📚｜english-questions

[crimson vortex]

That's why I am asking

It is similar to continue in this context

@boreal ingot

[boreal ingot]

Well, there's a slight difference, I believe. 'proceed' would mean 'move forward (to the next step)', you aren't really physically moving forward, but in a sense, you are advancing down a path of steps. 'continue' would more specifically be about the entire process of login, since you stopped at one step, halting the process of login, by going to the next step, you are continuing the login process. You could say in this context, by proceeding to the next step, you continue the process of logging in.

In this context 'proceed' would mean 'advance', not 'begin/start'

[crimson vortex]

Okay, thanks, i understand it now

[boreal ingot]

I'm glad i could help

[dense pulsar]

Alright, thank you!
I put it 'whom' 6 hours ago

[flat rune]

what is the difference between leap and jump

[void marlin]

A leap is a jump that involves a flight phase and is often used to cover distance or get over obstacles. Leaps can also convey a sense of lightness and quickness, and can sometimes have a little more spring than a regular jump. For example, "He leaped out of his car and ran towards the house".

[flat rune]

So leap is for a long jump whereas jump is just jumping

[flat rune]

ty*

[void marlin]

You can normally use them interchangeably

[flat rune]

Oh cool

[boreal ingot]

yea sort of, but leap also implies you advance. If I say he jumped, he could be jumping in place, or over something, or just forward, but if I say he leapt, I believe it would never mean 'in place'

'he leapt in place' sounds pretty wrong to me

So while jump is soley about pushing off the ground, leap is about pushing off the ground while moving in a direction (I would imagine forwards, but it can be to the side)

[void marlin]

What they said

Bigger smarts

[boreal ingot]

lmao thanks

[robust bone]

is "second intentions" an expression in english ?

like, when you pretend that you want thing A, but in reality you want thing B

"Noah had second intentions when he bought that house"

because he wasn't just going to live there, he also intended to build a bunker (or smth else)

or cook meth with his fren jessi

[void marlin]

Normally you would just say other intentions, second intention is technically correct but sounds weird asf

[boreal ingot]

Well this is interesting lol

I hadn't heard of that before googling :p

I wonder why it goes 'primary', 'secondary', 'third' instead of 'primary', 'secondary', 'tertiary' or 'first', 'second', 'third'

like this mixing is stupidd

[robust bone]

why intention too

primary case sounds better to me

[boreal ingot]

maybe it has a medical meaning we're unaware of?

[void marlin]

Probably

[boreal ingot]

ah

still weird that they mixed the types of numbers

but this makes more sense

@robust bone well, that's why intention ^

[void marlin]

Ty for the help

[abstract osprey]

1 - "ok, now let's begin/start the next phase/step"
2 - "ok, now let's proceed to the next phase/step"
3 - "ok, now let's continue to the next phase/step"

I always thought proceed could be used meaning continue too. I'm pretty sure I already saw things like "please, proceed with your explanation" after the person being interrupted.

And proceed/begin/start the next phase/step it's all the same, isn't it?

3 is the only one that only gives that impression of pause to me

[boreal ingot]

in 2 proceed means advance tho, it means 'start' when you say 'let's proceed with the plan'

proceed with you explanation
I'd never say this if they were already explaining before

Maybe if they were about to start explaining, and then I interupted, I could say 'sorry, you can proceed now'

But if they were mid-explanation and I interupted I'd say 'sorry, you can continue now'

[abstract osprey]

yeah, maybe it was more in this context

[boreal ingot]

I will say, if you look at the second sub-def, it does say continue. So I may have just never heard it before. You'd need a native to check

[abstract osprey]

indeed... "are proceeding well" doesn't sound weird to me to be honest

[flat rune]

ty

[abstract osprey]

and the first literally says begin

[boreal ingot]

Yea I did say it means begin/start

[abstract osprey]

oh yeah... you were talking about that context specificaly, my bad

[boreal ingot]

I argued it didn't mean 'continue' but acording to the 2 sub-def it can, but I personally haven't heard it

to me 'are proceeding well' sounds like it's talking about what's generally happening rather than something starting again after an interruption, but we'd need more context to be sure

[abstract osprey]

yeah, in this case it's the ongoing process

another thing I noticed is that proceed is used more often in more formal situations, not that using proceed makes the communication more formal (I think), but this word brings me that feeling that I heard/read it in more formal situations

but it's just my impression

[flat rune]

what's the difference between help someone and help someone out

[sly pier]

Probably due to frequency.

Primary and secondary are used far more frequently than “tertiary”. It sounds oddly formal.

Don’t ask me why that is, it’s just the way English is used in reality.

[boreal ingot]

it does feel a bit more formal yea

[rapid bison]

thanks for reminding me of "zero conditional", "first conditional", "second conditional" & "third conditional" 💀

zeroth is a thing.

[serene plinth]

Has got nothing to do with English actually, it's just what it's called scientifically

[rapid bison]

(...apart from the field of teaching of English as a foreign language, the four conditional types... aren't well recognized. :p)

[abstract osprey]

only someone can help you out
objects can't help you out, but can help

help out is usually associated with making someone's activity/effort easier

that's what made sense to me

[boreal ingot]

i mean yeah makes sense. Kind of the same with 'quadruple', 'quintuple' and above, and a bit for 'thrice'. Ig people jus don't like special words for numbers over 3 (and sometimes for 3 itself, as with 'thrice')
I personally love 'thrice', i use it a lot :p

[sly pier]

Yeah, definitely this.

[serene plinth]

Agree with this too

[rapid bison]

the teacher of contrast

[flat rune]

Can we omit '' out '' ?

[boreal ingot]

so, threefold is for amount/number of partss, awhile 'thrice' is for number of times, right? Is this the difference?

[rapid bison]

what did you exactly mean by "amount/number of parts"?

[boreal ingot]

A threefold promise
is a promise with three people involved (three parts)

Threefold the people present
would be 3 times the number of the people present

[rapid bison]

to me,

A threefold promise
is the same as
A triple promise

there are no parts, since "triple" here specifically refers to something 3-person

"threefold" would therefore refer to a magnitude (how big something is), while "thrice" would refer to the occurences (how much something is done)

[abstract osprey]

yeah, "help out" is just a phrasal verb that is similar to "lend a hand"

help will work in any situation, "help out" only when there's people involved in doing something

money can't help you out in paying the bills, but surely can help

a lever can't help you out in the effort of lifting something, but can help

objects will help only as a tool in making something possible or easier, only someone can help you out by joining you in the effort of lifting something, or assisting you navigate the bank app to pay the bills

[boreal ingot]

It can also be more literal when you say 'help out'

I helped him out of the hole'

[acoustic geyser]

Are plan and intention the same thing?

[flat rune]

It's better to use help*

For instance : if i ask my sister for help to revise

I'll say

Sister, may you help me out revising please ?

Because sh's lending a hand to me

[abstract osprey]

when in doubt yes, only "help" will always work

[abstract osprey]

I believe it's correct, I'm only not sure if you need to add "with" when talking about an specific task

"can you help me out here?" it's correct

now when I'm talking about a specific task I think it's something like "can you help me out with"

but someone would have to confirm this

[crimson vortex]

Hello, I have a related question. Do we use a preposition "to" after "help"? I mean, I'll help you to make a choice or just help you make a choice?

[abstract osprey]

not always

[flat rune]

I'll help you making a choice

[abstract osprey]

sometimes you will use with and sometimes you don't need to use anything

[abstract osprey]

yeah, doesn't sound wrong to me

[flat rune]

'' To '' can be replaced in most cases

Instead of saying i like to do that

I like doing that

'' To '' can be replaced by -ing

[abstract osprey]

yes, but the meaning will change a lot depending on how you say it

[flat rune]

i don't think so

I always say

I like doing that

I never say i like to do that

but i don't think there's a real difference

[abstract osprey]

yeah, I don't know why it's sounding weird to me, maybe it's just my brain trolling me, because in this case it's the other person performing the action, maybe the confusion is on my side 😅

"I can help you to make a choice" and "I can help you make a choice" sounds more natural to me

[flat rune]

what is the difference between : work and work out

[native forge]

Can you call the top circle of a glass a lip?

[vivid bridge]

hey guys

how can I get the accent?

the american accent??

[flat rune]

Practice

Try to find videos or channels with American accent

For example, you can watch “bob the canadian” he speaks similarly to American

And it easy and clear to understand what’s he saying

But i did the next, i use pencil and put it and hold it with teeth

And pronounce sentences

Try to record yourself and listen carefully

And improve

Do that on a regular basis you will get this

[abstract osprey]

these can be used in a quite wide range of situations, I recommend researching a bit about it

can be associated with physical exercise, professional activity, success, addressing a problem, literally solving a problem, and a few other meanings

most meanings I can easily understand when reading or listening but wouldn't remember that "work" or "work out" fits what I'm trying to say (lack of practice / laziness)

[flat rune]

But on the other hand when you start talking mostly you do that automatically

Phrases, spelling words

So it’s better to work on pronunciation first

Than other things

As for me you have to use all approaches and methods

[acoustic geyser]

Do I have to memorise phonetics to pronunciation?

