📚｜english-questions

[acoustic geyser]

Yo

Can I use be going to for intention and plan?

?def echo

[hazy herald]

Word: echo

Definition 1 (verb): ring or echo with sound
Definition 2 (verb): call to mind
Definition 3 (verb): to say again or imitate

Other definitions can be found here

Definition requested by xeventxhorizonx123

[neat bone]

What's the difference between till and cultivate?

[tepid bough]

till is breaking up the soil to prepare it for planting. cultivate is like a soil management that focuses on the layer of the soil. It usually happens after plants being planted

idk why but here is another difference

[tepid bough]

yes you can

what’s that. Haven’t heard of it before

[neat bone]

This makes more sense

[acoustic geyser]

What's different between:
We are going to move at 1:00 AM
We are moving at 1:00 AM

[neat bone]

Cambridge gave same definition for both and threw me off

Till: to prepare and use land for growing crops
Cultivate: prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.

[sleek pewter]

The same thing, but whit another words

[outer tapir]

college board

[sweet breach]

help

[tepid bough]

study

[acoustic geyser]

Studied

[tepid bough]

the subjunctive mood

[acoustic geyser]

Something happens in the past, innit?

[tepid pivot]

studied

[tepid bough]

moving is like 80-90% sure you will do it. are going to move is just about 60-70% i remember

[tepid pivot]

hello what is difference between i will and i am going to

[acoustic geyser]

Going to is bound to happen than will when we use for predicting

[tepid bough]

will can be used to talk about sth with certainty. be going to is used to emphasize the decision

[tepid pivot]

please use simple english

[thorn condor]

will - you're 100% sure that the event happens in the future
going to - works as a guess / intention

[tepid pivot]

but google says opposite

i dont understand

[tepid bough]

i thought will is not 100%?

[cloud badge]

I will means you want to and you plan to. I am going either meant that you will or that you literally are about to start or on your way to do something.

I will is a little more vague i guess

[tepid pivot]

so going to is 100%

will is 50%

[cloud badge]

They both are intended to mean 100% but going to can either mean right now or at any future time. I will is indefinite

Going to is usually more immediate than i will

[tepid bough]

makes more sense now

[cloud badge]

Yeah you can replace going to with 'i will' or 'im on my way to'

Depending on the circumstance

[thorny hearth]

Hello folks, how do i go about learning the IPA? i want to be able to pronounce words accurately and further understand the intricacies of the english language. I want to, then broaden the IPA knowledge to assist some other languages too.

[cloud badge]

I don't know the best way but how i did it was reading the ipa in the dictionary for words i already know how to pronounce.

Aside from that its probably like learning any other alphabet

[thorny hearth]

Ahh... that's thing. I am quite unfamiliar with the stuff. Infact, i came to know about it a couple of weeks ago. Guess I'll stick to watching some yt videos if i ever get the time

[cloud badge]

Most English speakers are very unfamiliar with it so no worries. I only am interested because i like etymology. DrGeoffLindsey has some good YouTube videos about that stuff c:

[thorny hearth]

I am not exactly worried, i just want to learn it. I'll check the yt video out for sure. Thank you

[cloud badge]

The first just implies its not 1am yet. The second could either mean the first, or, that it is 1am and you are currently moving but it would be a bit odd to use it that way.

[muted knot]

Guys im so desperate lool i need help with this- In sentence - Whistling in the theatre on opening night is unlucky. Is the phrase opening night - participle, noun or gerund phrase i cant tell - i thought its gerund my teacher said participle and chat gpt says noun

[rapid bison]

this is an advert for which I can stand 😎

[rapid bison]

"opening" is a participle, as it modifies "night" as an adjective.
it is not a gerund, as it doesn't work as a noun.

however, the entire phrase of "opening night" is a noun phrase.

[muted knot]

Yesss that now makes sence omg🤣 thank youu

[zealous rampart]

hi

[opaque topaz]

Are any of the teachers here actual school teachers? im wondering bc i want to ask them something

[signal shell]

I was a school teacher until recently. I might even get back into it someday.

[opaque topaz]

Omg could you help me w/ formalist literary theory?

I am looking for tips on how to write better essays using that

[signal shell]

"opening night" can be difficult to decipher grammatically. "opening" itself is being used as an adjective to "night". I actually agree with chatgpt on this one. It's a noun. But I may be convinced otherwise if someone brings up a good argument.

[signal shell]

I'm not familiar with formalist literary theory, unfortunately. I taught maths and sciences.

[supple mica]

guys

when do we say " done "

like

" i done drugs "

and

" i did drugs "

what is the difference between them

and when do we use them

[signal shell]

It's either "I did drugs" or "I have done drugs"

You can't say "I done drugs"

[supple mica]

oh alr thanks

and what about " could " and " would "

when do we use them

[signal shell]

They are the past or hypothetical forms of "can" and "will"

You use "could" a lot like how you use the word "can". It is what you are able to do in some imaginary scenario.

[opaque topaz]

Ohh 😭 im done for

[signal shell]

You use "would" a lot like you use the word "will". It is what you intend to do if some imaginary scenario happens.

[supple mica]

oh thanks

[supple mica]

ross can i add u to my gc

bc

ahh

my friends english is so horrible

same as mine

so everytime we make a grammar mistake

u correct it

[signal shell]

I don't mind added, but I don't expect I would be able to devote much time to reading through it

[eternal reef]

Jane has a sweet tooth. She loves eating ice cream, and her favourite is strawberry ice cream. She eats it often but ___ she eats too much ice cream, she tends to fall sick.
Can I ask if the answer is when or whenever? I am slightly confused about those two, as I search it said when is expected to happen once, on the other hand, whenever is for repeated event

[flat rune]

I done drugs is wrong

[gaunt mango]

Your difference of when and whenever are correct.

"She eats it often but whenever she eats too much ice cream, she tends to fall sick." makes more sense because you stated that she eats the ice cream often, therefore her getting sick from eating too much ice cream is a likely and repeating event.

You would say "when" if it is more of a singular event, or not something really repeated.
"Call me when you arrive"
(whenever cannot work here because you arriving won't happen multiple times, at least not in this simple context)

[boreal ingot]

four votes, if you look at the reaction from Alexei

[modest nimbus]

what means freaking out?

[tepid bough]

how to use the word cut-price?

[gaunt mango]

Cut-price is an idiom meaning a price that's typically well below market value, or very cheap.

"She wanted to buy that new purse because it was cut-price!"
cut-rate is also commonly used
"She wanted to buy that new purse because it was cut-rate!"

[gaunt mango]

"Freaking out" means to lose control or emotion because of extreme feeling.

"She was freaking out because she lost her wedding ring only a week after getting it"

[supple mica]

what does lowkey mean ?

[gaunt mango]

It basically means on the down low, or chill.

"I lowkey love Taylor Swift" (The person saying this is trying to keep the fact that they like taylor swift quiet, or more of a secret)

[supple mica]

i will give u an example

oh yeah

[supple mica]

oh thanks

buddy

no one loves taylor swift

[gaunt mango]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifties
There is a whole article on this.

[supple mica]

"swifties"

[modest nimbus]

love ya

[supple mica]

taylor swift fans are like 14 yo or 13 yo

[gaunt mango]

I think the average age of a swiftie is 22

[supple mica]

nope

maybe their brain is washed

or girls

alr gn zovixi

[tepid bough]

ty

[boreal ingot]

Hey you all, would you be able to tell me what 'disillusion' means without looking it up?

I'm just trying to see typical understanding of the word

[gaunt mango]

Hmmm

Whenever I hear disillusion my first thoughts are unhappiness with a system or structure

so like

"He was disillusioned with how things were run at the prison, escape was possible any moment"

[mystic basalt]

Does anyone here have any experience with the Five stars exam from bright language?

