📚｜english-questions

[verbal heron]

alright lol

Does 爸 stand for “ba?”

@boreal ingot hey

Scella

When is a reversed quotation mark used? @anyone

[boreal ingot]

I don't think Chinese is a syllabary. I think each character is a syllable, but also has a meaning,and characters are combined to form polysyllabic words with other meanings

So 爸 probably has a meaning, and isn't only used to represent the 'ba' combination

I might be wrong though, I don't speak chinese

[boreal ingot]

Helloo

[verbal heron]

Then what will they do while transliterating?

[verbal heron]

Good evening lol

[boreal ingot]

wdym? if '爸' sounds like 'ba', they'd transliterate it as 'ba' :p

[verbal heron]

I mean, when they have to render to Chinese from English

[boreal ingot]

Do you mean these: ” and ’

[verbal heron]

Not those

wait a bit

[boreal ingot]

Which ones do you mean?

[verbal heron]

‘From Louisville... Our beautiful white ——‘

[boreal ingot]

“ and ‘ are opening single/double quotation marks, they're also called opening smart quotes or opening curly quotes. You use them at the start of a quote

” and ’ are closing single/double quotation marks, they're also called closing smart quotes or closing curly quotes. You use them at the end of a quote

[verbal heron]

the missing word is ‘together’

[boreal ingot]

It's weird to me that they've used an opening single quotation mark to end the quote. I've not seen that before

it normally would be ‘...’

It might have been a mistake

[verbal heron]

What I found weird was that despite being American, the author has used single used quotations marks

[boreal ingot]

since they do it properly for the other ones

[verbal heron]

I can show you another example from this book

[boreal ingot]

They might be following a style guide that has single quotes as the primary ones

Or it could be a matter of prefrence

[verbal heron]

Oh, yea, that could be true

[boreal ingot]

Does this only happen after em dahses?

[verbal heron]

hm

[boreal ingot]

I would guess whatever word processor they used while writing had a bug where after em-dashes it would use opening instead of closing marks

[boreal ingot]

Yup, here's a bug report talking about this exact issue with Microsoft Word:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/two-problems-with-m-dashes-used-before-close/16ab64c9-9040-4fa7-a203-329db51d5f0c

1. If you have curly quotes enabled (so-called smart quotes), the close quote after the m dash will be written as an opening quote, not a closing quote, as it should be.

[verbal heron]

Oh, can't be helped then

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, that would normally be a closing quote. This is the word processor being bad lol :p

[verbal heron]

Oh, then the word processor must have replaced ellipsis with em dashes

[verbal heron]

yea, lol. Btw thank you

[boreal ingot]

What do you mean?

[boreal ingot]

Np

[verbal heron]

I mean, for example, in the following pic, the author didn't continue after ‘‘I just meant’’.

[boreal ingot]

Oh, em-dashes are used when a character is cut off

So like, if someone interupts dialouge, you use an em-dash

[verbal heron]

But, isn't that the purpose that dots serve?

[boreal ingot]

An ellipsis is used when the character trails off, but an em-dash is used when the character just suddenly stops (be that because of another starting to speak or because of something happening)

[verbal heron]

thank you very much

[boreal ingot]

Just some examples I wrote, in case you'd like to see how they could be used:

'I ate a rock a few minutes ago!' the child said to her mother.

Her mother, in turn, baffaled, asked her daughter 'You ate a...'

'Rock!' exclaimed the child with glee.

'Doctor, what did the child eat??' asked the assistant nurse.

The doctor started with levity, 'She, Lucy Wilson, came into the hospital with her mother at 2:37 p.m. Her mother said—'

'A rock, she ate a friking rock damn it. Just please do something already!' he was cut off by Lucy's mother.

'There is no need to worry, miss, your daughter will be—' the nurse's head fell off.

[verbal heron]

yea, clear to me now

thank you

anyway, imma gonna go and sleep 👋

[boreal ingot]

No problem

[boreal ingot]

Byebyee, sweet dreams :>

[formal gate]

Excuse me, did you write that yourself?