[flat rune]

But without good pronunciation the opponents will ask you again and again

[flat rune]

Nah

For the first time it will hard

Youll get that by practice

Language is a skill

It’s up to you

The more efforts you make the more results you achieve

[flat rune]

oh ok ty

[abstract osprey]

by immersing yourself in content with the accent you want
American accent? You'll have a few to choose from, USA is a big country

and like @flat rune said - by practicing

[acoustic geyser]

What about Scottish?

[abstract osprey]

accent? it's the same everywhere (just to be clear, not saying the accent in Scotland is the same everywhere, I actually have no idea, the reasons why accents change are the same or at least similar)

usually the bigger the country the more the accents change from region to region

there may be exceptions of course

[flat rune]

Does '' hear out '' ex ist ?

[proven cliff]

Yes, "hear out" is a phrase that means to listen to someone completely or to give someone a chance to express their thoughts or opinions fully before making a judgment. It is often used in contexts where understanding or empathy is important. For example, "Please let me hear you out before I share my opinion."

||(The text is sourced from ChatGPT)||

[flat rune]

Oh ok

so if i say : I'm hearing you out, say what you have to say before i give my judgement

[flat rune]

Ty

Does a phrasal verb exist for listen

[abstract osprey]

hear out is a phrasal verb

[flat rune]

yes

[abstract osprey]

for listen

[bitter hill]

Listen in, listen up

[abstract osprey]

ah, using listen? thought it was with the meaning not actually using it 😅

[flat rune]

What do they mean ?

[glass ocean]

Hello !, how are you? Who is available and free to practice Spanish and English?

[flat rune]

You're spanish ?

[cloud badge]

'listen in' is another one

oh oops, that was mentioned

[flat rune]

Yeah

[oblique raft]

hi!

[errant kettle]

Listen in means to listen to a conversation between other people. The teacher stood at the doorway to listen in to their study session. Listen up means pay attention, The teacher said we should listen up because this material would certainly be on the exam.

[acoustic geyser]

Does "about" have the same meaning as "round" in British English

[flat rune]

Round is short for around

[acoustic geyser]

I mean "around", I misremembered it

[flat rune]

yes, but round is still a casual way of saying things in british english

[boreal ingot]

'about' can mean 'round' when 'round' is short for 'around' :p

It's a British English thing as far as I know

Stuff was scattered about
I went walking about
Clothes were about the room

However, I do believe a difference in meaning is present in sentences like

We walked about/around the building

'around' could mean we avoided the building by going to the side of it and continuing, that we circled the building, or that we walked aimlessley throughout and close to the building

'about' could only mean the last case, 'we walked aimlessly throughout and near the building'

'about' is much more specific in that sense

At least, I believe it to be so. Correct me if I'm mistaken

[acoustic geyser]

Hello
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
She can hardly walk
She can barely walk

[boreal ingot]

I can't really think of any difference here, but they aren't always interchangeable

[flat rune]

What is the difference between these sentences : Yesterday, i delivered the mail. Yesterday, i gave the mail out.

[neon burrow]

imo delivering has the meaning of sending it to someone specific with a specific reason
while giving the mail out make me understood it as you're just doing it randomly, an unfocused action

[flat rune]

oh ok i understood

ty

[abstract osprey]

hardly can also mean low frequency, barely is more connected to the effort itself (or success, like in "barely made it")

"I hardly go jogging, but when I do I can easily do 20 km"

If you say you can barely jog you can't easily do 20 km

@acoustic geyser 👆

[hazy grotto]

The former can be used in a technical sense but it doesn't imply scale. As in, deliver is a pointer. It implies a pointed direction.
Latter is the opposite, to have gave out an object you distribute it, possibly without any particular plan

[real flare]

Hi, guys. A question to native English speakers or persons who live long enough in English speaking countries. Can I use the phrase "gameverse", is it correct? I mean it as videogames universe.

[hazy grotto]

It is not formal, so some uninformed (tbh) would say not, but it is. It is a portmanteau. It becomes incorrect if the audience doesn't know what it means

You would not want to use it in academic matters

(With exceptions)

An equalivant might be uhhhh

"malware "
It's a word as much as "gameverse" is

[real flare]

You mean game verse will be correct one, right? Just keep it separated.

[hazy grotto]

~~Yes. ~Both are correct. ~~~~
"malware" and "gameverse" are both informal portmanteaus

Oh I see

No 'game verse' is not proper form. It is 'gameverse'

[real flare]

Can I use it for a youtube video name? Will a native english speaker understand that I mean videogame universe?

[hazy grotto]

Yes

Good luck with the video, man.

[real flare]

thanks

[real flare]

"Gameverse" is a proper form, not separated one, just avoiding misunderstanding)

[hazy grotto]

Yes.

[hazy grotto]

To expound a bit more for you. -verse is a suffix. It goes on the end of a word. As English teachers will say, it is a modifier. Means like, '[noun] <- 'a defined area' or 'defined area of 3D euclidean space' or 'an abstracted sphere of influence' in this context

Verse is also, however, a word.

The word itself refers to a literal sequences of letters, and only in niche circumstance
-verse the suffix has nothing to do with Verse the noun here

[abstract osprey]

wouldn't verse be quite literally just an abbreviation of universe sometimes?

the universe of games

there's a franchise called Trine, and at Steam you'll literally find the Trineverse bundle

it's there: "Buy Trineverse BUNDLE". OBS: Bundle is capitalised there, just quoting. And below "Add to Cart"

"ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

Experience the entire catalogue of games set in the Trine universe, including: ..."

there are 4 games named Trine and one named Nine Parchments, which is a spin off, but it's set in the same universe as the Trine games

[loud lagoon]

My IELTS results came in few days ago. I got 8.0 overall (9.0 listening, 8.5 reading, 7.0 in writing and speaking). I know it is enoght for Universities, but I am wondering how good it is. What CERF level am I, and am I considered fluent?

[abstract osprey]

thinking a bit more... you literally defined universe, yeah, same thing 😅

[acoustic geyser]

What is the difference?
We just made it
We barely made it

[flint orbit]

You can understand movies bro?

[loud lagoon]

yeah?

[flint orbit]

B2/C1 it's real

[abstract osprey]

just - depends on the context
barely - almost didn't

[stuck tinsel]

Hello who studied oroonoko prose restoration by appraisal Ben and paradise lost could explain to me some extracts

[cloud badge]

Not quite the same, the universe is the one singular verse that we all experience, it is everything, it contains everything. Every other verse exists within it. (Unless you're talking about a theoretical other universe or the miltiverse like exists in fiction like comic book lore where there are several universes existing at once)

[hazy grotto]

Was sticking to remaining within the relevant context to his question.
Verse, the noun, otherwise refers to an archaic (unsure if defined as such, but it is not colloquially used in General American) manner of informing typically ones superior. "I will verse General Burd on the situation."

'verse is the only informal or otherwise correct-ish form from 'universe', where nouns and not the -verse suffix is being regarded. I would not assume most native speakers know this, to be truthful, but it isn't different from e.g, little, lil, lil'. The middle without an apostrophe is incorrect, and English teachers will mark you off/editors of your paper will note it. An apostrophe is placed on the side of removed hard consonant, which is basically - this will be a horrible explanation - but it's that syllable on either left or right which cuts off the most airflow through your throat.

It gets worse, too.

Apostrophe placement, I mean.

Most typically don't bother using it right if they know & it really isn't an issue. But in the context of which is formally correct, universe (uni-verse) becomes 'verse

I suppose think of it as, once you've added verse as a noun into a word as its suffix, it cannot be removed from that word and maintain its same properties. As 'verse from either universe, reverse, etc, is 'verse. & also formally-speaking, requires one to not capitalize it. Kinda

[acoustic geyser]

Can hardly and barely interchangeable?

[hazy grotto]

Unless I'm about to make a joke of myself... no, I think? They are separate. I don't think they are even grammatical cousins
Hardly has one somewhat similar use to barely.

You would have to define context

Sorry, nothing rude is meant by that. I am just, really not sure. I guess. lol

Okay, right. No, but... is the answer

I hardly had food
I barely had food
Hardly, alliterative = had some in small amount
Barely. Bare of food + diminutive = not wholly bare [of food]

Iunno man. In that case no clue

Otherwise, not interchangeable
(Don't beat me up for the curt explanation pls)

[cloud badge]

Sorry sorry but i think i disagree. I don't get any separate meanings from the sentences you shared. I can't think of any time where you couldn't replace barely with hardly, and the other way around, but if anyone can id love to hear them.