[boreal ingot]

Oh, I've always thought of it as meaning 'wrong perception of something', as in 'he had many disillusions about himself', but apparently it means this??

disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

[gaunt mango]

English be doing that sometimes

flammable = inflammable

there is no difference between these two words

why? idk

[boreal ingot]

Ig it's uncommon enough to not be well-understood

the word

[gaunt mango]

yeahhhh

i mean

[boreal ingot]

I just heard someone say 'self-disillusion'

I have no idea what that means

[gaunt mango]

even though most native english speakers don't encounter it very often, you can define words just by how their placed in context

a song i listen to often is called "disillusion in a discordant system"

it might be tough for newer english learners but in contexts it helps natives or fluent speakers understand words without looking them up or hearing them before

[gaunt mango]

self disappointment

you thought you were good, but you aren't

[boreal ingot]

Yeah I normally do that

but I couldnt do it this time around for some reason

[boreal ingot]

I'll share the vid one sec

[gaunt mango]

Not enough context is my guess

Here’s one, without googling it, do you know what the word cajoled means?
If not here is a sentence that could help provide enough context.

“She was cajoled into coming with her friends to hang out, even though initially she didn’t feel like going”

[boreal ingot]

https://youtu.be/LcOsWZWFLr4?t=98

it's 2 mins in, but I start the clip at 1:40 for some context

I'd suggest watching the first 1 min also, but idk

do what you think is best

[gaunt mango]

Versus a sentence without enough context for the word odium

“She had a deep odium for him”

[boreal ingot]

I think I know cajoled already, jusst vaguely

but yeah that context helps greatly

eliminates my doubt about the meaning

[boreal ingot]

Id guess reverence/respect but no idea

[gaunt mango]

Right. No context
Odium basically means hatred

[boreal ingot]

ah, looking it up, I was wrong

[boreal ingot]

I don't think 'self-disillusion' means self disappointment here

Im struggling to get it tbh

[gaunt mango]

I have not watched the video yet 😢

Walking my dog right now

[boreal ingot]

ogh alright, I can try to transctibe it

[gaunt mango]

I’ll be home in like 3 min you don’t have to

[flat rune]

Hey. I have a question surrounding grammar in poetry. I am actually not well-versed in poetry at all, especially English. So, I am also unsure whether there are even fixed grammar rules when it comes to it. If I write a part in a poem which I want to be read quickly or in one go, but it concerns two consecutive adjectives, would it be grammatically correct if I removed the comma in between them to achieve that effect?

[boreal ingot]

When he says cosmic bliss he means that sort of stuff where a character is influenced by a being beyond and wants to be sacrificed to them, is excited at the prospect of being one with them, rather than being terrified. An example he gave was a magical flame that enchants people with its beauty, and they start throwing themselves into it.

Here is what he said:

The comment section on that video didn't quite agree. A lot of you said that this whole cosmic bliss thing freaks you out, that it's weird to see someone run toward this kind of horror, weird to see them not just unafraid, but excited. The overwhelming sentiment is that this sort of unwilling euphoric excitement about the prospect of self-disillusion is somehow scarier than cosmic horror itself.

[gaunt mango]

"This exciting, euphoric prospect of self disillusion"
in this context, self-disillusion refers to shedding misconception or illusionment about/with himself.

So the speaker is happy to remove misconceptions they have about themselves

It's used really oddly because disillusionment has a negative diction

this is like

a term called paradoxical

[boreal ingot]

Im very confused

I can't figure it out through context for some reason

[gaunt mango]

where you kinda make a statement that contradicts itself

[gaunt mango]

i think thats because he is using it paradoxically

so for this context, self-disillusion just refers to how we treat ourselves and our own internal truths

[boreal ingot]

but how does that have anything to do with the idea of 'excitedness about sacrificing yourself to a cosmic horror' being scary

I mean, how do our beliefs about ourselves factor into this at all

[gaunt mango]

I feel like this has more to do with philosophy if anything

here we are basically just comparing self-disillusionment, or the eternal truths about oneself or values, to cosmic horror

[boreal ingot]

self-disillusion = making yourself aware of your misconceptions about things

right?

[gaunt mango]

yes but that's not necessarily how it's used here

[boreal ingot]

[gaunt mango]

here, self-disillusion refers to confronting truths about oneself, or their illusions

like

lets say, idk, Jimmy has a problem with lying

he lies all the time, whether he wants to or not. Not even intentionally he just does

Over some period of time or self reflection, jimmy self-disillusions himself from his idea that he is always telling the truth and realizes that he unconsciously lies

[gaunt mango]

you can do this, yes

"The moon was a bright, sparking light in the sky"

"The moon was a bright sparking light in the sky"

it works better if the adjectives are closly related

"The desert was a hot rough landscape" (doesn't make as much sense since hot and rough are not similar, but most people will still understand it)

[flat rune]

And if I added an extra space after a comma, is this usually achieved for a slower read in transition?

[flat rune]

I see, great

[gaunt mango]

Can you clarify here?

[boreal ingot]

okay taht makes sense. But idk how it factors into the overall theme of that video. Running at a cosmic horror will not help you disillusion yourself and learn how some ideas you have about yourself are wrong

[gaunt mango]

The way i interpret it is that, running at a cosmic horror (ie, doing something with no purpose or no real end goal?) won't help you realize your true self and won't comfort you from any lies you have made about yourself

[gaunt mango]

"The moon was a bright, sparking light in the sky"
you don't usually add more than one space in english

[boreal ingot]

Hm, I think I kinda get it. It's hard tbh

[gaunt mango]

It can be. Understanding this subject would be difficult in any language, though

[acoustic geyser]

?def cosmic

[hazy herald]

Word: cosmic

Definition 1 (adjective): inconceivably extended in space or time
Definition 2 (null): of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

Definition requested by xeventxhorizonx123

[acoustic geyser]

?def universe

[hazy herald]

Word: universe

Definition 1 (noun): everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
Definition 2 (noun): (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
Definition 3 (noun): everything that exists anywhere

Other definitions can be found here

Definition requested by xeventxhorizonx123

[flat rune]

For example in my bio I have this short poem.

It reads in the end "How vacuous, fallacious, audacious and shameless"

There is an extra space after the second comma, because I intend for there to be a slightly slower read in trasitioning from fallacious to audacious. Does this work grammatically, and also is this usually done (the use of an extra space) to achieve this effect of slower transition in reading? I hope this makes sense, ha ha.

[boreal ingot]

yea, sometimes I don't know if the problem is with my English or what

[gaunt mango]

Adding a double space is generally not used. From what I know, double spaces were common after periods in older english (like during the typewriter era) just for formatting, but otherwise double spaces in english are generally not used for any purpose, including slowing down someone reading

most people who see a double space would assume it was a writing or printing mistake

adding commas already makes the sentence a slower read

[flat rune]

Oh I see

Right. Thanks!

[boreal ingot]

Unrelated, but wouldn't it be better to swap around shameless and audacious?

cuz that way audacious and fallacious rhyme

[flat rune]

All the words rhyme though.

[gaunt mango]

What she means is that fallacious and audacious rhyme a little better than shameless

(-acious ending compared to -less ending)

ABAB rhyming structure is super common, including in poetry

[boreal ingot]

vacuous does not rhyme, nor does shameless

but yeah, Zov has explained what I meant nicely

(can I call you zov?)

(or do you prefer another name?)

[gaunt mango]

Call me anything you prefer to call me

zov works fine too

[boreal ingot]

Alrighty

Thanks for your help btw

with my question

[flat rune]

Actually yeah, vacuous doesn't rhyme. I missed that. But that's fine. Also, I appreciate your suggestion. I do think you are right but I want to have shameless at the end.

[boreal ingot]

fair enough, it was just a suggestion

Do what you think is right for your poem

[flat rune]

Have you written any poems by chance?

In English.

[acoustic geyser]

Which one sounds natural?
I am able to see you
I can see you

[gaunt mango]

2nd one

first one sounds excessively formal

[boreal ingot]

I'm not much of a poem writer. I've tried but have failed to get satisfactory results

[acoustic geyser]

Thanks

[flat rune]

Ah all right. I thought you could maybe just give a 1-10 rating of my little poem.