[boreal ingot]

yea?

[formal gate]

Omg it's so good!

Are you a writer?

[boreal ingot]

it's not really 😅

[boreal ingot]

Nope, but I'd love to be

[signal shell]

It's good improvisation

[true temple]

Students eagerly participated in discussions, their minds hungry for knowledge.

What type of sentence is it? Is it Simple or Complex?

[gaunt mango]

It’s simple. It only has one independent clause

[true temple]

Thanks for your answer, I'm so grateful to your answer. It changed my life and vision. The Question relevancy is off the chart.
Thanks for you participation. I hope it will made simple impact in the world for betterment.

[boreal ingot]

Would you care to shed light, using your great expertise in this field, which are evidenced by this immaculate answer of yours, one that has left me pondering long and hard over the subject matter and ruminating heartily in a way I have not before, upon this inquiry of mine? You see, I have theorised as to what it is that sets 'a' and 'an' apart, long and hard, and I have time and again failed to penetrate this mystifying query. 'tis verily akin to a cryptogram crafted by a master in its level of abstrusity. The hereinbefore detailed grave difficulty of this matter notwithstanding, I find myself overcome with jubilance, for I know you to be one whose capabilities should with ease crack this piquant case of the English language rearing its ugly head and leaving all but the most learned of us nonplussed.

[boreal ingot]

You answered a question with 'That's long.I don't know'

You only got what you deserved, sarcastic thanks, because you did a whole lot of nothing

You realise you said 'Too long. I don't know' as a reply to another question, right?

Why would you say 'I don't know the answer' in the first place? You weren't being directly asked lol

anyways, the sarcastic thanks were in response to your contributionless contribution

Bye I'm going to sleep

[signal shell]

Good night

[wise anchor]

can anyone tell me more about the quote

[flat rune]

I'm pretty new to Discord and had not used it after creating the account. Till I was told by a friend I could join language servers to improve. Thank you for letting me know about that.

[acoustic geyser]

What is different?

Camera is to photograph
Camera is meant to photograph

[cyan salmon]

[signal shell]

I think both of these sound grammatically awkward or wrong

You could say
A camera is for taking photographs.
Or
A camera is meant for taking photographs.

In the first case, you are saying what purpose the camera is used for. The second, you are saying what the intended purpose the camera is used for.

[verbal heron]

The former can only work as an analogy

[wispy nimbus]

Can someone suggest me any youtube channel where i can learn English?

[true light]

Do you always say "none of us HAS" and never "none of us HAVE"? What about when it comes to "none of THEM has/have"?

[barren light]

its "none of us have"

same with "none of them have"

it changes if you say "he has" or "she has"

[true light]

Thank you! Some claim that "none" should/can always be treated as singular even when it's followed by a noun denoting more than one entity of something. Chatgpt said this for instance: "Even though "us" refers to multiple people, "none" is treated as singular when referring to the group as a whole" But I do think that I'll stick with your recommendation since that seems to be the most standard use

[waxen cradle]

I think this is a powerful warning to not always trust AI. The answer it gave you is incorrect! Here are examples of sentences using “none”:

None of them know the answer.
None of the boys have played soccer before.
None of my friends eat raw fish.
I thought none of them were coming tonight.

All of these examples use plural/group conjugations of the verbs, not singular.

[robust bone]

have any of you ever heard the expression "vos merceis"? If so, how often do you hear it?

it's a synonym to thank you, by the way

[verbal heron]

Is that an English expression?

(Seems to be French to me)

[robust bone]

medieval expression

it was used in England

[waxen cradle]

No, I have never heard it before! I don’t think many people would understand what you mean if you said this to them.

[verbal heron]

oh, alright

[robust bone]

vos merceis

[verbal heron]

But it's very old

[true light]

Thank you 🌸

[signal shell]

Also seems in the plural form of you, or perhaps formal singular

[barren light]

well you could say that

its just the way english works

and it sucks

[formal gate]

This was really useful

[verbal heron]

i am not acquainted with old English

[formal gate]

Thank you Emily!