[hazy grotto]

Fair.

Trying.

Funny how these trip us up. lol

[cloud badge]

Yeah haha

[hazy grotto]

Well okay, grammatical order

theirs differs

but yeah they may as well be interchangeable

colloquially

[cloud badge]

What do ya mean

[hazy grotto]

Constituent is a term in linguistic rhetoric that regards the syntactic fuckin... uh

Honestly.

You may as well be right if I have to talk syntactic-things

[cloud badge]

Oh i was talking about hardly and barely, not the word constituent.

[hazy grotto]

I am thinking the same, hardly and barely

You'd have to Google it with (linguistics)

After it

They love that

Take a word and, now it means a phrase (but only for linguists)

Lol

Good question honestly

To original asker

[cloud badge]

Oh interesting, but haha if you're getting that deep into it, are any words really interchangeable? xp jkjk and cool i didn't know there were terms for that

[hazy grotto]

Lel

Yeah tru

[flat rune]

What does call up mean

[flat rune]

You call up a friend meaning you call them to talk to them

You call up a player from development leagues to put him on the main team

You call up someone in a sitatuation where you are forcing them to talk/present in front of everyone (The teacher called up the student to present his ideas in front of the class)

ty

[upbeat blaze]

what do mean expression "for good"?

[rapid bison]

forever

[rapid bison]

doesn't it say in your test report form? it's between C1 and C2

[wanton latch]

Hello

[flat rune]

#🗒｜pronunciation

i want you to evaluate my accent

[pseudo schooner]

Hello

[odd bone]

Hello! Could you please recommend any apps similar as duolingo? Not only for English but also for Spanish?

[flat rune]

Hey anyone up here

[iron mason]

I have one question, what does a relative clause function as?

[proven cliff]

a relative clause acts as an adjective by providing more detail about a noun in the sentence

[jaunty obsidian]

Hi guys
I need correct answer

Choose the correct grammar form to complete the gap.

You [...] to come to work on time. You are usually 10 minutes late.

should

ought

have

Must

[spiral lynx]

Feels like an advice

Or warning
Or a reminder

Advice : should
Warning :must
Reminder : have

I'd go with should
Or have

[flat rune]

either have to

or ought to

depending on the context

[flat rune]

should to come is wrong

must to come is wrong as well

or you'd say you should come

[spiral lynx]

Ooh didn't see the to
True

Ig have to

[flat rune]

Oh ok

[sleek charm]

hey

[acoustic geyser]

What is different?
Most of my friends were in the photo
Almost all my friends were in the photo

[lapis topaz]

In "most of my friends" it means "a lot" of my friends... the big part of friend's group... and in second one "almost" is "close to" all friends in the photo

[boreal ingot]

Ought

'Ought' is followed by 'to' normally

It means the same thing as 'should'

Actually 'have to' might work but 'ought to' sounds like it fits better since this seems like advice

[boreal ingot]

To me 'almost all' sounds like a bigger amount than 'most'

Like 'most of the 20 people agreed' could be like 17 maybe 16, it could be 15, just the majority

While 'almost all of the 20 people agreed' sounds like it would be 18, 19, maybe 17

So 'almost all' is for the high end only, while 'most' is for everything above 50%

[acoustic geyser]

Why is for use in this sentence and not because of
do you think Pablo is going to reward you for being braved?

I'm still confused about when to use for and because when talking about the reason.

[ebon trout]

Braved seems like the wrong tense in this context.
Do you think Pablo is going to reward you for being brave?

[lunar blaze]

Hello everyone

[crisp elm]

Hellow! I have one question!

What's this "Still" ??

But I was listening to a song, and this same word appeared in 2 completely different meanings! Can someone tell me what this verb means?

[flat rune]

I think 'still' means something is in the position that is not changing or still means the time rn

[reef notch]

Most lyrics (what you hear in songs) use terms randomly or with vague meaning, some even contain many grammatical mistakes. Don't learn from songs only, use other methods alongside

[crisp elm]

Yeah

[crisp elm]

But, the muisic name is "be still"

[crisp elm]

Humm

Ok... but, for example: you still working?

[reef notch]

"Be still" means "be fixed in one position" literally, but figuratively it means hold up and be patient with issues but that's according to the context of course, I can't tell what the singer meant from just a title, but like I said, it's not very promising to learn just from songs

[reef notch]

Formally it shouldn't be written like that but informally it's alright to ask someone about their work that way

[crisp elm]

Ok, in short... be still is an expression (which means something like... stay calm)

but it has the same meaning (albeit informally)

ok, I'll try to find some word from portuguese (my language) to compare to "still" I think this can help me understand when to use it

[crisp elm]

Thanks

[abstract osprey]

Mondly

[verbal heron]

Would the phrase 'in want of' in the following sentence have connotation of lacking?

‘Never make yourself in want of reading aloud.’

[boreal ingot]

That means don't move

Remain in a state of non-motion

It's a command to become static, ig

[acoustic geyser]

Has "be going to be doing something" got the same meaning as future continuous?

[crisp elm]

Aa thanks man!

I undestood

[boreal ingot]

I'd prefer not to be referred to with 'man' if that's okay, but yea, no problem! Glad to help :>

[crisp elm]

Aaa

[crisp elm]

Sorry, i use the brazilian slang

I'm so busy writing this that I didn't even notice

[boreal ingot]

it's just as well
Is this idiom common at all?

And how common is it without the 'just'

[flat rune]

What is the difference between : I recall and I remember

[loud lagoon]

i am not an expert, but i think "recall" is when you forgot something and "recalled" it in an instant, and "remember" is when you never forgot.

[flat rune]

ty

[spiral lynx]

I will be going to be doing something
Will +( aux+ go)+ing
Yes future continuous

[craggy quest]

what's a good page for listening?

[tough wolf]

Is this sentence correct?

They had been using the handball venue as a warehouse until a year ago

[wet compass]

@tough wolf its perfect

[tough wolf]

Thanks, i was unsure about using past perfect continuous with that sentence, because in the textbook it uses simple past continuous

[wet compass]

Yeah you can also say "They were using the handball venue as a warehouse until a year ago." If you want. But not "They have been using" because "have" is only for something currently being used not if it has already been used. If it is already done "paste tense" you need had. So, yes, They had been using the handball venue as a warehouse until a year ago. is accurate.

[boreal ingot]

what

[wet compass]

They really are interchangeable, with only slight differences in nuance.

The biggest distinction isn’t in their meaning since both imply bringing something to mind. The difference, I think, is in their impact. What @loud lagoon said is probably not the best way to think about it because you can recall something you never forgot, and you can remember something instantly as well. "Never forgetting" is not really the difference between these words because if that were the case we wouldn't have phrases like "If I can recall correctly," and "If I remember correctly," where clearly in both cases there can be a loss of memory.

The best way to think of it is that recall feels more active, while remember is more passive. Memory (remembering) often happens passively, while recollection (recalling) involves a deliberate effort to vividly bring details to mind.

When you recall an event, it’s like you’re presenting a clear picture of your memory—almost retelling it vividly, as you experienced it. On the other hand, remembering an event is simply acknowledging that it happened, but the details may be less clear. Additional context is often needed to clarify how well you remember something. A recollection implies that you can recall something with confidence and precision, while remembering might range from vague awareness to detailed memory, depending on the situation.

[wet compass]

Yeah, it has the connotation of lacking. "In want of" implies, literally, wanting something.

Think about it this way:
If you are homeless, you lack a place to live.
If you lack a place to live, you probably want a place to live.

Now picture this:
A mom and her son. The son doesn't want to go to college. Mom believes people who don't go to college don't have a place to life. She doesn't want her son to lack. In other words, she doesn't want her son to ever be in a postion to want a place to live. She wants him to be safe and have a home.

So, she tells him, "Son, Never make yourself in want of a place to live. Go to college and get a degree." A scenario like that is how this phrase might be used in context.

This phrase I don't think is common, by the way. It sounds like older literature. But maybe you'd hear it if someone was giving advice.

[acoustic geyser]

What is different between these sorta words?
Creation vs Creating
Confession vs Confessing

[crimson vortex]

Hello. "To remember" is a general term for retrieving information from your memory, usually not intentionally and subconsciously. For example, I saw a hungry stray cat and suddenly remembered that I didn't feed mine today. Recall is nearly the same, but it implies that you purposefully try to remember something, you might even make some efforts to remember it. So recalling something is not instant and subconscious. You try to focus to remember something. For example, teacher told us to recall the formula we learned last week

[crimson vortex]

In terms of grammar, creation is a noun and creating is a gerund

But I don't quite understand the difference in use

[crimson vortex]

Gerund always refers to activity or process

[wet compass]

Creation:
Imagine a cool computer.
Creating:
Imagine someone building this cool computer.

