rough thing about deception,

what does it mean

if it's cruel or evil... i will understand

do you think the word crude isn't fit there?

can you help me to understand it please

like try to rephrase it

primitive means ancient or old, right?

i still don't understand

hmmm... im still confused sry

in this, i understand that it means "rude"

but in the text i've given, it doesn't make sense to me

if it means rude

i also think it has negative meaning but i am not sure negative in what way

i'll wait for a native speaker to answer
thanks for trying to help

what is gross

gross is like disgusting, right

[flat rune]

Crude means like raw

Here

[candid gyro]

i don't get it

the raw thing about deception,

[flat rune]

Yeah like something which is bad from the origin. Like it is bad without any exception. Crude, raw

[candid gyro]

but not everything raw is bad right

is it raw things normally associated with bad things

[flat rune]

It can happen they re seen as associated with bad things, in this context, that s what the writer mind is doing

[candid gyro]

okay, but i'm still not sure

[flat rune]

Look at this sentence: "time flew". It didn't really flew, it just passed by. Alright ? So if I say "deception is crude", It doesn't mean it is bad to be ate, instead it means it is bad

It s a metaphor. + sometimes the meaning of a world does include their metaphoric meaning, it happens being the word used many times like that

[candid gyro]

it's figurative

[flat rune]

not really

Because crude it is used here not to allude to something else, with a similar meaning. It does mean what it says, because it included that meaning over time being used with that figurative sense

[flat rune]

But I am not sure about that. Maybe figurative can be used to describe the meaning of the world itself too

In that sense, you got me right anyway. I tried to help 🙂

[candid gyro]

yeah, thank you... but to make sure, i'll just wait for a native speaker to answer

[heady crypt]

Can you explain what figurative is?

[forest solar]

Can you mention a few examples of un words pronounced oon?

Oh unsera is one, but that's with a German accent

[forest solar]

Crude in this context is basic. Rudimentary.

[flat rune]

Oh so he was right to wait for a native

I got it wrong too

[flat rune]

@forest solar thank you

[forest solar]

Similar to your definition of raw. The base product that makes some thing. In this situation the basic foundation of deception. In a similar context example, crude oil, straight from the ground, used to produce all of the petrochemicals. @candid gyro

[flat rune]

In Italy it is different you cannot use crude ("crudo") like that, I mean it would sound unfamiliar. So you re giving a nuance I didn't have honestly

As crude as in the sense of "basic foundation of something"

[strange compass]

When do you exactly use the phrase "What's the odds?"?

[alpine coral]

hi everyone

[stray hawk]

What are the odds are used when things that would not happen, happen.

An extremely ugly guy gets the most beautiful girl in the school.
What are the odds?

[flat rune]

Against all odds

How can I say when someone is flirting with someone else, so that they got involved in a close conversation between themselves. Trying to explain that, I started my sentence saying, "they found themselves involved in a good vibe" but it sound so wrong. How would a native spell it out more fluently and in a more correct way. Thanks

[forest solar]

They started to hit it off.

[flat rune]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu

[carmine sierra]

Hy guys

[candid gyro]

does "hit it off" mean the same thing as "get along"?

[forest solar]

Yes

[trail slate]

“I need to listen to the 2 other parts as well”

Is this okay to say?

[candid gyro]

I think "I need to listen to the other two parts as well." sounds better.

[buoyant thicket]

I'm curious about old beleifs that were completely wrong, this could be any beleif from physics to medicinal knowledge, my goal is to find out why when and how this false knowledge came to be and what caused them to be corrected. My method of doing this will be by data-mapping what I can find and using that to find out what I can research personally, and what the goals I can realistically reach will be. <-- any mistakes in here? uses alot of words i dont normally use and frankly have no idea how I even know them.

[serene plinth]

Beliefs

[buoyant thicket]

What is it instead

Oh I see

Thanks!

Now to type it a million times to get it out of my system xd.

[serene plinth]

Now put the entire thing I #📝｜proofreading

[buoyant thicket]

i wasnt sure if it was okay for there since it was such a short writing

[hearty parrot]

Hey I have a question

What's the differences between "Open to work" and "Open for work" ? Can I use both ? I know "Open to work" is more common but "Open for work" is it still correct ?

[mortal citrus]

You cannot use both if you want to say “open to work”. Additionally, “open for work” is an uncommon phrase which could imply willingness to work, however, I would advise sticking to “open to work” if you want to be understood clearly.