[signal shell]

Oh it's Latin actually. I just looked it up

It means "you will be rewarded"

[verbal heron]

Are you sure you wrote the question to it correctly? I mean, I have searched that just now, but it has replied that both are used, but the former being more formal

But, it often comes up with wrong explanations

so it's better to keep a dictionary handy

[verbal heron]

Oh, alright lol

[verbal heron]

Yet it has an air of formality

[rapid jay]

Hi anyone want talk?

[barren ibex]

yeah ,sure am down if U've anyquestion or wana comminucate !

[crisp elm]

Hellow! I study English alone and i want know.... where i test my English level?

[verbal heron]

Do you want to know how wide your vocabulary is, or is it that you want to check your ability to decipher elevated language?

[crisp elm]

I want a way to measure my progress

[verbal heron]

Then you can search for tests on google

[crisp elm]

And... i see in any places... "B1, B2, A1" (english level) i don't know what'is it

[verbal heron]

CEFR levels

[crisp elm]

?

Do you can explain to me?

[verbal heron]

Common European Framework of Reference (for languages)

that's the full form

[crisp elm]

Aaa ok

[verbal heron]

just english levels

Like, A1 and A2 are beginner, and B1 and B2 are immediate, while C1 and C2 are advanced

[crisp elm]

In google tests i can know it! Do you know any good tests you can recommend?

[crisp elm]

Aaaa very well

I saw a podcast in English saying it was only for B1, I thought it was for beginners and I didn't understand anything

I was sad because I didn't understand anything "beginner"

😅

[verbal heron]

Yea, do this: 'english test for vocab', or simply 'english test'

[crisp elm]

Very good! Thanks

[verbal heron]

it's alright lol

[crisp elm]

I will try this test!

[verbal heron]

wdym

[verbal heron]

great 👍🏻

[crisp elm]

I took the test, My english level is A1 (begginer) 👍

I need study more!

[verbal heron]

take one more test

[crisp elm]

Hummm... why not? Ok i take other test!

[barren ibex]

hey jerse , welcome , if you've anyquestion or wana communicate with someone am down !

[safe trench]

a sea or the sea wich one s correct?

[night stream]

good question

[gaunt mango]

Usually the sea

However it’s context relevant

“The sea was rough today”

“We sailed a sea of endless blue”

(A sea is used when referring to unspecified or nonspecific sea)

[candid vine]

Hi guys, i need help!! I basically know how read and listen in inglish, but i dont know how formulate a sentence, how i can be better on this?

[toxic bear]

i think you have to study sentence structures for that

and talking english might help a lot since you are going to practice your english while talking to people

[candid vine]

tysm

[toxic bear]

you are welcome man thats just grammar and i dont think grammar doesnt require much effort to learn or master i would suggest you to learn all english tenses there are really helpful tutorials for that

i used to learn grammar just in school and after watching videos online it was really easy to make sentences in my mind

[fossil wasp]

Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of palm trees. You will really see whose punishment is more severe and more lasting.”[Taha 71]
What does cutting hands and feet on opposite sides symbolise and what does crucifying on the trunks of palm trees symbolise?

[serene plinth]

pretty disturbing meaning tbh, it doesn't make much sense, I believe it's poorly translated from your language

it basically means, if you cut off the left hand, then cut off right leg and vice versa

[fossil wasp]

That is from a verse in The Qur'an, the original text is in Arabic.

[serene plinth]

as for the palm tree reference, it has got smth to do with the religion

not an English thing

[flat rune]

• "Now I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides" - right hand and left foot or vice versa

• "crucify you on the trunks of palm-trees" - This was a very cruel way of punishment in ancient times. They fixed a long pole in the ground or used the trunk of a tree for this purpose. Then a piece of wood was tied across it at the top. Then the hands of the criminal were nailed on to it and he was left hanging there for hours to die a slow, painful death.