[boreal ingot]

yea, Im not a good judge for that, sorry :>

[gaunt mango]

In all honestly, I would give it a solid 5.5/10 (even though I'm not a super experienced poet myself)

[flat rune]

All good

[gaunt mango]

it rhymes, which is nice, however I think the wordplay is too complex for most people to easily digest

"ignoramus" i haven't heard in a very long time

[flat rune]

Oh that's the issue you think

I see

[gaunt mango]

it's just personal opinion tbf

like Scella said, if you want it to be that way then it's 100% up to you

[flat rune]

I chose this worldplay because I wanted it to sound deep really

So if you noticed this, I think I achieved that

[gaunt mango]

mmmmm

[flat rune]

I still value that

[gaunt mango]

I think having a really deep meaning to your poem doesn't necessarily mean it has to use complex words

If you want to read some good english books that have really good deep meanings, i recommend the crucble or the lord of the flies

[flat rune]

True, complex and deep aren't exactly the same

[gaunt mango]

even though they are more major themes that arc over the whole book, they still convey their meanings in a really good way

(which is why they are a staple in basically every american highschool english class lol)

[boreal ingot]

Surprisingly that's one of my fav words lol

[flat rune]

In this poem or in the langauge?

[boreal ingot]

In English lol

I like that word a lot for some reason

In the poem, I like 'vacuous'

I don't see 'vacuous' much

[gaunt mango]

my favorite is nefariously

[flat rune]

I like the word mesocosm. It's like playing ping pong with your tongue.

[flat rune]

I will consider them. I am recently looking for stuff to read, too.

[boreal ingot]

'metathesises' is funny

[gaunt mango]

I will say, the crucibles deeper meaning pertains to a very specific event that happened in the US when the book was written

very coolio reference from the author

[flat rune]

I suppose I can download them as PDFs?

[thorny sand]

How can I look for other servers in the mobile application?

[boreal ingot]

can't

only possible on pc

or browser discord

[thorny sand]

Wow, that's so weird

[boreal ingot]

yea

it is

[boreal ingot]

If you get an invite link you can join though

so you can look up servers

or ask someone on pc to invite you

[thorny sand]

I was about to look for a programming group or server

But I'll do it the next time I use the web browser in my pc

[verbal heron]

Through chrome

[thorny sand]

Are you all here to learn English? Do you speak by voice? Or just text?

[verbal heron]

Not all, some of them are here to help other people

[boreal ingot]

I'm here to ask questions and answer what I can

[thorny sand]

To help other people with what?

[boreal ingot]

There are voice channels

I don't use them much though

[thorny sand]

What kind of questions? Ask one

[flat rune]

I am partially here to socialise tbh.

[verbal heron]

To help with what they need help with

[boreal ingot]

No, like, English questions lol. This channel is for asking questions about English

[boreal ingot]

same ngl

[thorny sand]

Oh, I understand now

[boreal ingot]

I've DMed you the link to a programming server I found

Idk how good it is, I just joined to send you a link

[verbal heron]

Through chrome, you can join any server you want to

[thorny sand]

Thank you, you're too kind

[verbal heron]

with the help of disboard *

[boreal ingot]

Discord as a website also has the discovery function

So you could use that

[thorny sand]

Well, I'm going to do a question about English, what's the difference between shall and should

[flat rune]

Low-commitment socialisation

[boreal ingot]

commitment kinda difficult

[verbal heron]

oh, thanks for telling, I was unaware of that

[verbal heron]

'shall' and 'should' are both auxiliary verbs, 'should' is the past form of 'shall'

'Shall' is used in case of the sentences in future tense .

While with he/she/they/James/Jane/it, you use 'will'

[boreal ingot]

'Shall' is like 'will', 'shall' is for talking about the future in a strong and determined way ('we shall be on our way'), or imposing restrictions on someone ('you shall not steal')

'Should' is used for suggestions ('You should not eat that') or to express that something might or might not happen, something possible ('If he should speak rudely, punish him'), it can also be used when something is likely ('This should do the trick)

[boreal ingot]

lol you didn't even join the server

[gaunt mango]

he doesn't have to

[boreal ingot]

Ye, not saying they must join it. They were looking for a programming server, but they're on phone so they can't locate one. I just gave them a link to the first one I could find and was expecting them to join and, if they didn't like it, ask for another one's link

[gaunt mango]

what if they are planning to join later

[boreal ingot]

maybe they are, who knows

[gaunt mango]

right.

[boreal ingot]

not sure what the problem is

[gaunt mango]

it comes off as rude when you say "you didn't even join the server"

i know the emoji there is meant to negate it but

tiny

[boreal ingot]

Well, I'm sorry for coming off as rude

[gaunt mango]

i understand

and i know you didn't mean it that way

i was just giving you a hard time

[boreal ingot]

[thorny sand]

That's exactly what happened

[boreal ingot]

have you all heard of 'semordnilaps'?

theyre cool

[gaunt mango]

Yes, I saw the vsauce video he uploaded like 12 hours ago 😈

[boreal ingot]

ye thas where I learnt it from

that was really coool

it seems they have two names though

semordnilaps and emordnilaps

[gaunt mango]

One is just plural of the other

[boreal ingot]

nono, like, 'emordnilap' is 'palindrome' backwards, while 'semordnilap' is 'palindromes'

But both can bcome plural

as in

emordnilaps

and

semordnilaps

they both mean the same thing

I prefer the on vsuace talked about cuz it makes sense to reverse the singular, not the plural

but they both are used it seems

wikitionary has pages for both

[acoustic geyser]

Are must and need to mean the same?

[eternal reef]

Oh the key answer must be wrong then

It says the answer is when

I answered whenever

[flat rune]

What is the diference between sake and profit?

[boreal ingot]

This is the third time you ask the same question.
#📚｜english-questions message

[tepid bough]

he may suffer from alzheimer

[boreal ingot]

Sake is the reason you do something/your purpose in doing something.

Profit is just positive monetary returns you get from an endeavour that you invested in.

Sake is also a type of alcoholic drink from Japan

[acoustic geyser]

Not that, I'm a bit absent minded

I'm not sure if it's a real word

[flat rune]

Yeaah i watched anime too :v give me a delicious sake my dear waiter

[tepid bough]

ye alr felt it in my bone lol (consider that as a joke i don’t intentionally want to hurt you)

[boreal ingot]

I actually first heard about it from a yt short lol

I don't remember hearing about sake in anime, but I probably just passed it off as 'some alcoholic drink'

[acoustic geyser]

Which one sounds natural?
Would rather or would prefer?

[boreal ingot]

I remember talking to this Korean guy, and he said that in Korea they have a drink also made from rice but it's called 'Soju'

That was interesting

[boreal ingot]

Both are fine

I think 'would prefer' is a trifle more proper, but not much of a difference between them at all

[acoustic geyser]

Do "would prefer" sound specifics than "prefer to"?

[boreal ingot]

btw, 👀 ^

[flat rune]

A drink made by rice?

[boreal ingot]

That's what sake and soju are made from?

It's not made by the rice, the rice is used to make it, though

if that's what you mean

[flat rune]

I didn't know that

[acoustic geyser]

Uh what

[flat rune]

Likr a squeezer ?

[boreal ingot]

no idea what you mean

'made by rice' means 'the rice made it'

as in, the rice acted to make the drink

So I wasn't sure if that's what you meant

cuz no, the rice doesn't make it lol

[flat rune]

I mean i thought thr rice would squeeze the ingredients and so

[boreal ingot]

You've asked about them before. Told you the same thing, 'would prefer' is a but more formal but they're basically the same

[boreal ingot]

I never said it was made by rice lol,

I sadi it was made from rice

Now I'm just imagining rice grains running around putting grape in a barrel 😭

[boreal ingot]

I don't understand this question, sorry

[flat rune]

Jajaja

Sorry

I'm not used to involve with a vocabulary like food and making things

It's like i jumped that part and learned the , let say , philosofical words

For example righteousness

[boreal ingot]

Yea it's alright. When [y] is made by [x], that means [x] does the action of making [y], but when [y] is made from [x], that means you use [x] to make [y]; [x] is one of the main ingredients in/constituents of [y]

[boreal ingot]

ah that's fair, I can barely talk about food too

My food vocab is smol

but my whole vocab is tiny so eh

[flat rune]

My problem is that i'm not involved about food or the most common words, because i don't find where to learn them because in the mayority it is learned in a daily life like doing things and i don't live in an english countrie so it's dificult to me.

[flat rune]

Now i got you , ha you are good at teaching with illustrations

[boreal ingot]

yea, it took me 5 years to learn what a spatula is for that exact reason

[flat rune]

Really? Hahaah

[boreal ingot]

yea lmao

One day my friend started talking about a spatula and I was like 'what on earth is that??'