[hearty parrot]

Thanks for your explanation 😊

[swift briar]

Open for work sounds really odd

I wouldn't use it in a sentence personally

Available for work sounds better

[mortal citrus]

Personally, I would just stick to “open to work”☺️

[swift briar]

Yes

[mortal citrus]

It is

[light anvil]

What is the diffrent between ' in charge of ' and ' responsible for ' ?

[flat rune]

Responsabile is linked to accountability

[light anvil]

' in charge of ' isnt the same ?

[flat rune]

Yes it depends on the context

[light anvil]

Then how to know when to use this and when to use this ?

[flat rune]

Responsabile does probably just add a nuance to it

I am responsible for your something it is not possible to be translated with in charge

But I am in charge you can also use responsible

[light anvil]

So i can use what i want ?

[flat rune]

No, it s same thing just if you don't want to add the accountability sense to it, if you want to then you can only use responsible for

But I use in charge of everytime I can in the place of responsabile to

[light anvil]

Ohh ok

Thank u

[flat rune]

Just give a look at internet

[mental harness]

guys! begging you! what’s the difference between “pay attention on” and “pay attention to”?

S.O.S

[flat rune]

To pay attention to sounds better I guess

[flat rune]

why is english so hard- like e when its at the end of a word or sentence makes ONE SINGULAR letter "say its name" what does that even mean??

why is english really hard to pronounce too

like-

because-??

WHAT

okay ;-;

[swift briar]

https://tenor.com/view/atarashii-gakko-atarashii-gakkou-no-leaders-jpop-88rising-suzuka-gif-25516375

[candid gyro]

what's the difference between graveyard and cemetery?

[flat rune]

I think it s exactly the same. Sometimes more than a world express the same exact meaning

"As the population of Europe started to grow, the capacity of graveyards was no longer sufficient (the population of modern Europe is almost 40 times higher than it was in the 7th century). By the end of the 18th century, the unsustainability of church burials became apparent, and completely new places for burying people, independent of graveyards, appeared—and these were called cemeteries"

So cemeteries is kinda more profane of the religious meaning generally implied in graveyard

[flat rune]

To buy into
2 (Austral. and N.Z.)
informal to get involved in (an argument, fight, etc.)

Is it even a thing to use it outside of those mentioned country

[round field]

I think its bc english got a bunch of influences, like it took influence from both latin and germanic languages

[forest solar]

Not familiar with the 'mom has' tense

[forest solar]

It was perfect apart from that one word.

[forest solar]

You may be responsible for performing a task, but that doesn't mean you are in charge. On a production line you may be one of 50 in people that have to put a screw into a machine, but one person would be in charge of those 50 people. The person in charge is responsible for ensuring the 50 people do their job.

[mental terrace]

every language has one of these very stupid things for others to learn, English’s is pronounciations and spellings being so inconsistent and weird

also also because we don’t use those accented letters (when we really should)

[mental terrace]

same thing

no difference

google is telling me "errr graveyard can ekshklusively aktually used when referring to graveyards in churches" but ive never heard of that

[forest solar]

That sounds about right. Also with public health laws typically forcing the prohibition of burying people in church grounds close to residential areas, the use of grave yard is slowly becoming antiquated, with cemeteries being zoned to keep the public safe from their ghostly fears and reduced property prices.

[mental terrace]

i grew up in generic american suburb #87362178321 so i never saw a church with a graveyard

[forest solar]

Yes. Suburb #87362178321 is rather void of church grave yards.

[dense oasis]

oh my, whaat... in my country it is absolutely logical that if you see a church, you will have a graveyard right next to it, like there are almost no exceptions

[forest solar]

European?

[dense oasis]

poland

[celest seal]

what is the idea of english hub?

[thorny viper]

To connect english learners and help people become more knowledgeable on english

[mental terrace]

well in america a lot of rural towns have these kinds of churches

probably something to do with religion

[candid gyro]

What's the difference between these and which is commonly used?

1. I yearn for companionship.
2. I long for companionship.
3. I am dying for companionship.

[round field]

1 shows you want companionship and have a strong desire for it

2 shows you have been wanting companionship and are wishing you’ll have it

3 shows more desperation and is dramatic way of saying you need company

Of all three, “I yearn for companionship” would be most common, but another conversation-friendly way to say this is “I want some company” or “I want some friends” or so.