[acoustic egret]

i am so confused with the word renaissance. can anyone explain to me what it means?

[boreal ingot]

A sea of troubles befell us
Could I say that?

[verbal heron]

why could you not?

Racking my brain...

oh I understand

[short oar]

Hello everyone

Is anyone here?

[boreal ingot]

What do you understand

I asked cuz idk

[muted knot]

What is the difference between finite and non-finite verb phrase? How do I identify one?

I know finite agrees with subject and shows tense and non-finite don’t and usually are gerunds,infinitives and participles but I still cant tell which one is which if my task is to find all finite verb phrases in text

For example in this sentence - He finished his homework early

Its finite?

Or in sentence - These jokes are getting out of hand

[gaunt mango]

Yes

[boreal ingot]

thankss

[verbal heron]

No, you can't do that

[boreal ingot]

hm?

pray tell

I'd love to know why not tbh

[verbal heron]

Btw, were you not sure whether you used 'befall'' correctly?

[verbal heron]

cause of the object you used

[boreal ingot]

I washn't sure about 'a sea of trouble'

[boreal ingot]

'us'?

[gaunt mango]

A sea of trouble works

The sea of trouble also works

Same way as people use ocean as an adjective

An ocean of trouble

The sea of trouble would refer to a specific sea that is troublesome

Or when describing a sea

A sea of trouble

[verbal heron]

yea

[boreal ingot]

why is it wrong?

[boreal ingot]

Oh wait, a sea of trouble means a troublesome sea, not a lot of trouble?

[gaunt mango]

It can mean either

Context dependent

[boreal ingot]

How would an actual sea 'befall us'?

what would the sea befell us mean?

[verbal heron]

I learnt that it's used only with third person

[gaunt mango]

Literally, a sea could fall on you if the water teleported above you

[boreal ingot]

Makes sense

[gaunt mango]

Non literally, it can be used similarly to the adjective form of ocean

[verbal heron]

does not make sense

[gaunt mango]

“An ocean of doubt washed over me”

“A sea of trouble is ahead of us”

[earnest stirrup]

Can someone explain to me how relative clauses are you?

[boreal ingot]

Could you explain your whole thought process? I'm a bit confused

[boreal ingot]

I see I see. Thank you

[verbal heron]

I mean, it would be correct if it were “A sea of troubles befell them/him/her/John/James”

[boreal ingot]

they come after a noun, they are headed by a relative pronoun most of the time, they modify the noun

He is a man who loves to sing
there, the relative pronoun is 'who', the modfied noun phrase is 'a man', and the relative clause gives the quality 'does love to sing'

It's kind of like combining two sentences:

He is a man. He loves to sing.

[gaunt mango]

I checked, befell is a transitive verb so it cannot be used first person

“A great tragedy befell the kingdom”

“Misfortune befell me” (doesn’t work)

[boreal ingot]

what does being transitive have to do with first person? 'He killed us'
'kill' is transitive and is used with 'us'

[verbal heron]

Does that make sense

I was killed

I am resurrected

now

yippy

[gaunt mango]

I don’t see a lot online that’s the only thing I saw

Ok I think I got it

Can’t use befell with prepositions (like upon)

[verbal heron]

What did ya get

[boreal ingot]

two examples with first person pronouns

[gaunt mango]

“Misfortune befell upon us” (incorrect)
“Misfortune befell us” (correct)

[verbal heron]

cause it means 'happen to'?

[boreal ingot]

I used it without a preposition

[gaunt mango]

Yeah pretty much

[boreal ingot]

I don't understand what Vampire means is wrong with my sentence 😅

[gaunt mango]

If you did then it was correct

I was confused about preposition there

[boreal ingot]

This was my sentence ^

[verbal heron]

then maybe you were right—your sentence was right

[verbal heron]

I see

[boreal ingot]

Examples of 'befell us'

[boreal ingot]

I see

Yeah cuz I tried googling 'befall and first person' but I didn't get anything relevant

[verbal heron]

Are these examples from literary works?