[flat rune]

Also when it is about someone who talks about a place like a river where is a tourist's place and the guider start using unknown words for me to describe stuffs that are involved with the place it freaks me out, that is the same with al the places and situations where words are going to show up and better you know them cuz if not you are in a big problem :"v

[boreal ingot]

That can be solved with books or documentaries I'm guessing, but I don't watch or read so yea

[flat rune]

Yeah we gotta work hard

I want to get a certification

Later on

[boreal ingot]

Good luck!

[flat rune]

Thanks , but i know it will cost a years to be prepared

[silent river]

is "Spend my days doing X for the rest of my life" a tautological statement?

[wise anchor]

can anyone help me with this, I just need to put these words into an ascending order based on these words

[boreal ingot]

I don't think so

If you had said

Spend the rest of my days doing X for the rest of my life

Then yea

but since you can spend your days doing something without necessarily spending all your days doing it, you aren't repeating the same idea twice slightly rephrased, cuz the 'for the rest of my life' introduces something new to the sentence

[silent river]

thanks for the explanation! had me stumped for a little bit lol

[boreal ingot]

No problem

[sacred mirage]

Hi, we can’t do work for you here. Why don’t you give it a go and then we can guide you afterwards - I look forward to seeing your effort!

[wise anchor]

omkie

I already have answers

hope you can read it

[boreal ingot]

Idk, I'd probably switch mumble and whisper, and scream and shriek

But I'm not sure

[sacred mirage]

I agree with the order they are in, I think what Scella said would also be correct. These can be quite subjective

[boreal ingot]

Is frosty really warmer than chilly

[sacred mirage]

mumble is more just incomprehensible sound, whereas whisper is just really quiet

[thorn condor]

who on earth makes those exercises

[sacred mirage]

oh i didnt look at the others

[boreal ingot]

or wait I had it reversed in my head

they got it right lol

Nevermind that, I had it the other way around lol

[boreal ingot]

I can't really read the first :p

[boreal ingot]

they don't seem that useful, but idk, maybe they are

Ive never done them so I can't judge them well

[wise anchor]

snail-like, sluggish, slow, swift, blistering, rapid, quick, speedy, super sonic

[boreal ingot]

hmmm, maybe this?

snail-like, sluggish, slow, swift, quick, speedy, rapid, blistering, supersonic

Im not sure about quick vs speedy

but blistering is pretty fast I think?

and rapid is also pretty fast

ngl I really don't like this exrecise

[wise anchor]

ohh, I see

[boreal ingot]

it's ignoring the main use of these words

[wise anchor]

none of us do haha

thanks for the help btw, really appreciate it

[thorn radish]

When we want to explain rules of a game, for example chess, why does some souces use indefinite article "https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)" while some sources use definite article "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)" or use no articles "https://www.dummies.com/article/home-auto-hobbies/games/board-games/chess/knowing-the-moves-that-chess-pieces-can-make-186936/"?

[boreal ingot]

np

[acoustic geyser]

What's different between these sentences?
He will die if he doesn't get treatment
He is going to die if he doesn't get treatment

[flat rune]

In meaning there isn't any.
The first one just uses "will" to state the future instead of "going to".

[thorn condor]

I know only about the latter case and to put it simply it's a matter of style. I often see it in documentation when people want to be as concise as possible

[acoustic geyser]

I saw lots of natives used be going to with conditional form

[flat rune]

I think in this case saying "going to" is more common.

That's all though. In meaning there aren't differences.

[acoustic geyser]

What is different between these sentences when we use them to give order and command?
You will give it to me
You are going to give it to me

[gaunt mango]

Will is going to be more formal here.
In some contexts, “are going to” can be planned ahead while “will” is spontaneous, or unplanned

“After you do that, you are going to give me the baton.”
“You will give me that toy, now.”

[acoustic geyser]

I mean we use these sentence to give order and command

[pseudo spire]

That's just the future tense, the imperative is for commands/requests
e.g.
Give it to me

[gaunt mango]

@fierce swift

Don’t click on these

[acoustic geyser]

Oi lads

[acoustic geyser]

Did someone try to scam us?

Anyway
What is different between:
It's supposed to rain
It should rain

Both used for expectation

[tepid bough]

be supposed to is to indicate an expectation based on other people, while should is to indicate recommendation.

hope this will answer you

[tepid bough]

personal recommendation*

[carmine basin]

None of them is correct.

So, what's the right answer then?

None of the choices fit the context of the sentence.

[boreal ingot]

What was the question

[alpine gyro]

Is this A?

[boreal ingot]

Yeah it's A

[boreal ingot]

If you're wondering why it's not B, which was my first idea, that's because the sentence after 'however' isn't independent

I think the same would apply to C, but idk if it's ever proper to use a full stop before it

[flat rune]

What was it ?

A link which hacks your computer ?

What is the difference between these sentences : Yesterday, i was on the road, going to my house but when i arrived i saw my house burning, so i called the fire-fighters. Yesterday, i was on the road, going to my house but when i arrived i saw my house burning up, so i called the fire-fighters.

[hoary lichen]

pretty much the same thing

burning up somewhat suggests a higher severity to me but generally speaking it has little to no effect on the overall meaning

[alpine gyro]

I felt like it’s a also because when I’m saying it it feels like it’s in the middle of one sentence . It’s like a unnecessary pause in the middle of the sentence that’s why I used the one with two commas. Tysmm 🙏

[cloud badge]

Yeah, you're not supposed to start a sentence with 'However'.

[boreal ingot]

yea?

[cloud badge]

It's a conjunction so you're not really supposed to. You can casually, and it's very common, but it's not formally correct.

[boreal ingot]

I'm pretty sure stuff like this is fine formally

There are not many who are privy to our past research; however, it will soon be made public.

Why a semicolon should be used over a comma here is that both clauses are independent; however, in F's example, the second clause was dependant, so we had to use a comma

Do correct me if I'm mistaken

[cloud badge]

Hm, I'm not 100% sure either but something about the second sentence being an independent clause seems wrong to me because of the use of 'it' referring to the research in the first clause. I could totally be wrong, but the semicolon just doesn't seem right to me.

[boreal ingot]

it's independant in that it can stand on its own

Contextless, it wouldn't make sense, but it wouldn't need any other sentences to be grammatical

It will soon be made public.
On its own is a correct sentence

you need not have anything else with it

So yeah, it is independant

[cloud badge]

I feel like the context and the conjunction makes the difference. If the sentence after the semicolon started 'it, however, will soon be made public' i would agree about the semicolon.

[boreal ingot]

your sentence is the same as mine, just with the adverb in a different position

[cloud badge]

Yes and im saying that the position of the conjunction in this case is what makes the difference with using a semicolon or a comma.

[boreal ingot]

The position changes nothing

[cloud badge]

The reason being, if you could use a semicolon there, you'd be just as correct using a period as well and they are both options. It really depends on if you were taught to not start an independent clause with the word however. That's how i was taught but its not a universal rule, more of a formality.

[boreal ingot]

The semicolon links two indepenent clauses, and the adverb makes the relationship between the two clauses more evident

[cloud badge]

It changes what word the sentence starts with. This is what i find when researching the rule "according to traditional grammar rules, you should not start an independent clause with "however" as it is considered a conjunctive adverb and should typically be placed within a sentence, usually with commas on either side"

If you want to start the independent clause with however and not follow this rule, a semicolon or period would be correct.

[boreal ingot]

Conjunctive adverbs link sentences, so they often are supposed to come at the start of the second sentence. What people advise against is having 'However' after a full stop specifically

Yet even that 'rule' is more of a suggestion

[cloud badge]

But if you were to separate the clauses, however would be at the start. Thus, a semicolon shouldn't be used because an independent clause should be able to stand as a sentence on its own

But yeah that's only if you follow the 'don't start a sentence with however' rule

[boreal ingot]

The semicolon makes it into one sentence, though. That means that the conjunctive adverb isn't at the start

You could argue that if we were to separate the clauses it would be incorrect to have 'however' there, but when a semicolon links them, they're one sentence, and 'however' is just the link between the two parts

It's pretty well established to use a semicolon before conjunctive adverbs

[cloud badge]

When however is used as a link like that its supposed to have commas. That's what i was taught.