[placid zealot]

A quote from Puss-in-Boots “Fear me, if you dare.” doesn’t make sense to me.
“ fear = be afraid of ” right?
Shouldn’t it be “frighten me” instead?
any explanation?

[mental terrace]

is he saying

he wants to be frightened

or he wants the other guy to be scared of him

[supple holly]

"Frighten me" would mean Puss is asking his enemy to make him scared. Which makes sense but it doesn't fit his character

The sentence he uses is a little strange, but it shows his personality perfectly. He's arrogant, and he thinks that even the bravest people will be afraid of him (the rest will run away or something else). So that's why he says "fear me / be afraid of me"

Don't think about it too much. Puss is just smack talking his enemies

[supple holly]

#📚｜english-questions message

[quaint hamlet]

What’s the meaning of the sentence: The world is my oyster

[flat rune]

it means you have the entire world to discover

[forest solar]

Puss is telling the other person to be scared of Puss. Basically, 'you are permitted to be scared of me, if you have the courage to even do that', meaning Puss is scarier than fear itself.

[serene plinth]

It means that you can do whatever you want or go wherever you want to go

[frosty charm]

Swotting up on everything before a month of exams is not effective. (does this sound okay? and is it grammatically correct? it's an example sentence for the new phrasal verb that I've learned so I'm wondering if it's correct

I always just scrape through midterms because they're not very important. (another one yes)

should it be "scrape through during midterms or just" scrape through midterms"

[candid gyro]

You seem to be busy with something important on your phone.
You seem busy with something important on your phone.

Which one is correct?

[terse geyser]

No 1

[candid gyro]

what's the difference between those two?

[serene plinth]

Both are correct

[candid gyro]

is there any difference between those two?

[serene plinth]

They're two different grammatical structures

[terse geyser]

Yes

[serene plinth]

But they more or less mean the same

[terse geyser]

More

[candid gyro]

more?

[candid gyro]

is there any difference in terms of formality

[serene plinth]

I couldn't tell but the second one is more common imo

In spoken English I'd more likely say, 'you seem busy'.

[candid gyro]

okay

[civic mulch]

Both are, (to be) is optional, though in some other sentences I would probably include it bc it would sound better to me

[serene plinth]

Late

https://tenor.com/view/katy-perry-katy-katycat-katycats-cats-gif-12230482

[civic mulch]

Your answer wasn't very definite /j

🤓

[candid gyro]

what are the examples of sentences that you would use the stucture "seem to be"?

[civic mulch]

I seem to be the only person who hasn't heard the news.
There seems to be a mistake. -> I think here 'to be' is necessary.

[candid gyro]

I see. These sentences sound natural to me too. Thank you.

[civic mulch]

👍

[real oyster]

👍

[candid gyro]

👍

[serene plinth]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-chibi-gif-5632826940074807419

[flat rune]

What is the name of the chicken pieces?

[flat rune]

How do I describe the pieces of chicken I will eat?

@flat rune

Skin, breast, wing, thigh

[dense oasis]

skin...

[celest seal]

ok thanks

[supple holly]

Chicken nugget?

[forest solar]

1 is preferred. The two are both grammatically correct. The first has the nuance that you are busy and it's with something on the phone.

The second gives a slightly more broad interpretation that could be seen as you are busy and it includes the stuff on your phone (generally busy as well).

[forest solar]

Both of the scrape statements are used interchangeably and commonly.

For the first statement, did you actually mean swotting up on everything a month before exams is not effective?

[forest solar]

Early.

[forest solar]

Also in addition to those luk4 said: drumstick, 1/4 chicken, 1/2 chicken, rear 1/4, front 1/4. "What you got for lunch." "I've got a 1/4 chicken. Front 1/4 to be exact. Nom noms. "

[frosty charm]

what does interchangeably mean? 😭 and yes I meant that

[forest solar]

It means you can use either just as well as the other. They both work for the same situations.

[spice hound]

When we use in, at or on?

[flat rune]

Ooh that all?

[flat rune]

@flat rune

[flat rune]

Thank uuu

[flat rune]

Thank uu tooo

What do you know about rolling down in the deep?