Ah, nvm lol, a dictionary is literature too

[boreal ingot]

Just examples from dictionaries

[verbal heron]

I see

Then I guess your question was respecting the correctness of the metaphor only

[boreal ingot]

My question was about if I ccould say 'a sea of trouble' thas it

[verbal heron]

it's okay, Zov and I was able to learn something. Thank you for that (though you are the one who asked the question)

[verbal heron]

You mean, without the 's'?

[boreal ingot]

Zov and I were*

but yea, idk what you learnt but im glad you learnt smth lol

[boreal ingot]

I just wasnt sure I could say 'a sea of [x]'

But this does make me wonder what the difference between 'a sea of trouble' and 'a sea of troubles' is

[agile crow]

You can say it, but it sounds clichéd

[flat rune]

What is the difference between seek and look for

[restive urchin]

Was answered in the other English server

[boreal ingot]

Btw, unrelated, but I saw in your bio you're learning Swedish and Norwegian. There's this server called 'The Northern Lights' that might interest you. You can ask questions abt the languages there in the dedicated langauge chats (iss not super active but it has a decent amount of activity)

I use it for Finnish and Swedish :p

[restive urchin]

I wouldn’t say I’m actively learning them but at one time or another in the last year or two I’ve paid them some attention

And thank you :p

[boreal ingot]

Yee, thas basically me with Swedish and Finnish lol

[restive urchin]

I just realized actively autocorrected to cricket…what

[boreal ingot]

Yeah I was confused, I even looked up 'cricket learning menaing' 😭

I rolled with it though

[restive urchin]

😂

That’s learning random topics of random difficulties

Boom new definition

[boreal ingot]

Oh heaven forbid I be asked such a question. I should find myself entierly unsure how to answer
Is this correct?

[next turret]

Okay I think seek is more deep, like more philosophical meaning , while look is just looking

[flat rune]

ty

[gaunt mango]

Add a comma after “Oh” and a period at the end of your second sentence

Otherwise it’s good

(Also you spelt entirely wrong)

[boreal ingot]

Oh! Thank youuu

I suck at spelling lol

[brazen hill]

Have you ever met anyone in Dublin with an accent you just couldn't understand as an American? Also, what do you think of the city? Most people in Ireland don't really like Dublin (except for the Dubs)

[cloud badge]

Ooh hey could i get a link to that? I've been trying to learn Norwegian for a couple years c:

[cloud badge]

Also you could say this but 'heap of trouble' is a very common expression so you could use that instead.

[boreal ingot]

I don't think i've heard that one much, but it doesn't sound wrong, so I'll remember it :p

[limpid obsidian]

Hey Guys
Do you have a plan that can lead me to total fluency and tips to improve my pronunciation so i can sound like a native?

[flat rune]

how can i use the grammatic correctly and keep it bec. I forget the rule if i keep it

[signal shell]

Yeah, there are tons of people that I can't understand. The Irish accent can be quite thick. I like Dublin city, but yeah I've heard many outside Dublin don't like it.

[verbal heron]

That was quite mortifying, you know. Yet I will remain laconic in that 😆
The problem was the lack of hand and brain co-ordination which led to my writing “was” instead of “were.” Lemme shed light on this: while I was replying to you, my hand was typing: “the other person and I”. But my brain’s thought was: “ ‘I’ am the person who is writing, so the form of the be verb should be was, not were.”
Though I really thank you for correcting me

[verbal heron]

Hello, I have a question: Can the word iridescent be used metaphorically to replace “protean?”

[verbal heron]

@potent wasp

[boreal ingot]

Hey iss jus a small correction in good faith. No need to justify yourself. We should be open to them so that we improve

[verbal heron]

Tbh, I was practicing using some words lol

[boreal ingot]

Fair lmao

[boreal ingot]

I mean I can imagine a link being made but I find myself struggling to come up with a text that does make it

This mystery is as complex as the iridescence of a bubble in a sunny field, as changing as the myriad colours that abound and prosper as light penetrates it. It's beautiful.