The cool computer is a persons creation. When they are building it, they are creating it.

You create a creation. If someone is actively doing it, they are creating it or have created it before.

Same thing with a confession.

Imagine someone lies to their mom and then tells the truth. That is a confession, or their confession. If they are in the moment of telling their mother the truth after they lied, then they are confessing.

[boreal ingot]

I think they more meant it in the sense of

Creating is fun

vs.

Creation is fun

[flat rune]

Ty both

[verbal heron]

That makes sense to me now, thank you

[verbal heron]

Yes, it's not a common phrase, I encountered it while reading an old novel

The sentence was somewhat like “Every fortunate men in the universe must be in want of a wife"

Referring to the dictionary, I found out that it means needing something

And then decided to use it in a sentence

[trail slate]

"I assume you have a personality like that" does it make sense??

[rapid bison]

the screenshot attached contains an alert stating "Only channel subscribers of 5 minutes or longer can send messages."

1. is this acceptable phrasing for a live broadcast whose channel limits (live) chatting to users who have been their subscribers for at least 5 minutes?
2. would "Only channel subscribers for 5 minutes or longer can send messages." have worked?
3. if your answer to question 2 was "yes", would it have worked better than YouTube's wording?

[spiral lynx]

I assume ,
Like i suppose but in a certain way
So
I assume you have a personality like that
Does make sense
He or she means : i am certain that's your personality

[verbal heron]

@spiral lynx 'Such a personality' could've worked better here ig

[waxen cradle]

Yes, this is acceptable phrasing. However, like you identified, it sounds a bit awkward. We typically see "of" used to describe an ongoing state. For example: "As a scientist of ten years, Tom is experienced in chemistry."
I think many native speakers are used to seeing "of" used to describe long periods of time, like years in the example above, or months. Personally, if this sentence had said "Only subscribers of 5 months or longer", I would not have found it so awkward!

"For" is also correct; they are interchangeable in this case. However, there are some cases where they are NOT interchangeable! An example is:
"Tom is Joe's friend of ten years." -- This means that Tom and Joe have been friends for ten years, and they will continue to be friends in the future (implied).
"Tom was Joe's friend for ten years." -- This means that Tom and Joe were friends for ten years in the past, but not any longer. Notice how I had to change "is" to "was" to make this correct. We cannot say "Tom is Joe's friend for ten years", that is incorrect unless we are describing something like a storyboard, where we can summarize the actions that occur in a fictional story using all present tense. (As you can see, this is a very specific instance.)

3. Between the two options, I would use "of" rather than "for". But, I would actually rather use a more direct message instead: "You must be a channel subscriber for at least 5 minutes before sending messages."

[rapid bison]

I raise one mini-concern:
"Only channel subscribers of '5 minutes or longer' can send messages."

;)

[waxen cradle]

"At least X minutes" and "X minutes or longer" mean the same thing when talking about subscription time! It is like a ≤ sign in math 😆

[rapid bison]

hey, not that (I know my mathematics) >.>
imagine a channel named "5 minutes or longer".

[boreal ingot]

Sounds fine

[boreal ingot]

It doesn't mean 'I am certain', 'assume' means you're making a guess with some amount of evidence

[raw eagle]

guys

peace begins with a deicision ' make your now, or make yours_

?

[cloud badge]

Not necessarily. You can tell someone to 'make peace with' something but peace can be used in several other ways as well

[raw eagle]

so

make your is correct? and not make yours

[cloud badge]

Yes exactly. If peace is the name of something someone is creating, like a game character, you could say to someone 'make yours (your game character) peace' but otherwise it would be wrong.

[raw eagle]

I see, i'm confused since it's how a client told me to put it in a flyer

[cloud badge]

Oh, hm could you write out the full sentence or give a little more context?

[raw eagle]

yES

it's for an event where it's about like motivational talk

a line before it says this

Title: Find peace withing your power: The Silent experience
Step away from the noise, step into clarity

Date of the online event, streaming video

line where it says, Peace begins with a decision - make your now

[signal shell]

no no no, it should be "make yours now"

[cloud badge]

Hm, in that sentence either could be used. It could be make your peace (by making this decision) now, or make yours (your decision) peace now.

[signal shell]

you can say either "make your peace now" or "make yours now"

"yours" is a substitute for "your peace"

[cloud badge]

Yeah that too

[raw eagle]

I see

I will use the your withouth the s since it's how the person sent me the line

if it's wrong i'll just change it and that's it

thank you soo much guys

[cloud badge]

Is 'make your now' the full sentence?

[raw eagle]

no, it's like this

[cloud badge]

Oh, that definitely needs an s on yours

It's referring to the decision so it needs an s

[raw eagle]

ahh so mistake of the person then

It sounded wieird to me but that confirms it

[signal shell]

oh right, "yours" is a substitute for "your decision", that makes more sense lol

i like "make yours now", sounds like the best option

[raw eagle]

Yeah I chose that one, it sounds correct

[boreal ingot]

I'm pretty sure 'make your now' would be incorrect. It would have to be 'make your peace now' or 'make yours now'

[boreal ingot]

yeye probs

[night ferry]

Do you guys would prefer/recommend Chat GPT or Gemini to study English?

[boreal ingot]

AI generally sucks at teaching languages

You can use them as conversation partners, sure

At least in English, they don't make mistakes

But often when explaining something about the lang they'll be confidently wrong

So like, if you're looking for imerssion, you could use it for chatting

But otherwise I'd recommend you consult an informed person or a grammar book

[night ferry]

No, that's not the question

It's not for chatting, it's for research words and expressions

It's Just it

[boreal ingot]

Well, it can explain words decently well, but not really the difference between them

and it sucks at explaining grammar

[acoustic geyser]

What's the difference between:
How would that be and how will that be?

[ivory shard]

The phrases "How would that be?" and "How will that be?" differ in their tone and usage:

How would that be?

Context: Hypothetical or conditional situations.
Example: "If we moved the meeting to Friday, how would that be?" (asking about a possibility or hypothetical outcome).

How will that be?

Context: Asking about a future certainty or expectation.
Example: "The meeting is scheduled for Friday. How will that be?" (seeking confirmation or thoughts on a future arrangement).

Choose based on whether you're discussing a hypothetical or a planned situation.

[night ferry]

Oh, I got it

Thank you!

[flat rune]

What is the difference between show up and show out

[astral umbra]

So could I say "show him the way out" ?

[flat rune]

And show up

[acoustic geyser]

On Valentine day or At Valentine day?

[cloud badge]

You should use on for that

[flat rune]

Ty

What is the difference between paradise and heaven

[cloud badge]

Heaven is a paradise-like place in the afterlife. A paradise can be anywhere that you find to be perfect, beautiful, where you can't find something to complain about basically. Its subjective to each person. When people imagine heaven they likely imagine what they think would be their version of paradise, to live in forever after they die.

[flat rune]

Tysm

[boreal ingot]

what about paradise vs. utopia

I thin your explanation of paradise applies to utopia

but i dont know what the technical difference would be

[cloud badge]

A utopia is like a paradise city or the ideal way for all humans to live. It's not as subjective as a paradise, it has to work and have no problems for everyone living there.

[crimson vortex]

I like your explanation. Paradise is any place on the Earth that feels like the best place ever and is more subjective then utopia, whereas utopia is more of system, organization of life, order and rules people must obey to create / live in true paradise

[cloud badge]

yeah exactly, n thanks

[cloud marsh]

Where is the questions

[crimson vortex]

?

@cloud badge By the way, could you help me with understanding the difference between "to rip" and "to tear"? Also what is the true meaning of "to rip off". And which one is correct "to tear in halves" or "to tear into halves"?

I know the general difference between in and into, but this one is not the case

[cloud badge]

hm, there arent many differences, I guess ripping is easier than tearing. i think ripping could be when you pull two pieces of something apart from eachother and tearing is more like ripping one piece of something off something youre not touching? theyre nearly interchangable though.

[cloud badge]

and it would be either to tear in half or tear into halves

[cloud marsh]

I thought that was just many questions that everyone could answer

But now i understood what i have to do

[cloud badge]

to rip off can be to pull something so hard that it breaks off of something else, but it has another meaning like being scammed, like someone ripped the money from your hands i guess.

[crimson vortex]

So halves is used only with into, not in?

U said either in half or into halves

[cloud badge]

yeah, when you use into, youd think of a quantity it turns into, like, it ripped into two halves.

[crimson vortex]

Okay, i got it, thanks

[cloud badge]

[sweet sorrel]

will

[cloud marsh]

I think you will

[gilded shale]

Can anyone tell me how to practise my pronunciate?? Or to expand my vocabulary??