[dense oasis]

isn't this sentence from one song

like

"astronaut in the ocean" probably

[mental terrace]

idk but when your brain goes hard you can call that mental freeze

[livid raft]

Do you recommend any app for learning new words?

[serene plinth]

Ask Adele

https://tenor.com/view/adele-gif-18952453

[mental terrace]

i dont know if they have it for english but memrise is really good for cramming

like cramming vocab

[livid raft]

Thank you

[dense oasis]

like, learning, not cramming? then Anki, but it is rather intimidating for a new user so yeah, the major feature is that it can distribute huge amount of data among periods so that you can study less per day

[trail slate]

“can i have the marker for a minute ?”
Is this ok to say?

[mental terrace]

yeah

all good

[amber junco]

Yes, it is correct.

[amber junco]

Either watch YouTube about a particular subject you like or try Duolingo I guess, I mostly saw a lot of videos.

[hazy herald]

Word: antecede

Definition (verb): be earlier in time; go back further

Definition requested by mohammad_ali_ansari

Word: cacophony

Definition 1 (noun): a loud harsh or strident noise
Definition 2 (noun): loud confusing disagreeable sounds

Definition requested by mohammad_ali_ansari

[forest solar]

My local choir🙉

[candid gyro]

Which one is correct?

1. I fell out of my bed last night.
2. I fell off my bed last night.

[serene plinth]

Both are correct

[candid gyro]

which one is more commonly used?

[candid gyro]

if i use the phrase fell out of my bed and fell off my bed... they're frequently the same

[serene plinth]

Hmmm

I fell off my bed does ring well

That's why it's so common

[candid gyro]

when I asked chatgpt, it says "i fell off my bed"

[serene plinth]

It sounds good

[candid gyro]

i wonder if there's a hidden implication

like the word out implies something

[serene plinth]

Ludwig spoke in favour of 'fell out of bed'

[serene plinth]

I think it would be more of an individual visualisation of the two phrases

[candid gyro]

what do you mean by an individual visualisation

[serene plinth]

How one pictures the word in their mind

Like for example when you think of an apple, you picture a red fruit

[candid gyro]

how do you visualize the phrases of i fell out of my bed and i fell off my bed

[serene plinth]

They're pretty much the same

[candid gyro]

okay..

which one do u use btw?

[serene plinth]

Also fall out of bed has another meaning

[candid gyro]

what is the other meaning

[serene plinth]

You'll find it in American English, books like Percy Jackson

[serene plinth]

Collins dictionary says that it means to get out of bed quickly

And I think that's exactly how it's used in Percy Jackson

[candid gyro]

i am more convinced to use "i fell off my bed last night"

[serene plinth]

Use whichever you feel like

[tough wolf]

hello, i have a question, are both of these correct?
"in case something happens"
"in case something happened"
whats the difference?

ifaik the word "in case" here is the same as if, so it shouyld be the second one right?

[dense oasis]

you are right when you say that "in case" is close to "if", but no, there is nothing wrong in the sentences you provided, both are actually correct

[tough wolf]

so the usage also the same? first one is for first conditional and second for second conditional?

[dense oasis]

the difference is that "in case something happens" would mean that something can happen any moment now and also in the future, but "in case something happened" means that something could happen only in the past, not now or in the future from now

[tough wolf]

ah i see, thanks for the explanation!

[dense oasis]

they can be used in conditionals, of course, and the first one is actually the so-called "zero conditional" (because it uses present simple, happens, after the condition so after in case), the second one is second conditional indeed

also

if i think about this

then the first one could also be used in first conditional, yes

in case something happens, she calls me = zero conditional

in case something happens, she will call me = first conditional

in case something happened, she would call me = second conditional

in case something had happened, she would have called me = third conditional

as you probably have noticed by now, "in case something happens" can be the beginning of both zero and first conditional, since they both begin with a condition and the present simple tense

although, like, if we wanna be very picky, then you can actually start the zero conditional with even another present tense, not only the simple one, "in case something is happening, she is calling me", for example, is also valid, but the most common occurence is that it is just present simple, nothing overcomplicated

[tough wolf]

whats the proper sentence when you phone a person and their voice is broken? is it "your voice is breaking up"?

[serene plinth]

@dense oasis r u actually talking in the vc?

[mint blade]

"You voice is cracking " use of "up" is no use

[dense oasis]

yes i am

[serene plinth]

Works. You could also say, 'you're breaking up'.