Because an independent clause should be able to stand on its own as a sentence. 'It, however' would stand but according to the formal rules i know 'However, it' would not.

Because of the difference of emphasis on 'it' the clause is not strong enough to stand on its own when the sentence starts with 'however'

[boreal ingot]

Yes, unless it's the link between two independant clauses; then, it has a comma at one end, and a semicolon at the other

Just like any other conjunctive adverb

There is nothing banning you from starting a sentence with one

People who say it's wrong are stuck with old conventions

It will be made public.
Is as much of an independant clause as
However, it will be made public.
And likwise for
It, however, will be made public.

They're all independant clauses

[cloud badge]

But when the second clause contradicts the first, you do not use a semicolon, its not a strong enough clause to stand on its own that way. And yes i said it was casually correct but formally not according to some. Just like the oxford comma.

[boreal ingot]

If they can stand on their own, they're independent. If both are independent, then a semicolon can be used. The adverb plays no role here

[boreal ingot]

Do you know what an independant clause is?

[cloud badge]

The way i was taught, the second sentence does not stand on its own but yeah it depends on the level of formality you're being taught.

[cloud badge]

No, obviously not, what it is/s

The 'it' in the sentence, to me, is not strong enough to make it independent.

You can disagree but at this point its completely opinion based. It depends on formality. That's all.

[boreal ingot]

Okay, assuming you do know what an independent clause is, what makes 'However, it will be made public' not one? It has a subject and a predicate. I could ask if that sentence is grammatical, and I would be told yes. It may be missing some semantic context, but that has no effect on its status as an independent clause. So why wouldn't it be one?

[boreal ingot]

Independent doesn't mean 'strong sentence', it means that the clause can grammatically stand on its own without needing any other clauses.

[cloud badge]

Being able to stand on its own is the strength.

[boreal ingot]

Semantic strength of the sentence isn't a factor

[cloud badge]

Yes it is

The strength of the subject matters.

[acoustic geyser]

I don't understand this part, could anyone explain it

[boreal ingot]

These are syntactic catagories, semantic strength plays no role

[boreal ingot]

You can use 'should' for predections when you want the thing you're predicting, is what they're saying. You can't use it for unwanted things
These wanted things can still be bad, it's just that they have to be wanted

[cloud badge]

The 'it' relies too strongly on the sentence before it when phrased as its own sentence, so it doesn't make sense to consider it independent, in my opinion. If you think it does, use a semicolon or a period. I wouldnt.

[acoustic geyser]

Oh I see

Thanks

[boreal ingot]

Let's drop this. You evidently are conflating the semantic strength of a sentence with its syntactic standing as dependant/independent, and I'm sure neither of us will be convinced no matter how long the other rambles on

[cloud badge]

This hopefully clarifies my point. In the examples 'Because of the weather' is used the same as 'however it' and 'The weather caused' is like 'It, however'. The strength of the subject is what makes a sentence dependent or independant.

[cloud badge]

the second half would have to refer to the research: 'however, the research will still be published'. 'however, it will still be published' is not complete enough to me. if you think it doesn't matter then lets agree to disagree.

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, let's do that

I'm done arguing

[cloud badge]

i hope so.

[boreal ingot]

There are many versions, and even though [there do exist two versions] with [x], most versions don't have it.

Is this sentence correct you all?
Is it natural?

[cloud badge]

'There does exist two versions' is more natural

[boreal ingot]

I see

Is that grammatical?

To use 'does'

Formally, would 'do' or 'does' work better?

[cloud badge]

Does would work better, there is like using he/she/it in that sentence so you'd need to conjugate do to does.

[boreal ingot]

But we say

There is one
and
There are two

so obviously the verb conjugates acording to the number of what follows

So why wouldn't we do that with 'do'

and 'two versions'

I'm not sure 'does' sounds better, but it doesn't sound wrong in an informal context to me

I'm asking specifically about the grammar of it

[cloud badge]

There does exist is the emphatic form of there exists. The do/does is only there for emphasis. There is one and there are two are both like saying 'there does be one' or 'there does be two' and you can replace be with exist.

[boreal ingot]

This tells me nothing about why 'there do exist two versions' is wrong though?

We use 'do' emphatically often ('They do like it'), just like we use 'does' and 'did' ('She does want that' and 'They did do that'), so what makes my emphatic 'do' there wrong?

[cloud badge]

There is treated like a location or a state of being so its singular. It would need to be plural to use do. They, we, groups, people, do. there, that, he, she, it, everyone, does.

[signal shell]

I've been trying to say this sentence with both "does" and "do" in my head for a while now, trying to decide which sounds more natural. I'm okay with either one, I think. I'm actually struggling with this one though.

Technically, I think "do" is the more proper and formal way to form this sentence.

But I wouldn't be surprised to hear people use "does" like this in natural everyday speech

[boreal ingot]

I'm pretty sure 'there' is a dummy pronoun there

[boreal ingot]

I see I see, thank you soo much 💜

[flat rune]

Ty for replyingto me

[alpine gyro]

Is this b or c

[tidal lily]

What's your learning source ? Any book ? Any website ?

Or a paid course ?

[warm shadow]

guys i have question based on your understanding, dont look up at google or else, i need ur personal understanding about What is Pragmatics?

[verbal heron]

Is "pragmatics'' even a word?

[warm shadow]

pragmatics is like the study of language, part of linguistic

[verbal heron]

hm, okay

[lavish hornet]

hey guys goodmorning

I'm a newbie in this server

someone will be my friend

[rapid bison]

no cure

it's supposed to be

For "cape," however, the editors chose the C) novelist Lan Samantha Chang, author of Inheritance.
this can also be written as
For "cape," however, the editors chose the novelist whose name is Lan Samantha Chang, who is the author of Inheritance.

LOL
why are A) and D) the same 💀

[flat rune]

Hey advanced people , how did you get to achieve c1 from b1 and how long did it cost you ? Please i want your answers

[tepid bough]

6 months are possible

[flat rune]

No

English is so easy that it can take 1 month

[crimson vortex]

Hi, can anyone tell me the difference between jew, jewish and hebrew. And can hebrew be plural, like hebrews?

[flat rune]

Except if your language is composed by another alphabet

Or if your language is different from english

[crimson vortex]

From b2 to c1?

[tepid bough]

from b1 to c1 is quite hard for non english speaking country citizens

[tepid bough]

b1+

or b2

[crimson vortex]

What is your level?

[flat rune]

Wvat about the french speakers ?

Is it easy to get c2 ?

Me i'm french and i haven't struggled to learn english

[tepid bough]

hard to say

for some it’s easy but for others, it’s hard

[tepid bough]

ig b2+

[crimson vortex]

Nice, do you learn it yourself or you attend some classes?

[tepid bough]

both

i attend some english classes after class and self study at home

[flat rune]

How

[crimson vortex]

Me too, but mostly i study it on my own by watching youtube videos and chatting online

[crimson vortex]

I dont know whether i already achieved B2

[tepid bough]

well it’s a good way to learn

[flat rune]

I am b1

It took me 3 years from A0

[crimson vortex]

Can anyone help me with it?

[flat rune]

The only thing which is hard when lezrning english is phrasal verbs

[flat rune]

That's so right

[tepid bough]

true

i can’t remember phrasal verbs

[flat rune]

I'm using anki for phrasal verbs

It is the only way to learn the mayority

There are anki cards on google you can look them up and are made already to be used

I mean , anky phrasal verbs cards

[tepid bough]

jews are considered as hebrew, but not all hebrews are considered as jew. And a jew is the one who practices jewish religion

[tepid bough]

i read book and note down phrasal verb that i see lol

[flat rune]

And jews are the only tribe who has persisted

The other 11 tribes are lost around the world

[tepid bough]

and pronounciation

i’m sucks at that too

[flat rune]

I'd say, it depends on the people

And for the oral comprehension, i can understand english speakers but i can't understand the tv, the songs etc

[flat rune]

That also happens to me

And i already know why

[crimson vortex]

So Jew is a hebrew who practices judaism?

[flat rune]

Can u explain to me why can't we understand the tv etc ?