[fading atlas]

Talk and talk

Probably that's only answer at least worked for me

[gilded shale]

Tanks

[boreal ingot]

Thank you

[boreal ingot]

Idk if this is true, but to me 'rip' had a bisection vibe, while 'tear' could be just a piece. To rip apart would be repeated dissection, more controlled than to tear apart, while to tear apart would be just grabbing chunks out of smth over and over

I suppose rip feels cleaner than tear

While tear is more barbaric

That's why I compare rip to bisection, a pretty precise term

They're like swappable for each other like all the time

But if I'm going for something more intense I'd use tear

[bitter hill]

🤔 I think rip is considered slightly more violent

[boreal ingot]

maybe my understanding is wrong then lol

I thankfully did note 'idk if this is true' at the start

[flat rune]

https://tenor.com/view/byunghunlee-cute-toy-smile-gif-12843868

[cloud badge]

I still think they're about equal but i think you're right about the whole ripping usually being more clean. I imagine 2 sides of something pulling equally for ripping and only one side of something for tearing. But yeah still interchangeable in every case i can think of.

[boreal ingot]

yea

they interchangeable afaik

[reef notch]

I remember it with a simple technique, you know the emoji R.I.P ofc, so used when someone dies or something so bad happens, but just follow up with me! The tone of "tear" doesn’t necessarily suggest violence or intensity / Whilst "R.I.P" on the other hand, often emphasizes a more aggressive or sudden action; to add more: In casual use, they can sometimes be interchangeable, but "rip" is less formal than "tear"
Example of what I mean: "He accidentally tore the book's page while turning it"
(See how gentle that and formal is? We wouldn't say "He accidentally ripped...")
So just remember RIP emoji (implies some death) then get that "rip" is more informal and harsher--needs more violence and force than to "tear" which can be used as a gentler or unintentional action

Btw "tore" is the simple past tense form of the verb "to tear"

Just like ripped

[reef notch]

I'm sorry to say that that's not correct, I'll get back to you for more examples after dinner... But the brief definition is that they're simply synonyms from different CEFR groups; Although they can be used interchangeably, "recall" is more formal than "remember"/ They both means the action of (to bring something back from memory)
CEFR groups:
Remember is from A2-B1
Recall is from B2-C1

[reef notch]

Read my previous msg to answer your question, but I'll be back for more examples if needed

[reef notch]

Anytime, just don't hesitate to ask!

[loud lagoon]

yeah i digured i was wrong

[verbal heron]

I think 'recall' does not generally require a living object, even if it does it is used in a different sense, while 'remember' can precede both living objects and inanimate objects, or even emotions.

[reef notch]

That's true! 'Remember' is wider, can be used for both living and inanimate objects or even emotions like you said: "I recall her smile" is ehh strange, tendencies goes more for "I remember her smile"

We can still say "I remember most details of this case" AND "I recall most details of this case" while it's not the same feeling with my previous example

So "remember" is versatile, it includes people and emotions and so on

[verbal heron]

Yea, the former example appears odd to me. It's, however, notable that even though everyone learns the word 'remember' when they are at somewhat beginner level, it captures some ideas that are beyond the confines of 'recall'.

[verbal heron]

It emerges that nuances between the two are observed, yet it is important to know the proper contextualization of each word, and without looking at some examples where the said words have been used, one should not strive to apply them to frame a sentence or add it to their writing

[flat rune]

bro it's been 4 days

[reef notch]

Nvm

[verbal heron]

Aha, lol thanks for pointing the typographical error out

[reef notch]

It's fine, I wasn't sure if you mind so I deleted my correction!

[reef notch]

Learning is never late xd

[reef notch]

You mean it's not important to be so persistent on using which of them accordingly?

Yes! Informally, but I'd disagree with formal speeches though

[verbal heron]

Your ultimate goal should be to articulate all your ideas or thoughts without creating any kind of confusion in the mind of the person you are conversing with

[verbal heron]

The language will vary when you are talking in a formal context

[flat rune]

Lol

[reef notch]

Definitely, you mean in general informal talk

[reef notch]

Now that's what I meant

[verbal heron]

Yea, exactly

[verbal heron]

alright lol

[mortal sable]

what's wdym and qdym ?

[flat rune]

what is the difference between i guess i suppose and i assume

[reef notch]

"wdym" is an acronym(abbreviation, brevity or shortcut) that stands for “What do you mean?” and "qdym" is a typo of "wdym", someone wanted to type w but misclicked and typed the key 'q' instead, try looking for nearest keys on your keyboard whenever you find something confusing, and/or ask the person directly, don't be shy to seem unaware; most of what you see in Online chat is informal typing anyway(some even invent new terms or make lots of typos)

This is called (if I recall correctly) idle language or idle people 🤔 ; not sure which, I hope someone remind me, but it's when the person don't even bother to the point where they literally answer your genuine formal kindly worded phrases with one shortcut like "hru" or "nm, u", meaning "how are you?" and "Nothing much, and you?"

[reef notch]

Like the other person said, think of it easier this way: I guess < I suppose < I assume
"Assuming" is the action of feeling more certain of something based on logical facts or knowledge, it's being more sure than "Supposing"(more formal) while the latter is more certain than "Guessing"(less confident) but they're all not 100% confident of whatever someone is telling to be true, or thinks it is correct. When you're more sure than usual, say "I can assume that...etc" and if you notice, that's why many people would say "Don't assume...etc" but they don't have problems with "guessing" or "supposing" if that makes sense. Conclusion, they all express uncertainty but with varying degrees of confidence and formality!

[flat rune]

ty

[reef notch]

Yw

If you're interested in their cefr levels group, "Guess" is from groups A2-B1, "Suppose" B1-B2, "Assume" B2-C1

[verbal heron]

"surmise" is even stronger imo

[crimson vortex]

thanks

[crimson vortex]

so what about speculate? How uncertain is it?

[boreal ingot]

I wouldn't say 'I don't assume [x]' tbh

Only 'I don't suppose [x]'

As a polite way to ask for something, like

I don't suppose you want to speak to me, do you?

Assume would sound really bad there

[reef notch]

High uncertainty since it suggests we don't have enough facts and we're relying on guesswork, theories, or imagination. A good example of its usage is:

"Economists speculate that inflation rates will decrease next year if current policies remain in place."

[reef notch]

That's a nice one from cefr C1-C2 groups; although a high uncertainty, or higher than "Guess" since it's often used to say something is most likely correct based on intuition or limited clues

[reef notch]

I'd simply say "I'm not sure if you feel comfortable talking to me." if I wanna make it formal, but while talking to a friend I'd directly ask if it's a good time to talk or no without much sugarcoating

[reef notch]

Yes, it sounds a bit odd

[cloud badge]

i suppose is like 'im making a guess i think is pretty likely based on what i know and how things should be' and i assume is like 'im going to act this is true even if its not proven'

[verbal heron]

'I don't think' is more common though both are different

[boreal ingot]

yea.

[verbal heron]

Yea, you are right, "conjecture" would be the term

[verbal heron]

we even say "let's suppose" or "let's assume"to create a situation, but we never say "let's guess"

[verbal heron]

especially in NAmE

[cloud badge]

true but they mean the same thing. its like saying 'if i were to make a guess'

'i suppose' is like 'i guess'

but a little different

[verbal heron]

Yes, but still "guess" is the fundamental one

[cloud badge]

the fundamental what

[verbal heron]

It's that one that you learn by instinct

You do not look for this forward

yet you use it each time correctly

[cloud badge]

that what you learn by instinct?

[verbal heron]

the word "guess"

as you grow, you learn the other alternatives

[cloud badge]

whats your point?

[boreal ingot]

they're being confusing tbh, but I think they're saying 'guess' is the most basic one, the most bare-bones no-extra-connotations word for the concept of guessing

[verbal heron]

I don't have a point, I am just adding extra info (which may also be unsolicited)

[cloud badge]

oh ok yeah, guess is the most simple, i suppose

[boreal ingot]

hehe, you used suppose

[cloud badge]

xp

[verbal heron]

the goal is to help the one that asked the question 🙂

and I think "I suppose" emphasizes a point while "I guess" is just more powerful than "I think"

[acoustic geyser]

I'd like to ask y'all some opinions. Do you think American English is simplified than British?

[verbal heron]

Yes, to a substantial extent

[boreal ingot]

They're different, but I don't think one is more complicated than the other

British English is said to be harder to pronounce, though, but as someone who speaks with a British accent (an imperfect one, as I am not a native), I find it very hard to put on an American accent and do a terrible job at it when I try

So it's probably just subjective. Some people will find one harder than the other

That all depends on your linguistic background

[verbal heron]

You've covered only the point of difference betweeen the two in terms of pronunciaton

As BrE is older than NAmE, I think NamE must have been simplified

[cloud badge]

im not sure if american english is simplified but i do know that since around the time the British lost rule over the us, they have changed their language quite a lot more than american english both in pronunciation and using more words and trends from fraench and some other languages.