[serene plinth]

This works too

[tough wolf]

okay, thanks!

[dense oasis]

btw why did u ask

like specifically me

lol

[serene plinth]

Cuz you usually don't do so?

[dense oasis]

kind of

yeah i dont

i usually just answer people here

[native forge]

Is "smorgasbord" recognized as an English word?

[supple holly]

It's listed in Cambridge Dictionary so yes

[flat rune]

You re lagging

It s always nice to see all those synonyms

[candid gyro]

what about "your voice is breaking up?"

is it not used?

[flat rune]

You re just adding your voice to the sentence

[candid gyro]

i know

im just asking if native use "you're breaking up" or "your voice is breaking up"

[flat rune]

I am long way to be native 😂

But I ll try to answer

[candid gyro]

what do you usually use

[flat rune]

They re exactly the same thing

[candid gyro]

i see, i read somewhere before i dont know exactly where, but some guy said that "it's not you that is breaking up, but it's your voice."

so ever since, i kept using your voice is breaking up

[flat rune]

There s not such a comparison between what s used the most since you re making the sentence longer by adding a different subject to it, as you would like to emphasise the fact that it is your voice that s breaking up. Natives naturally get it by the context

[candid gyro]

i get what you mean

[candid gyro]

but i think there's something like which is preferred the most by native speakers

[serene plinth]

Yup it is

[thorn owl]

why does my arm hurt now? or why is my arm hurting right now? what is better to say? correct way to say?

[dense oasis]

the first one, which is kinda weird if you think about this, since the continuous tense theoritically should be the best, but it is not here

[dense oasis]

the explanation some people give when it comes to this context is "when talking about emotions or feelings, present simple is prefered over continuous"

so

I love you is correct

am loving you is weird

I like it is correct

am liking it is also kinda, weird? like something is off

[bright pulsar]

It's a bit more nuanaced than that, I think. Our subject is a body part, so it's not that weird to use the continuous here. "My hands are moving on their own" for example.

[dense oasis]

hm really

i went with that thought process because i saw "to hurt"

[bright pulsar]

Yes. I don't think the latter is too strange. I can see your point, but I'm not sure it applies so much here.

[dense oasis]

okay

[bright pulsar]

It's a bit in the middle, I think. I wouldn't find it strange to hear either

[flat rune]

they're both correct and I've heard both

[astral warren]

Can someone please give me some example that explains what is the difference between
You and i....
You and me...

[flat rune]

You typically can tell the difference by removing the "You"

so like

"You and I will be leaving soon"

"You and I will be leaving soon"

which is why "You and me will be leaving soon" is incorrect

because you wouldn't say "Me will be leaving soon"

"You and me" you would most often just say by itself

like
"Who all is going on the trip?"
"You and me"

I hope that's what you meant

[bright pulsar]

"me" is an object pronoun. "I" is a subject pronoun. You need to use one or the other depending on which type it's being used as. The "you and..." doesn't really matter.

"The cake is for you and me." vs "You and I are going to share the cake."

[flat rune]

^definitely a way that makes more sense

[flat rune]

You're A magicman

[past jungle]

Hi guys, I need help with some business idiom. I used to be a client of consulting agencies, and now I'm working at a consulting agency. So I'm looking for an expression to say that I switched from a side to another of this business relation. Does anybody knows some expression that helps me to say that?

In my language I'd say "sitting on the other side of the table" but I', not sure if this is a real expression in english. Haha

[flat rune]

I don't really think I've heard of an expression used for that kind of situation before.

The only thing I'd say is changed sides or changed teams but the latter is much less formal.

[stuck vigil]

Maybe something like "now I am on the business side" or "I've transferred over to the other side"

[weak quail]

Any difficult questions today

[smoky steppe]

It wasn’t raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But it had been raining, so the ground was wet.

Guys why "had been raining" why I cannot use "was raining" like at the start

[narrow lark]

Hello , I have the question what's the difference both will, going to, simple present (future) , present continuous (future). Someone know about it?

[smoky steppe]

Some examples? I ain't certain but I can try to explain if you want

[narrow lark]

have teachers in my country who talk that the difference both will and going to is the certain , but present continuous in future is really confuse for me. How much I search , more and more I become confused

[flat rune]

For me those two are the exact same thing except they're two different tenses. "It was raining" is past simple and "It had been raining" is past perfect. The past simple and past perfect tenses are very similar to each other anyway, so I don't see why it's the biggest deal? Most of the time people who would correct that are nitpicking, although I'd say the perfect tenses are usually used more formally anyway.