I might have an idea

Because we speak the colloquial english

But not the normal english

On youtube when you listen to them you understand what they are saying because they use to speak with a exposition vucabulary so you are more used to it , but i tv, and series they used to speak sentences that you never heard nor the composition of the sentence and also if you miss a word it will be more dificult tu understand what they are saying , and that is why i'm going yo be serious with english and i'll set a goul with several topics to involve myself in its vocabulary

[tepid bough]

theoretically yes

[flat rune]

It'll be hard

We do not live in english countries

I wish i was an english speaker

[flat rune]

I recently realized it watching Men's serie on Prime video xd , they spoke a lot of sentences that i didn't see before, and these sentences are the most useful to us because that is what's going to help us at being able to speak a real life situation or at least to understand what a person is talking about when you were going to give an advice to the deal's person ( for example) .

I can't imagine how it's gping to be hard

I also noticed that almost all of us tend to learn texts and sentences that are spoken and used in a expositive situation .

And in real life , you aren't gonna hear that

All depends of the context and the place and moment you are

English also use a lot of sarcasm

And how to get through all of that

[flat rune]

If you are a b2 already it's gonna be easier than me to reach c1 xd

[flat rune]

I have got a plan for that

And is watching tv shows like "Men "

With english subtitles

And pausing the chapter when i don't understand the word

Also i'm thinking about writing down all the words i don't understand in a notebook 📒

But only about the words of the serie

Do not have netfliw

I can say goodbye tot his way

Yes but series there, are all like very inmoral

[flat rune]

What did you say?

What do you mean by that

I can say goodbye to the way that you said

I don't have netlix

Netflix*

[boreal ingot]

It's the study of language in-context

[boreal ingot]

False

I've been learning for 6 years and still struggle with some things

[flat rune]

I've been lzarning since the last year and i am good with it

[flat rune]

Maybe you weren't involved with it

I've never seen someone who took 6 years to learn it

[boreal ingot]

You still make many mistakes, and I'm not saying you're supposed to be mistakeless, but it does take more than one year to have almost no mistakes

[boreal ingot]

When it comes to language, you're always learning

[flat rune]

Yeah i make mistakes

I am a human

No one makes no mistakes

[flat rune]

I didn't say i was perfect but i am good

As i said many times everyone makes mistakes

[boreal ingot]

I'm not having a philosophical debate here, I'm saying that one year is not enough

[flat rune]

What is ur native language ?

I am a spanish speaker

[boreal ingot]

To make a learner have such expectations because of your mistaken belief that you've mastered the language in a year is not fair, it takes much longer than 1 year to reach C1

[flat rune]

And i am for the 3rd year learning english pasively

For french/spanish speakers it's easy

[boreal ingot]

C1 is a truly difficult status to reach. To tell them it can be done in one year is inaccurate

[flat rune]

I don't know ur native language @boreal ingot but i am kot sharing your opinion

[flat rune]

Yeah i agree , i think b2-c1 is hard to master

[boreal ingot]

kot?

[flat rune]

Kot ?

[boreal ingot]

You said that

[flat rune]

I meant not

[boreal ingot]

Oh, I see

[flat rune]

The problem is not the dificulty , the problem is to see the words back again so that your mind could save the meaning as well as we did with the other basic words.

That's the big big big deal

[boreal ingot]

Doesn't matter that you don't share my opinion. Just stop spreading false info about C1 being ssomething you just get in 1 year and done

[flat rune]

I agree phrasal verbs are awful, even me i struggle with them everytime

I'm gonna sleep guys good morning i havent slep yet :"v

[flat rune]

Actually it's been more than 1 year but i wasn't involved at this time but since last year i've been involved to learn it

My dream is taken around

:"v

[boreal ingot]

Night night

Sweet dreams!

[flat rune]

Gn

[flat rune]

You didn't understand i spent the night awaken

:"v

[boreal ingot]

Nono, I get it. I just like to say 'night' when someone is going to sleep, regardless of the time

lol

[flat rune]

That's why i said morning because now is recently rising up

[boreal ingot]

Idk if it's correct but I do it. It isn't a big deal

[flat rune]

Got it ha it makes sensr

Even google says that english so easy

Actually it depends on the people

So i am not wrong and you are not wrong

[boreal ingot]

Please note that I'm not sure if natives do this. This could be an idiosyncrasy of mine, or it could be something common; I do not know

So yeah, don't follow it blindly

anyways, sleep well :>

[verbal heron]

I have been learning for 11 yrs yet I am a beginner

[verbal heron]

in case of English, it's easy to form the base but might take you an eternity to get to a fluent/advanced level

Does the following expression make sense?
"The evil-doers' names were written on death's forehead"

[flat rune]

You're right but if someone thinks that learning english is hard

I'd tell them

Don't learn chinese

[boreal ingot]

Are you saying that death is coming for the evil-doers?

if so, I would say 'written on death's scythe'

After a bit of googling, it seems 'fate is written on foreheads' in some mythology. So maybe death's fate has smth to do with the evil-doers?

I would be hard pressed to derrive anything from that sentence without surounding context, but I am not the best with these literary things, so wait up on others' opinions

[verbal heron]

https://tenor.com/view/guerra-war-ready-to-fight-gear-up-arnold-schwarzenegger-gif-13809686

[verbal heron]

That the evil-doers must be avenged upon

[boreal ingot]

I've not heard 'avenge upon' before

could you explain it in another way?

[rapid bison]

you have quite a bit to learn about punctuation :0

[gaunt mango]

Learning a language can be really easy for some and really hard for others

I’ve met a few ppl in my life who are just terrific at picking up words in other languages

Their brains are wired for that stuff

Then oppositely I’ve met people who have passed several french or Spanish classes and they barely know a few words…

[junior gust]

Who plays Roblox

[cloud badge]

Grammatically it makes perfect sense but im not sure why death would have names of people he's after written on his forehead. Unless he's looking in the mirror a lot? There is a common expression for something to be 'etched in ones mind' that might get your point across better. Etched is used instead of written, here, because a carving or etching is far more premanent than writing done in any unknown medium. So maybe 'the names of the evil-doers' were etched in deaths mind' or if you are looking to give that imagery of death having names on his forehead you could say 'were both etched in Deaths mind, and written on his forehead'. Also, you do not need 'upon' when using 'avenged'. The evil-doers' deeds must be avenged' 'death must avenge the lives taken by the evil-doers'

[shadow iron]

Hi guys! Does someone have tips on British pronounciation because i need to pronounce in British for school but I pronounce like Americans so if someone haves a little flyer with some tips like "dont pronounce the R or when its the same letters but not sound PLS help 😢

[tepid bough]

why not american?

like for me they are the same

[cloud badge]

I have a video that might be helpful to you but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share a link, so i could dm it do you if you like. Its from my favorite linguistics YouTuber dr geoff lindsey

[shadow iron]

its not me its school and i hate British English but it's the official one

[shadow iron]

yeah why not!

[flat rune]

Why

[rapid bison]

you don't space before question marks

[flat rune]

Oh you mean comma etc ?

[rapid bison]

Oh, you mean comma, etc.?

[flat rune]

I know the punctuation

It's just i'm speaking the colloquial english

[rapid bison]

you put a space before a question mark ("?") again

[flat rune]

But if i had to talk to a teacher etc i'd put them

[rapid bison]

no
look at your message again:

Oh you mean comma etc ?

what is the space after "etc" for?

[flat rune]

To end the sentence

And put the mark

[rapid bison]

the space, not the question mark

see that I said

what is the space after "etc" for?

[cloud badge]

Yeah, they're right. 'etc.' always has a period after because it's an abbreviation and a question mark is used in the same place as a period. You never add a space between a word and the ending mark of a sentence.

[flat rune]

Oh yeah i have forgotten that

[rapid bison]

casually, you can ignore the period after the "etc.", but you should not add a space before a question mark

(this is just for style, but English has settled on that style)

[cloud badge]

But yeah, in casual conversations like discord or such though its nothing to worry about.

[rapid bison]

the space before the "?", however...
you won't see it even in colloquial English. avoid them.

[crimson vortex]

Why do you hate it? Is it about the accent?

[flat rune]

Ty for correcting me and reminding me that

What is the difference bztween these sentences : What are u doing?
What are u up to?