[orchid thicket]

When to use and how to use 'have had' in a sentence?

[signal shell]

I have had difficulty with that one, but not so much anymore

If you know when to use a verb like "have eaten" or "have made", then you can use "have had" in a similar manner

"I have eaten breakfast already today"

"I have had breakfast already today"

"I have had a headache for a few hours now"

[orchid thicket]

Okie got it, thank you so much 🤍

[flat rune]

What is the Difference between go off and go away ( i forgot their difference ) and what is the difference between : We didn't manage to defusr the bomb, it has blown up the whole street. and We didn't manage to defuse the bomb, it has exploded the whole street.

[flat rune]

We don't use present perfect in that case

Because you're using the word " today "

It would be instead : I already ate/had breakfast today.

Or if you want to use the present perfect then you would say : I have already eaten/had breakfast.

[verbal heron]

I have had breakfast already today, but yesterday, until this moment I had not breakfast

[worn dune]

Hello!

I want to ask something to you

When must i use present perfect and when past simple

Pattern: i have used it and i used it

What is the distinction among these

[flat rune]

You use the present perfect when it's revelant for the present

For instance : I have lost my book, if i don't bring it back to my sister, She will work up. ( it's revelant in the present )

And the past simple you use it to say the fact that it happened in the past.

[signal shell]

The present perfect tense ("have eaten") is used here to indicate that:
The action of eating breakfast has been completed.
It happened at some point earlier in the day.
The time period (today) is still ongoing.
This construction is particularly useful when you want to emphasize the current state resulting from the past action. In this case, it implies that you are no longer hungry or that you don't need to eat breakfast again today.

[flat rune]

For example : I lost my book, but fortunately i found it. ( it happened in the past and it is not revelant for the present )

[flat rune]

Yes but it's not revelant in the present

It happened in the past

[signal shell]

It very well could be, depending on the larger context.

Maybe it wasn't the best example to use, I'll admit

The circumstances in which this is grammatically correct is not immediately apparent. I can see that now

[worn dune]

Yes, but there is one confusinf thing

Like, it has already lost

How can i know when it lost

I have lost or i lost?

[flat rune]

I won't use the present perfect in that case.

[flat rune]

For example if you have lost it

you haven't still found it

if u lost it

[worn dune]

I give you an example

[flat rune]

U found it

[worn dune]

I lost my book

For an instance

When i say that to someone

[signal shell]

The construction of the sentence isn't meant to clarify when exactly the book was lost, just that it happened at some point in the past. And the fact that it happened is affecting the present circumstances.

[reef notch]

Ohh the present perfect tense, looks delicious:)

[worn dune]

What tense form should i use?

[flat rune]

I lost my book, but i'm lucky when i was walking, I found it.

[worn dune]

Like what, present circumstance?

[flat rune]

I have lost my book and if i don't find it, my teacher will give me a punishment.

[worn dune]

Don't use it inside complicated sentence please

Just you lost it

[flat rune]

It happened in the past

[worn dune]

I have lost or i lost

I lost?

[reef notch]

I loved explaining that tense. Sadly I have to sleep but, just think of it as a continuous action that took place in the past but still going on until now

[signal shell]

The sister will apparently get angry soon because of this past action

[flat rune]

It's revelant for the present because i haven't still found it and there's a chance for me to get a punishment

[reef notch]

It can also work with possessions, example "I've had this 'object' for a few weeks now"

[flat rune]

What is ur sentence ?

I'll tell you if you use present perfect or past simple

[worn dune]

A, okay you say like, it's always used in the sentences which have continuation

[flat rune]

Pretty much but remember that we use the present perfect when it's revelant for the present

and simple past when it happend in the past

[worn dune]

When it happened and it finished. Yes?

[flat rune]

Not always i think

[flat rune]

yes

[worn dune]

But when past perfect precisely?

[flat rune]

the sentences which have continuation are like

[worn dune]

Yes, i got it, thank you!

[flat rune]

I have been waiting since 2pm, and he's still not here.

[flat rune]

np

[worn dune]

Or i have been lived here for 8 years?

[flat rune]

yes

[worn dune]

Maybe like that?

[flat rune]

If you still live

[worn dune]

Yes, but when past perfect?

I had lived

When to use

[flat rune]

When you precise when it happened you don't use the present perfect

[flat rune]

like here

for me that sentence is wrong

because he's precising when it happened

[worn dune]

But this is wrong

I presume

[flat rune]

for me yes

[worn dune]

I think so

But no

It can be true

Because the expression "already"

[flat rune]

yes but

[worn dune]

Is related to present tense

[flat rune]

He shouldn't have put '' today ''

[worn dune]

Why?

[flat rune]

Because he's precising when it happened

It'd have been like :

[flat rune]

I have already eaten breakfast.

[worn dune]

If he precise when it happened

It must in past tense

You say like that?

[flat rune]

Yes

[worn dune]

Yes, it may be true

[flat rune]

For instance : Yesterday, I bought a new phone, wanna see it?

[worn dune]

But also, today hasn't finished yet

[flat rune]

When u use past simple*

and for present perfect :

I have bought a new phone, wanna see it?

[worn dune]

I did eat my breakfast yesterday

Yesterday already has finished

But today, in this specific form

Perhaps, it's right to utilize

[flat rune]

Yes but u mustn't put '' today, yesterday, one year ago, in 2015'' when u use the present perfect

[worn dune]

Or can you use i bought a new phone?

[flat rune]

I think so

I'm not sure for this one.

[worn dune]

You're right

But also that pattern may be right

I saw that person's profile

I think he knows better the using of such things than us:)

Or it may be legal in Ireland

[flat rune]

I am sure his sentence is wrong

[worn dune]

Let's ask to GPT

[flat rune]

Don't

[worn dune]

Why

[flat rune]

Chat gpt is often wrong

I used to ask him

[worn dune]

Come on, he is often right in such grammatical things

[flat rune]

But he was telling me nonsense

[worn dune]

At least, i assume like that

[worn dune]

Because it is LLM

[flat rune]

LLM ?

[worn dune]

It can mix such things because of various languages

[worn dune]

Large Language Model

[flat rune]

Oh ok

[worn dune]

By the way where are you from:)

Korea?

[flat rune]

No

[worn dune]

Okay

[flat rune]

If i was from North Korea

I wouldn't be talking to you

[worn dune]

Not North

I mean, South

[flat rune]

No

[worn dune]

Is your first language english?

[flat rune]

No

I am french

[worn dune]

Can we talk in dm?

[flat rune]

Ok

[boreal ingot]

is a contrarian someone who disputes any claim you make or someone with opinions that aren't in harmony with the vox populi?

[hushed crown]

Hello everyone

Idk If I should be asking this here or not

[flat rune]

Go on

[hushed crown]

But as language and communication master student ... I need an interesting topic for my desertation ..so any suggestions? Do u have any idea ?

[hushed crown]

Thx

I'm literally lost

[flat rune]

Talk about ecology

You'll have to speak in front of your class ?

[hushed crown]

It's a desertation

For the Masters degree

[hushed crown]

Interesting but should be about language and communication or something that is included with it

[digital hamlet]

guys

I need an answer

[flat rune]

became

You can't say has become because it is not revelant for the present

[digital hamlet]

ok just so that I be assured.. are you a native speaker?

because my friend insists that the answer is C

[flat rune]

i am not

[flat rune]

It is not

because it's not an ongoing action

I've never seen become as becoming

[digital hamlet]

alright thank you

:D*

you made me win the argument

[flat rune]

Np

[flat rune]

I have no idea

[boreal ingot]

You could talk about the case system in Old English and maybe how it can be observed in Modern English

Just an idea

[boreal ingot]

I am not, but I'd like to say I think both B and C would work.

[flat rune]

''In 1920s, electricity was becoming common'' is weird

[boreal ingot]

It depends in the surrounding context I fear

[boreal ingot]

Nope

That sounds fine

Past simple continuous, have you never used it?

[flat rune]

''In 1920s, electricity became common'' seems to be more correct

[flat rune]

I don't use it for become

I've never seen someone saying : I was becoming a doctor.

[boreal ingot]

It would mean in the process of entering a new state

It works

[flat rune]

They said : I became a doctor.

[flat rune]

It is not an ongoing action like '' i am playing ''

[boreal ingot]

your example does sound odd, but take 'That year, many people were becoming doctors' for instance

that sounds 100% fine

[flat rune]

Well that does not sound fine for me

I will never use becoming

[boreal ingot]

well, sorry to say but it's correct lmfao

[flat rune]

However that example is more correct than the another

Because now it's an ongoing action

[boreal ingot]

@digital hamlet, both B and C sound fine and would work. For C to be used, you might want a little extra context, though, so I'd stick with B for my answer.