[flat rune]

Are you asking what the difference between the present progressive tense and the future tense are?

[smoky steppe]

For me, for instance: If you say "I'll be flying this morning" - it is already relate to the future plans in this case and underline some "plan" because you was going to fly before and you will be in the middle of flying

[narrow lark]

No, the different uses in future, maily the relation both going to and present continuous( future use)

[smoky steppe]

yeaaap, but it makes me confuse... a bit

Like I cannot get what does it mean in that case if I use "past perfect" what does it emphasize

[narrow lark]

but the sentence isn't going to? Because have more certain and this action cannot is a instantly plan

[smoky steppe]

It could be

[flat rune]

The only real difference between using past perfect and past simple I can think of is like this:
"It had started raining when I left for work."
vs.
"It started raining when I left for work."

The first sentence implies it was already raining by the time that you left, but the second sentence implies that it started raining the moment you left.

[smoky steppe]

I'm going to move to Canada - just your decision
I'll be moving to Canada - (You decided it before and you will be in the middle of "moving" process")

If you want to say it "instantly" use "will"

I will move to Canada - (you might be decided it "right now")

[smoky steppe]

Interesting

[narrow lark]

man , my school explain this in oposite

[smoky steppe]

It is hard, but native speakers do not follow rules, same goes with me

[narrow lark]

sad bro

[smoky steppe]

I might be wrong, I ain't a native, it is jsut how I feel

[flat rune]

Well, for me "I am going to" and "I will" are used almost completely interchangeably in regular conversation.

[smoky steppe]

It depends on context mostly

[flat rune]

I can think of a few differences though
"I am going to" is usually used for more immediate things like "I am going to go to the store"
"I will" is typically used for things more further out in the future like "I will go to Paris."

[smoky steppe]

Yea

Agree

[narrow lark]

Does native say present continuous in future? Or the schools talk about it for preucation

[flat rune]

Those are two different things

Present continuous or present progressive (same thing) is different than future

[narrow lark]

in my school people say that present continuous can be used in verbs of movement and plans

[smoky steppe]

@flat rune Damn, I got it, "It had been raining" before they went out 'cuz the ground was wet, but in that moment when they were out it wasn't raining :D I hope you get, anyway I got it, thx!

[narrow lark]

I don't know that people really talk in this form

[smoky steppe]

Do you have some examples you have problem with? @narrow lark

Like sentences idk

[flat rune]

Present continuous sentences would be "I am going to the store" or "I am going to find out later."

[narrow lark]

For example: Michael is meeting his dad in 20 minutes x michais is going to meet his dad in 20 minutes

[smoky steppe]

Same for me

[flat rune]

The first one is the present tense and the second is the present progressive tense

basically the present continuous tense is like the bridge between the present and future tenses

It's usually used for the more immediate future

[smoky steppe]

For me, second one underline kind of "plan" but it is the same for me, but @flat rune is native, so he can clarify it better

[narrow lark]

Then the difference was being the timeline? maybe

(time)going to is longer than (time)present continuous?

[flat rune]

"Going to" is present continuous

"Will" is future

"Michael is going to" typically means it is in a shorter amount of time than "Michael will"

If someone says "I am going to" then they already have the plans for it and they are doing the thing soon
If someone says "I will" then they are either coming up with the plans for it or the event will happen much further into the future

[flat rune]

That's right but there's more to it than that it's just I can't think of how to explain it at the moment.

[smoky steppe]

it is okay

[flat rune]

Because you can say "It had been raining for over 8 hours." when referring to a recent event where it rained for 8 hours but usually when it happened further in the past you would say "It rained for over 8 hours."