[crimson vortex]

These two seem identical to me, however the latter is more informal

[shadow iron]

The words they use, I always have the American ones such as elevator and not lift, the pronounciation of a word that they use is different too even if the sound is written the same. When I check cambridge dictionnary, i always say the American one instead of the British one so i dont get all the points of the test and loose so many points just because i have an American influence...

[flat rune]

Does it count for : What are you talking about? What are u on about?

[flat rune]

That happened to me too

I had a test

Which we had to use the present perfect

[shadow iron]

oh the present perfect omg, i always hesitate between present perfect and preterit

[shadow iron]

forgot or have forgotten hmm idk x)

[crimson vortex]

Even though your educational institution (I don't know whether you're school or uni student) demands british english knowledge, I'd say that american english is much more popular and comes in handy when watching most of movies or youtube videos. Personally, I encounter British content quite rarely, so I strive for gaining American accent

[flat rune]

The sentence was : People are celebrating their victory because they have won.

I said they won

My teacher counted me as false

Though i asked the natives

[shadow iron]

Uni student and they want us to talk British BUT i watch Americans and that's the point, I WANT TO KILL MYSELF EVERY PRONOUNCIATION EXERCICES XD

[flat rune]

They said in the american english

The simple past is fine

In this sentence

[shadow iron]

Yeah in France they like to force us the British English, cool...

[crimson vortex]

yeah, British accent is different and sounds utterly formal to me when watching any british content.

[flat rune]

What about in ur country

[shadow iron]

Im french too haha

[tepid bough]

oh that’s sad

[flat rune]

Oh ok lol

[tepid bough]

do they stigma american accent

[crimson vortex]

Generally, present perfect is used when we talk about the past that has impact on the present (in this case, they HAVE won, so that's the reason they're celebrating). But most of american speakers and natives don't care about it

[shadow iron]

Its just UK is near us so all fucking teachers want British and very formal sentences

[flat rune]

What about if something that happened yesterday has an impact on the present

Do we use the preterit

[crimson vortex]

Depends on context

[flat rune]

Or we still use the present perfect

[tepid bough]

lol in my school in vietnam they force us to study cambridge english and they hire an indian teacher to teach us lol

[shadow iron]

yeah

[crimson vortex]

Usually we don't specify when the event took place when dealing with present perfect as the result is the only thing that matters

[tepid bough]

british accent sucks

[shadow iron]

TY

[flat rune]

I like british people and prefer their english, however sometimes i prefer american english

[shadow iron]

and I have to learn it to graduate

[tepid bough]

my friend from 7.5 ielts to deaf person after studying abroad in uk

lol

[shadow iron]

eww

[flat rune]

So when i said i have forgotten was it good or not?

[crimson vortex]

American english sounds very laid-back to me and that's good

[tepid bough]

hard to hear british when they speak fast

[flat rune]

Like i przfer elevator than lifr

Lift

[shadow iron]

i saw an Adele video, the singer, it was horrible how fast she spoke + had a very very pronounced British accent, it was horrible

[tepid bough]

yea i watched that interview too

i heard nothing tbh

although i can be considered as a good english listener

[flat rune]

Like when i say : Today, we have a party that's why yesterday i have bought new clothes

[shadow iron]

i think yes cuz its still in the present

[flat rune]

Merely buying new clothes has an impact

[crimson vortex]

hmm... On one hand, we see the result, but on the other hand, we specify the time. Honestly, I don't know if we can write "yesterday" here

I hate present perfect

[flat rune]

Same

I prefer using past simple

[crimson vortex]

The simpler, the better

[shadow iron]

oh sad we cant send screens

[flat rune]

For real

[crimson vortex]

what do you mean?

screenshots?

[shadow iron]

i had an entire page of exercises

[shadow iron]

yeah we use screens in French i thought it was the same

[crimson vortex]

I can send

[tepid bough]

why don’t you use that’s why i bought clothes yesterday

[crimson vortex]

lol

[tepid bough]

idk if that’s correct

[flat rune]

For me merely buying new clothes has an impact to the present

[crimson vortex]

Don't you guys have the "+" button on the left side of the text bar?

[shadow iron]

no

[flat rune]

I did that because i got a party today

[tepid bough]

oh alr

[shadow iron]

i can send GIFS but not screenshots x)

[flat rune]

It's for mz

But prefer using the simple past

[tepid bough]

what is mz

[flat rune]

When we specify the time

Me*

[crimson vortex]

By the way, do you only use this channel or do you also chat in the other ones on this server&

[tepid bough]

oh ok

[shadow iron]

first time that i write in this serv btw

[crimson vortex]

Are you a novice?

[shadow iron]

On the server or in English ? x)

[crimson vortex]

server

[shadow iron]

Yes totally

i saw random vc on the bottom but that's all

[crimson vortex]

oh, i have been using it since the last spring

[shadow iron]

and words of the day / expressions

[crimson vortex]

?

[shadow iron]

on the server

[crimson vortex]

oh, got it

[shadow iron]

i'm pinged for words and expressions

[flat rune]

When do we use had had ?

[crimson vortex]

But, man, if you really look for any good vc's, try those ones on the Anime Soul discord server, that are way more active than on this server. People there talk not only about anime, but about other life topics. So, just in case, you want to improve your speaking skills

[crimson vortex]

.

[crimson vortex]

What do you mean exactly?

[shadow iron]

yeah no idk im too shy lol

the 2/2 vc looks better its not a lot of people

[crimson vortex]

Me too, huh, in that case, you can stay silent and practice your listening skills

[flat rune]

When do we use

I had had that

[shadow iron]

a sentence with two "had" ig

[verbal heron]

Had he had dinner by nine, he could go out for a breeze before sleeping at 10 PM

[rapid bison]

where :3

[shadow iron]

i think he means had next to had so "had had"

[verbal heron]

okay

[verbal heron]

He simply wants a sentence using the expression "had had", right?

[shadow iron]

i think !

[verbal heron]

He had had his meal before he went out

[flat rune]

Vampire are u a real beginner ?

[verbal heron]

Yes, learning for 11 yrs

[flat rune]

U are not

[shadow iron]

He's not doing beginner's sentences

[flat rune]

Ok

[crimson vortex]

Okay, you can see it when dealing with past perfect

[flat rune]

Past perfect is easier than the present one

[verbal heron]

Really?

[flat rune]

Yes

[crimson vortex]

of course, it is

It basically says that we use it when talking about an event that precedes the other one

[verbal heron]

when I was young, I didn't like the past perfect tense and the future perfect tense

[tepid bough]

wdym where?

[tepid bough]

me either

hard to use naturally for me

[rapid bison]

approx. where in Vietnam was the school located

[flat rune]

Future perfect tense is easier than the prese.t onz

[verbal heron]

even though most past perfect sentences use the words "before" and "after"

[verbal heron]

like while speaking, most pf our sentences become simple past lo

[verbal heron]

Definitely not

[flat rune]

But fortunately in AmE the present perfect and past simple are almost the samz

[flat rune]

What is ur native language ?

[tepid bough]

in the suburb of hanoi

[verbal heron]

Hindi

[tepid bough]

ye probably

[rapid bison]

oki, thx
(i wish i studied there)

[flat rune]

I understand why it's hard for you

[tepid bough]

why don’t you?

[rapid bison]

money

[flat rune]

In french the future perfect is the same

[shadow iron]

"Bob and John got married fifteen years ago" or "Bob and John have been married for fifteen years" can someone explain me ^^"

[verbal heron]

it would sound awkward if you were using "had " all the time XD

[rapid bison]

one emphasizes when the marriage happened and one emphasizes the time between the marriage and now :3
(note: this is most likely incorrect)

[shadow iron]

its an exercise on present perfect or past perfect, its hard

[rapid bison]

ye

[tepid bough]

oh i see

[shadow iron]

so both are correct im not crazy?

[rapid bison]

both are correct

[flat rune]

The first is the corrzct form

[tepid bough]

ye but many ppl are in the habit of it

like they just say had all the time lol

[verbal heron]

The phrase that is in use is "avenge on" actually, but using "avenge upon" might old-fashioned; archaic though, I found it in a dictionary

The phrase is in use is "avenge on" actually, but using "avenge upon" might old-fashioned; archaic though, I found it in a dictionary

whew! discord is drunk today

[verbal heron]

ah, right, but even they may might mistakes while speaking in a fast pace xD

[tepid bough]

i agree

maybe because had can be pronounced easier than have?