[flat rune]

if '' become+ing '' exists, '' see+ing '' exists as well

[boreal ingot]

it might be crazy what I'm about to say ..

[flat rune]

Why

[boreal ingot]

I'm seeing all these bad things happening all the time, and it's just awful!

This would be fine

I am seeing a car right now

this doesnt work

I'm not sure why

but the first is fine while the second isnt

[flat rune]

Sometimes, in english the -ing is strangely used

[signal shell]

Honestly, I think b or c could work, but b is probably better here. "Was becoming" might be better suited if the sentence started with "throughout the 1920s"

[flat rune]

Agreed

[signal shell]

This is because "see" is already conceptualised as an action that takes place over some period of time. it's not an instantaneous event. So "seeing" a car for some length of time is just "I see a car". However, in the first example, "see" is being used as a habitually repeated event, which requires "seeing"

Although, maybe not required

I think "I see bad things happening all the time" sounds like a reasonable sentence as well

But this way, the repeated-ness doesn't feel as habitual

[flat rune]

When you say '' now, right now, few hours ago ''

You can't say i am/was seeing

But i think no one says i am seeing

But i think we'd use it

for instance : I have been seeing you going out with a girl, time to tell me what's going on with you.

[signal shell]

I was just about to bring that up. You beat me to it

[flat rune]

Lol

[signal shell]

When someone is hallucinating, they might say " you are just seeing things"

[flat rune]

Yeah it would be logic in this case

On the other hand, no one says i am wanting

I am pretty sure

[boreal ingot]

I see I see

thanks for expaining why

[boreal ingot]

Anyway, my question got burried ^

[lunar token]

It's the first one, but someone who doesn't agree with the consensus could be called a contrarian (= 'they're only disagreeing because they love to disagree') as a way of dismissing them even if they have actual reasons

you could also say that person is in the minority (if you want a pretty neutral option) or part of a fringe (if you want a sort of negative one that doesn't imply contrarianism)

[verbal heron]

I think you need to add "the" after "in"

[flat rune]

I don't think so

[verbal heron]

I don't really know why you would need one. But I know that the is needed (at least that's what my instinct suggests)

[boreal ingot]

thank you so much!

[boreal ingot]

yea same

[flat rune]

I am sharing your opinion

[boreal ingot]

you just said you don't think so

[flat rune]

Yes but

[flat rune]

In that screen, there's no " the "

So i don't know what to think of it

[noble shale]

it would be "became" because its speaking in past tense

[flat rune]

FINNALY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME

Was becoming is totally wrong

Each person has a different takr

[noble shale]

native speaker here,
"in 1920s electricity.... common in british homes"
the reason "become" wouldnt fit there is that "become" is a future tense word (example, "i want to become a lawyer when i grow up")
"was becoming" could fit there seeing as it is also past tense
"has become" doesnt work cause the word "has" refers to a present or future tense in that context

[boreal ingot]

wwell, 'become' is present not future

but ye that's abt it

both B and C could work, but C would need more context

[bitter hill]

Yeah I think B would be the more conventional option

[boreal ingot]

I was talking to myself and said this. Not sure what would work best tho

In non-intuitional questions, I don't trust natives much, unless I know them [to have been/to be] [viable/reliable] [on/in] the grammatical of matters.

I mean, you can be in a state of transition between states, why not?

Something that is becoming common is neither common nor uncommon, it's on its way to being common

[bitter hill]

In your example, become is an infinitive, so it's not tensed. And the present perfect in that context would not be referring to the future. It would need to be part of some adverbial clause following words like when, until, etc.

[boreal ingot]

Yeye

[bitter hill]

1. For non-intuitional questions
2. Either to have been or to be works there, but the latter is probably more common in informal contexts
3. Reliable
4. On
5. Grammaticality*

[boreal ingot]

wouldn't to have been suggest the native isn't reliable anymore at the time of speaking?

I don't quite get the perfect infinitive just yet, although I can intuetivly use it from time to time, I don't ahve a good grasp of it

[boreal ingot]

could you further elaborate on the fifth point?

[bitter hill]

I would say it's more of an unknown but (most) likely still reliable

[bitter hill]

Grammatical is an adjective but you were trying to use it as a noun

[boreal ingot]

I on't think a noun would work there

the weak of us
the serious of discussions
the grammatical of matters

[bitter hill]

You're using a determiner and it's followed by an of-prepositional phrase

[bitter hill]

I would use noun forms in all 3 of those

[boreal ingot]

the adjectives preceeded by 'the' act as nouns

then im specifying 'of [x]'

[lunar token]

at best the way you said it originally is grammatical, but it's definitely not the construction most people would use here

It's not a very common construction at all outside of pronouns and maybe 'the most [adj] of [nouns]'

[bitter hill]

It's pretty unconventional

[boreal ingot]

I see, that's interesting

Thank you both

I didn't know it isn't that used

[lunar token]

if you mean the grammaticality of matters (= 'whether matters are grammatical or not') then say that, & if you mean grammatical matters (= 'matters that are grammatical') then say that

even though both of those are still pretty formal/stilted to me

[boreal ingot]

yes, I meant the latter

I do think my original sentence has that meaning, but thinking about it, the stucture isn't all that common

[lunar token]

Again, this construction really only feels right to me with 'most' & especially with a pronoun as the object (like 'the strongest of us')

'the strong of us' is iffy but maybe okay, & 'the strong of things' sounds super weird

'the strongest of things' is back to being okay though, just maybe a little too formal to say out loud most of the time

[boreal ingot]

Understood, many thanks!

[bitter hill]

Comparative form is probably fine too

[lunar token]

• if you really want to say it like you mean it, then you can change 'grammatical matters' to just 'grammar'

because that's exactly what 'grammatical matters' are

[boreal ingot]

Could you explain what the difference between 'to be' and 'to have been' in my sentence would be? I still don't quite understand 😅 Sorry

[lunar token]

have been = before the time we're talking about

it doesn't really say anything about right now so it fits fine to me

you're just saying they showed they know grammar before now

[boreal ingot]

would I need to add a time to use 'to have been'? 'in the past'?

[lunar token]

nope, the time is 'the time we're talking about'

you already have a paragraph before then where you talk about an event

(i.e. 'the time when I want to ask a question about something other than intuition')

'to be' works too, but it sounds more like it's talking about any time, like you took a big 'this person knows grammar' sticker & mentally slapped it on their forehead

[boreal ingot]

is the difference like 'Unless I know they are' and 'Unless I know (at some point) they were'? Right

Unless I know them to be
Unless I know them to have been

[lunar token]

yeah, it's just like if you said 'I am a performer' vs 'I've been a performer'

the second one doesn't have to mean you aren't anymore

[verbal heron]

Does the latter have the same connotation as should have?

[boreal ingot]

alright alright that makes sense

[boreal ingot]

sorry?

An example please?

Where should have' is comparable

[bitter hill]

Technically yeah, but in your original example i think most people would interpret both to mean that they are still reliable now

[lunar token]

if you mean 'it happened before something else', then yeah, that's what 'have' means

if you mean 'I think it's normal to happen', then no, that only comes from 'should'

[verbal heron]

I am not sure if it is, that's why I am asking whether "to have been" have the same connotation as "was expected to be" in that context

[boreal ingot]

do you mean should meaning probable? 'If I should have seen him, I would have given him a stern talking-to'?

[lunar token]

oh okay, i kind of see it

'I know they are good at grammar' = 'they should be good at grammar'

yeah that's a pretty good paraphrase, but it doesn't really depend on whether you say 'have' or not

[boreal ingot]

Got it. thanks you both for all the patience in explaining to me

[verbal heron]

I didn't get it what you meant to say

[boreal ingot]

you don't need that 'it'

[lunar token]

I know them to have been good at grammar = they have been good at grammar (& this is how I know them)

the meaning of 'have' is the same in both of these

[verbal heron]

I am curious as to whether 'to have been' in the sentence "Unless I know them to have been" denoted that the action should have been done

[verbal heron]

aight

[lunar token]

it just means that the action was done before something else, not necessarily that it 'should' happen

but coincidentally, saying 'I know' also makes the meaning pretty similar to 'should'

[verbal heron]

Is it same as "I remember to have seen them"?

[boreal ingot]

No it doesn't. Koib has explained much better than I could, though

[boreal ingot]

that doesn't sound right for some reasin

Oh, yeah, remember takes a gurand

[verbal heron]

both conditions are different, but are the ideas similar?