[smoky steppe]

damn :D

[flat rune]

I don't know if I need to explain this but I can just kind of explain the different tenses
"It is raining"
"It rained."
"It will rain."
Those are all simple tenses and are very uncertain and don't imply any sort of recent occurance or anything

"It has been raining"
"It had been raining"
"It is going to rain."
Those are all the perfect tenses of present, past, and future, and all imply that something is happening, will happen, or has happened recently

[smoky steppe]

Hm.. okie

[flat rune]

So saying to someone "It will rain." is typically very uncertain in terms of time frame but can usually be interpretted as soon

But when someone says "It is going to rain." it is almost always interpretted as "It will rain soon"

I think that makes sense right? lol

[smoky steppe]

Yea

Thx

[flat rune]

okay okay okay good. I don't know if you already knew that but I finally figured out like the way to say it lol

[smoky steppe]

But I don't know how "Had been raining" can be used for recent action, because it happened before something

[flat rune]

"It had been raining for 8 hours." -- It was raining but stopped recently
"It rained for 8 hours." -- At some point in the past it rained for 8 hours

[smoky steppe]

But it should be "It has been raining for 8 hours"??

[flat rune]

"It has been raining for 8 hours" means it rained for 8 hours AND is still going

[smoky steppe]

Oh, damn

[flat rune]

The difference between "It has been" and "It had been" is that "It has been" means the event is still occurring and "It had been" means it has recently stopped

[smoky steppe]

same if I say "it was raining for 8 hours"

[flat rune]

Well

[amber junco]

Present perfect and past perfect

[flat rune]

Yes

Correct

[flat rune]

This is usually like referring to a past event in a story. So like you would say "It was raining for 8 hours, but then it stopped."

[smoky steppe]

So I cannot use it individually?

[flat rune]

People don't really use it by itself

[smoky steppe]

hm...

[amber junco]

"it was raining for 8 hours..." sounds incomplete cause you are telling about that time that it had rained.

[flat rune]

It's hard to describe but "It was raining" would usually mean that you're placing yourself in the past and going through something chronologically which usually would not go by itself.

[flat rune]

This too. The past progressive tense is usually used when telling a story to someone.

[smoky steppe]

hm... interesting

okie dokie

[flat rune]

like "I was doing great, but then I fell down."

[smoky steppe]

So individually I can use "past perfect" or "past simple"

[flat rune]

yes

[whole dagger]

the only time youd say something like

“it was raining for 8 hours” on its own is like

if someone was asking you how long it rained for

[smoky steppe]

Now I'm confused

[whole dagger]

ignore what i said

[dense oasis]

no

[smoky steppe]

I cannot unsee it :D

[whole dagger]

what have i done 😭

[dense oasis]

• why didnt you go out and meet your sister
• it was raining for 8 hours
• oh

works

[whole dagger]

yeah i guess

[flat rune]

Yeah

Because there's context

[dense oasis]

lmao

[smoky steppe]

[flat rune]

meet is correct what

[whole dagger]

meet is correct

[flat rune]

You incorrected yourself 😎

[dense oasis]

okay, i mean, am confused, it is like 1 AM here and i just woke up

So yes

[flat rune]

"It was raining for 8 hours" needs context

"It had rained" and "It rained" do not

[smoky steppe]

Okie, it is enough for me, gonna sleep on it, thx all

[dense oasis]

lmfao it is always the best part

[flat rune]

gotta love when you don't know a language fully and don't know if you're right or not

[amber junco]

So basically if you want to use "it was..." You are talking about the past that is not an event that happened few moments ago.

You also have to keep in mind that it need further context so you have to add something after or use it as response

[flat rune]

^ Yep that's pretty accurate

[dense oasis]

what do you even mean by knowing the language fully, you do not do this yourself despite being native

[amber junco]

I'm having a mind blow about the perfect tense cause my native language doesn't have anything similar

[whole dagger]

what your native language?

tense is funky in many languages

[amber junco]

Italian 🍕

[whole dagger]

thats only got imperfect right

[amber junco]

To say that it rained it would be like
It rained until now

Ha piovuto fino adesso

[dense oasis]

italiano 🤌

[amber junco]

I have been pizzing margeritas

[whole dagger]

lol

i was trying to send an italy message but i couldnt lol

[dense oasis]

i have been eagling around walmarts

[narrow lark]

@flat rune thanks man

[dense oasis]

riding a freedom eagle

[whole dagger]

rip

[amber junco]

That's really rude I guess...

[whole dagger]

prolly the second word?

fatto

[amber junco]

Io_ho

[flat rune]

If you have any other questions just @ me

[whole dagger]

Io_ho fatto, isnt that perfect?

[dense oasis]

sounds perfect

like a pizza

[amber junco]

Yes but we use the particle while in English you use Have/has

@flat rune you are pretty good with grammar, I'm not sure when I'm going to need help but probably I will coming here every now and than.