[cloud badge]

like this? "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" xD this is a legitimate sentence btw hahaha

here it is with the proper punctuation "James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher."

[tepid bough]

lol but what does had had in the second quotation marks mean?

[verbal heron]

The names of the evil-doers were written on death's forhead, just to imply that the evil-doers must be punished for what they do/have done. My question was regarding whether the sentenced seemed natural or unnatural 💀

[cloud badge]

its kind of unnecessary but it puts emphasis on the having of the had. its like saying "did in the past have" aka "had had' but either is correct.

[tepid bough]

i remember there is a sentence “Police police Police police police police Police police.” after seeing this lol

[tepid bough]

grammatically correct ✅

[verbal heron]

how many more police's can be added here?

[cloud badge]

ah yes and the buffalo one, though, that one uses buffalo to mean bullying which is quite an obscure usage. "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

[verbal heron]

@cloud badge Anyway, thank you Red sun

[tepid bough]

i think that’s it

[cloud badge]

yeah it seemed natural, and also yeah, using 'on' with avenge is not common these days as far as i know but it may be correct. no problem c:

[tepid bough]

yeah and the will one too “Will, will Will will Will Will's will?”

English sometimes funny tho

[verbal heron]

Alright, thank you

[verbal heron]

what does the last 'it' refer to here?

[cloud badge]

the usage of 'on' after the word avenge

[verbal heron]

use some relative pronouns man 💀

[verbal heron]

There is not the slighest doubt about its being incorrect, but as you have mentioned earlier, it's not very common these days

[cloud badge]

ah ok, interesting, I guess I just never heard it used like that, myself c:

[verbal heron]

alr, even if you haven't heard of something, it may exist in the works/pieces of literature

[cloud badge]

yeah, that was my point. I never heard it, so i thought it was interesting that is was correct.

English is very flexible, so finding out all the possibilities is cool to me :p

[verbal heron]

It's a behemoth 💀

I've sworn to finish reading all the literary collosus in case I don't die in a young age 💀, pray for me :pray:

[cloud badge]

oh i think ive heard of that, how many pages is it?

[verbal heron]

what do you think it is?

[cloud badge]

do you mean the book by df jones?

or i guess trilogy?

[verbal heron]

who is DF Jones?

[cloud badge]

hes an author who wrote a trilogy called the colossus or something?

what is it to you?

[acoustic geyser]

What's different between these sentences?
I will be in trouble if someone tells them my secret
I am gonna be in trouble if someone tells my secret

[cloud badge]

they both mean that the speaker will be in trouble but the first is more specific about who the secret is being told to. the first implied that the secret could be told to a person or group, while the second could mean anything or anyone, like, posting it on the internet, or shouting it out in public, but could also mean the same as the first one.

[acoustic geyser]

I forgot to add the pronoun

[cloud badge]

oh, so youre asking about the 'I will' vs the 'I am gonna'?

[acoustic geyser]

Yeah

[cloud badge]

they mean the same exact thing in this case

[acoustic geyser]

So are they interchangeable?

[cloud badge]

yes, but the second is more casual and natural, the first is a little more formal or serious, but its such a small difference.

[verbal heron]

It is just that I meant to exaggerate my statement to imply that I would read as many magna opera of the most famous English authors (authors that created their pieces of literature in English) as possible

[verbal heron]

Gee, after coming back to senses, I found out that this sentence conveyed the totally opposite implication; I should have used "correct" instead of "incorrect" there lmao

[cloud badge]

oohhhhhh, ok xD hahaha in that case, i hope you live a looong time xD and yeah, i did notice that about the 'incorrect', but i understood what you were saying there based on the context so no problemo

[acoustic geyser]

Is this one correct?
If I had had a sledgehammer, I could have smashed it.
(Conditional past unreal)

[thorn radish]

Was ChatGPT right? https://chatgpt.com/share/67570289-4480-8004-8718-66d4bf120939

[cloud badge]

yup, its correct, and the extra had emphasizes the having of the hammer in the past. you could drop it, but then it could be interpreted to mean that you didnt have and still do not have a sledgehammer. had had just tells you that you didnt have one at that time, but, you might own one, it just wasnt with you.

[modest nimbus]

hello, i have a question

how do i say this number?

672,782

six hundred thousand seventy two and seven hundred eighty two?

am i wrong?

[sacred mirage]

six hundred and seventy two thousand, seven hundred and eighty two

[modest nimbus]

and goes after the hundred?

i thougt it was after the thousand

[sacred mirage]

what do you mean?

[modest nimbus]

like this:

[sacred mirage]

that's only if its zeros

so 600

six hundred thousand, seven hundred and eight two

take it step by step

[modest nimbus]

six hundred seventy two thousand and seven hundred and eighty two

this is wrong then

[modest nimbus]

thank uuuuuuuu

[sacred mirage]

so look at it this way

if you have 10

you say ten

acc thats a bad example

if you have 100

you say one hundred

because you are coming to the final zero

if its 120, its one hundred AND Twenty

but then if you go 123, its one hundred and twenty THREE

see how you are finishing with the final one

here on the 672

you finish with the 2

so it would be two thousand

[sacred mirage]

as that corresponds to the thousands column seen here

hope this helps

[modest nimbus]

give me a second

i get busy

[modest nimbus]

okay so, the "and" it's just for numbers which final in 0

sorry

every numbers instead of 0

right?

[bitter hill]

Theophrastus’s review of the doctrines of earlier philosophers, On the Senses, no copies of which survive, is a lost work.
Is the relative clause modifying review or On the Senses?

Yet, they themselves survive without apology, with, instead, their simple claims and complex colors.
Is this a case of asyndetic coordination?

[sacred mirage]

I don't think so, im not sure of your question

For British English, numbers greater than 100 and less than 1000 always include and between the “hundreds” figure and the other part:

Three hundred and forty-two
Four hundred

Numbers greater than 1000 include and between any “hundreds” figure and the figure less than 100, and then state the multiple:

Five thousand, three hundred
Three hundred and forty-two thousand, two hundred and fifty-one
One million, three hundred thousand, four hundred and twenty
Two thousand, three hundred and sixty-two million

That is, any of the three-figure groups in a large number follow the first rule before stating the multiplier.

[tulip hedge]

She has beautiful eyes.
She has a beautiful eye.
She has the beautiful eyes.

Which one is correct and commonly used?

[boreal ingot]

Poor beginners you'll get to A2 eventually
/s

[topaz ingot]

First one only

A beautiful eye implies only one of them is beautiful or they only have one eye

The beautiful eyes make her eyes sound like a detachable product, are they prosthetics?

[boreal ingot]

'Me' is the oblique first-person singular pronoun. It's used when referring to the speaker as the recipient of or one who is subjected to an action, most typically; it can also act as a prepositional complement. In a word, it generally takes an object role in the sentence and refers to the speaker. It contrasts with the nominative first-person singular pronoun, which typically acts as the subject, meaning it's used as the doer of an action. These pronouns' referent is entirely reliant on context, so they're deictic pronouns

[boreal ingot]

What's avenging on? I've never heard 'on/upon' following 'avenge'

[boreal ingot]

I'd say 672,782 probably

[sacred mirage]

wdym

[boreal ingot]

The first is the most commonly used.
The second means either 1. One of her eyes is beautiful, the other is not, or 2. She owns an eye that is beautiful (she took someone's eye).
The third would be said if 'beautiful eyes' is an established item or quality. Say we live in a world where once every 100 years someone is born with 'the beautiful eyes', if you saw them, you could say they have the beautiful eyes. It's like the title of an item that's one of a kind

[boreal ingot]

Dumb joke, lol

I just wrote the numbers instead of actually writing out how I'd say it

As I said, dumb joke

[bitter hill]

Or with a picture of someone's eyes one might ask "Who is the one that has these beautiful eyes?" And then another might respond "She has the beautiful eyes" while pointing to the person

[sacred mirage]

hahaha

[flat rune]

Guys what is the most effective way to memorize tenses 😭💔

[boreal ingot]

Which relative clause? I don't see one ngl