[boreal ingot]

not an infinitive

[boreal ingot]

That doesn't work becuase 'remember' takes a gurand for its complement, 'to have been' is the prefect infinitive

[lunar token]

||*cough* gerund||

[boreal ingot]

smhhhh

spelling :c

[boreal ingot]

actually, is this even true though? I can say 'remember to do your homework'

[verbal heron]

💀 goes over my head sorry 😆

[lunar token]

'remember to do your homework' & 'remember doing your homework' mean different things

I'm pretty sure the meaning vampire wants is like the second one (I remember seeing them)

[verbal heron]

If I recally correctly, I came across that structure while reading an old work

[verbal heron]

yes, the meaning is same as the latter

[boreal ingot]

damn, I know when I would use one over the other but I cannot put it into words lmao

[lunar token]

the power of ✨ intuition ✨

[boreal ingot]

intuition

The kool kids way of English-ing

[verbal heron]

whew

[boreal ingot]

I love older book 😭

[verbal heron]

lmao

[verbal heron]

Dated or outdated?

[boreal ingot]

dated can mean outdated

[verbal heron]

Ah alright

[verbal heron]

is it the same book you were reading?

[boreal ingot]

well, outdated to me sounds like it's bareeelyyy used, almsot not, but dated just sounds like 'pretty old, rare these days'

But I don't know if I'm splitting hairs

[boreal ingot]

Yes, A Study in Scarlet

[verbal heron]

Maybe, I am not sure. But generally outdated is used when something is no longer used/valid, while dated for something that has expired. Well, both have the same meaning ig

[verbal heron]

by whom was it written?

[boreal ingot]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[verbal heron]

I see, he wrote the book in the 19th century

[fickle fossil]

Hi guys!
Can you give me "NGSL 1.2 With English Definitions" as PDF file?

It is here: https://www.scribd.com/document/676354949/NGSL-1-2-With-English-Definitions

• They say I must upload 5 documents first so I can download it.

• On "NGSL" official website it is not in PDF.

[spring panther]

@fickle fossil

I hope it's the correct file

[fickle fossil]

Thank you very much, @spring panther

[spring panther]

No problem 😊

[fading needle]

what's the difference between famous and infamous

[boreal ingot]

famous is well-known but good

infamous is well-known but bad

lmao

an infamous murderer but a famous rockstar

If you've heard notorious

infamous is like that

[fading needle]

ah thanks got it

[cloud badge]

dated kind of means old, and in a way that you can tell how old it is, like, music from the 80s is pretty dated, its old and has a distinct sound but a lot of those sounds are getting popular again. outdated is like that, but its not used anymore.

[scarlet umbra]

Hello! It is really hard for me to write in English but I have no problem speaking it! Do you have any tips to fix this problem?

[velvet tree]

Hi

[chilly scaffold]

here, why is it not 'was a suspect' or 'was suspected' but 'was suspect'?

[bitter hill]

Suspect is an adjective there

[cloud badge]

You can use suspect in a similar way you use suspicious, you can also use it as a noun, which is more common.

[boreal ingot]

Sorry? I don't understand your question. Is it an English question? If so, could you rephrase it?

[pale rover]

Hi there am new member in this channel someone can help me how goes the things, i want to begin english from elementary to advance

[boreal ingot]

So, masseurs and masseuse are pronounced the same, right?

[chilly scaffold]

ooo thanky :)

[chilly scaffold]

owki, thank you!

[cloud badge]

Nope, the first is like 'ma soor z' and the second is like 'ma soos'

[boreal ingot]

I don't say the r in the first

I would like to know if they sound the same for Brits

Sorry, I should have specified

[cloud badge]

Then i think the first would be more like ma sauwz and the second like ma seus

I hope the accent comes through properly, i can send a voice note if u dm me

[flat rune]

masseuse ?

It sounds like a word in french

same for masseurs

[boreal ingot]

English probably gets them from French

English has adopted many French words

[cloud badge]

Especially British English

[flat rune]

So for french people it's easy to learn english

[boreal ingot]

Alright

[boreal ingot]

I'm not sure if that is the case. The meanings and pronunciations of the adopted words may have shifted over time, meaning that it's actually harder to learn because, seeing a word you are familiar with from your native language, you are likely to instinctively assume it means and sounds the same, so it would be harder for you to break this habit than it would be for someone who doesn't speak French. However, whether the number of words that have shifted in meaning is large enough for this to be an actual issue, I do not know. I would also like to note that while English does indeed have many words of Romantic origin, its most fundamental words, the ones you are likely to encounter in your day-to-day life, are of Germanic origin. Thus, a French speaker would not be familiar with them. I do recognise it can be helpful in the improving of one's vocabulary to know French, but I would imagine it isn't very helpful. It can make the learning easier, but it does not make it easy. This all notwithstanding, vocabulary is merely one part of learning English, so to argue that it makes learning English as a whole easier wouldn't be logical

[flat rune]

For me it was easy to learn it

But i can understand your opinion

And i am still learning it

But the vocabulary is easy to retain

I only struggle with phrasal verbs

[boreal ingot]

Right

[flat rune]

Nonetheless sometimes some words are hard to retain but overall it's easy

[signal shell]

yeah english and french can get confusing via false friends
https://vidalingua.com/blog/french-false-friends

as Scella said, it can be difficult to see a word that looks similar/identical to another word in your own language and assume it has similar meaning

i certainly have this struggle with learning Spanish and the false friends it shares with Engish

[boreal ingot]

In Finnish 'No' means 'Well'

[signal shell]

That will forever haunt me

[flat rune]

Wtf

If an english speaker tells me " i want to introduce myself " i won't think of him a jerk

[flat rune]

I will never learn finnish

[boreal ingot]

lol

[timid inlet]

I always thought no means no, well it's a no anyways

[fierce ivy]

Good morning, I have a question for you regarding whether there are any more helpful people here, if you could recommend me some free to play games from Steam because I'm looking for multiplayer games to randomly select players from the genres mmo rpg, otawert world schootery etc.: practically all of them except farming, but not cs ,valorant,fortntie League of legends I played the well-known ones and got bored of them, can someone more knowledgeable give me some advice or advise me to look at them differently? when there will be sales of cheap games on Steam and then buy that particular game

[quiet yarrow]

what's the difference between umpire, referee and arbiter (apart from the sports they are in)

[cloud badge]

I believe the umpire is like, the head referee in baseball, a referee is someone who keeps track of what rules are being broken/ followed in any sport or game, and well, I'm not sure about arbiter.

I think an arbiter is like the umpire, in that, they decide weather or not to enforce the rules that the referes or such report? I could be a little off on that though.

[signal shell]

If you try to use the French word "introduire" in the context they said to use it, then French people will think that you are a jerk, because it's the wrong word.

[flat rune]

Oh ok

But the translation of " Introduce yourself " is " Présente-toi " so i don't think they'll think that you're a jerk

French people ought at least to know what does introduce mean

[flat rune]

But yeah introduce in french is introduire

[signal shell]

In the wrong sense

This is the idea behind false friends

[flat rune]

Introduce means '' présenter '' and '' introduire ''

[signal shell]

It makes you think you know the right word but it's not the right word

[signal shell]

But those two french words are not synonyms

[flat rune]

But it mostly means '' présenter ''

Like we won't say '' Introduis-toi ''

[signal shell]

But they happen to be homonyms in English

[flat rune]

We'll say '' Présente-toi ''

Same for a document or idk

[flat rune]

Yes

[signal shell]

So for English speakers, this is very difficult

[flat rune]

They're a little bit same but they have different meanings

[signal shell]

English speakers may accidentally use introduire when they should be using présente

[flat rune]

Yea i understand you

[signal shell]

Which is the cause of confusion and miscommunication

[flat rune]

Same for discover and uncover

In french '' discover '' '' uncover '' '' find out '' mean one word

'' Découvrir ''

[signal shell]

So for french people, they will struggle to select the correct English word for découvrir

Although, those are almost interchangeable in English

But not always

[flat rune]

I don't think if you say to a french speaker '' Je vais m'introduire '' they'll think of you jerk

Even if it's the wrong form

It's still comprehensible

[cloud badge]

jus a lil side note, this should be comprehendible* comprehensive means all encompassing or complete, including everything,

comprehendible or comprehensible mean able to be understood

[flat rune]

oh ok

ty

[flat rune]

It's like in french

comprehensible

But for some reason i thought it was comprehensive

[cloud badge]

oh interesting i didnt know that c: its an easy mixup tho, just thought id point it out

[flat rune]

I made a mistake ?

It was '' I just thought ''

?

[acoustic geyser]

Have I am done and I have done got the same meaning?

[flat rune]

I am done means that you finished something or you're just fed up

Have done means that you finished something and it is revelant for the present

For example

I am done with my homework ( Perhaps, you noticed but I am done is followed by '' with '')

Or you can say it because you're fed up

I am done, you don't understand what i am telling you.

And for have done

Luckily, I have done my homework because otherwise, my teacher would have yelled at me.

[flat rune]

Oh i've forgotten

If i am mistaken with my explanations, please let me know

[cloud badge]

i was saying i just thought that id point out to you your mixup of comprensive vs comprensible/comprehendible

[flat rune]

oh ok