[flat rune]

Thanks

I like to think I'm at least decent at english since it is my only language I'm fluent in lol

[amber junco]

I'm living in the UK and most of the people are not even good at that lol

Not even the British

[flat rune]

Well most americans I know don't know what an adjective is so I think I'm doing pretty good for myself

[whole dagger]

its crazy sometimes

[flat rune]

For real

I guarantee you @amber junco you are better than like 95% of the people I've met in the states lol

[amber junco]

Awh thanks

[flat rune]

Wouldn't say it if it wasn't true 😎

I think I also care more about my english because I am also a creative writer from time to time

You can flex on 99.99% of native english speakers when you ask them what a gerrund is and they don't know

[whole dagger]

gerund??? isnt that the thing that happens when two objects move against eachother

[flat rune]

it's a verb acting as a noun

running is my favorite sport

[whole dagger]

ik

but we ball

[flat rune]

i

did not catch any references then sadly 😔

i have been bamboozled

that is MY bad

[whole dagger]

nah we ball

you good gang

[flat rune]

GANG!?

[whole dagger]

gang

[flat rune]

speaking of other languages and their tenses

german's future tense

big yikes

for me anyway

wow

rest in peace my entire paragraph

[amber junco]

Shouldn't be similar to English since they came from the same branch?

[flat rune]

i corrected myself

i meant progressive tense not future tense

they have a future tense but they don't have a progressive tense

[forest solar]

Natives use both. Both are understood in context. If someone says "you are breaking up" is bad, they are just joking around.

[forest solar]

This is a good example of why the two tenses are used. The use of 'had rain' imports a message that prior to you going out when it wasn't raining, there was rain.

If you used 'it was raining' you would be immediately contradicting what you just said in the first sentence.
You can see this clearer if you strip t down to the basic messages.
It wasn't raining.... But it was raining. (Contradiction)
It wasn't raining, when i went out. But it has been raining. (Not happening at past moment, but had happened before that past moment.)
The tense allows you to speak of earlier events relative to something that happened in the past.

@flat rune for your reference also

[forest solar]

These can be used the same way. They will both give you a future tense. In conversation, many people would probably say 'I'm going to.... ' and "I'll be...." so you may not hear will so much, but it is being used.

[forest solar]

Yes. That's a good way of comparing the two. Will is a little further off into the future whereas 'going to' conveys a sense of doing it soon.

[forest solar]

Yes.

[candid gyro]

Is the word con commonly used to mean a disadvantage?

like "This is the con of using this strategy."

[flat rune]

I also know that this word means a bluff which is like a trick or smth similar ( correct me if I'm wrong ).

[turbid shard]

It's an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something

[flat rune]

Yep.

Thanks for reminding me the exact meaning.

[turbid shard]

Any time mate

[candid gyro]

Why is "Where are u going to school?" used here?

Isn't "Where do you school?" more fit?

B: Everything's been good with you?
A: I haven't been better. How about yourself?
B: I started school recently.
A: Where are you going to school?
B: I'm going to PCC.
A: How do you like it so far?
B: I like it so far. My classes are pretty good right now.

[native forge]

What is the difference between "satisfactionally" and "satisfactorily?"

[candid gyro]

satisfactionally is not a standard English word.

[flat rune]

without Googling could you be able to guess what "resonance cascade" means? 🤔

Freeman's experiment takes place and results in a "resonance cascade",
causing massive damage to the facility and teleporting alien creatures into the base.

[candid gyro]

The adverb form of "satisfaction" is "satisfactorily." not "satisfactionally"

[native forge]

Oh? It sounds grammatically correct though, but I guess not.

[forest solar]

I accept the challenge, and guess from the passage that is sci fi, so possible it's not real, but if i was to guess what it means,... I'm going to say that aligning the wave harmonics to the resonant frequency of the energy field being generated will cause a cascade effect similar to dominos falling, with each successive collapse triggering a larger release of energy thus allowing for the teleportation to take effect.

[flat rune]

wowww

[forest solar]

I rarely hear it just stated. Most often it will be a word such as 'problem', 'issue' or 'disadvantage' used. However if the question "what are the pros and cons of ... " Then i know people will use the word as you have in your example.

[forest solar]

And, what was the answer?

No where near

Ofc