I guess yeah, you can do it. I'm not good enough a writer to, but it's possible

[verbal heron]

Even I have never seen it used like that, but I wonder if it can be used to refer to someone who is like a chameleon

[boreal ingot]

I mean, I hazarded a link between iridescence and a constantly changing issue in my text above. It's possible for sure, and I think it would be beautiful if done well

[brazen hill]

I was in Dublin today, went up North, and I just can't stand the accent

It's just awful

[signal shell]

Oh are you Irish?

Oh wait

I knew that

[signal shell]

Yeah, South is a little easier to understand for me

[boreal ingot]

stoopid

[signal shell]

That's me

Please don't mind the misspelling

[boreal ingot]

Misspellings are typical of our kind: the stoopid

Can I say 'One sec I have to take my meds' when the 'meds' in question are vitamin supplements? Or is the word 'meds' reserved for other stuff?

[signal shell]

Omg. We match now

[boreal ingot]

yaya :3

[signal shell]

Lol

[boreal ingot]

English questiõ

[signal shell]

I found two doctors that weighed in on this question

So yeah, it looks like you could say so

[boreal ingot]

Hmm, I mean, I have low iron and vitamin D3, so I take the supplemnets cuz of that. Does that count as a 'condition'. Cuz the first doc said that you can only call them meds when they're treating a condition, but idk what constitutes a condition.

But if we don't think about it in a technical way, would it seem odd to you if someone said 'meds' for supplements in general speech?

[signal shell]

Yeah I suppose many people might think you are overstating it by calling those meds. Probably not a common word to use, when "vitamin" and "supplement" are much more precise descriptions.

[agile crow]

It would seem odd to me.

[boreal ingot]

I see I see

thank you too

so if im just leaving a vc for a sec to take my vitamins, should I just say 'one sec I have to take my vitamins, brb'? Is that the normal way to put it

[agile crow]

Yeah, you're more likely to say vitamins than meds

[signal shell]

Yeah

[boreal ingot]

Got it

[signal shell]

I concur

[boreal ingot]

Thank you both a lot :>

[cloud badge]

Personally I'd call them supplements or supps, or vitamins.

[boreal ingot]

My older sister and I will both be [in] 11th grade next year because she was held back.

Is 'in' correct?

[rapid ingot]

what does that barcode in ur banner mean

[signal shell]

Sounds right to me

[signal shell]

Supps is a new one for me. Thanks for enlightening me

[brazen hill]

The Dublin accent is just harsh

I just don't like Dublin, it's such a weird place. I was at McDonalds yesterday, and this weed smelling weirdo started talking to me, but I couldn't understand what he was saying, and neither could the staff

[amber jackal]

Hi, can someone explain me what's the difference between wounding and injuring ?

[brazen hill]

wounding is when the skin is broken, and injuring is any harm to the body

even if the skin isn't broken

[amber jackal]

Okk thx

[muted knot]

Can someone explain difference between finite and non-finite verb phrase?

[tidal lily]

Pronounciation of the word phrase
Is it phrayz or phraaz ?

Like how there's two popular pronunciations of the word vitamin, USA and UK one.

[signal shell]

The first one

Rhymes with raise

[tidal lily]

It's being used in UK and USA as well?

[signal shell]

I would think so

I'm American myself

[tidal lily]

Alright, thanks.
i would wait for a UK native opinion too.

Google translate says phrayz too

[dusky harness]

Always phrayz (/fɹeɪz/). US, UK, Aus, Can, etc.

[tepid bough]

what is the difference between explicit and lucid

like in this sentence: "The author's prose is ------------------- , so even first-time readers of the genre find it easy to follow the story."
A. lucid B. explicit C. cohesive D. plain.

the answer is A but i don't understand why i can't choose B

[tidal lily]

Ok thanks

[cloud badge]

I had a friend who was super into supplements and nootropics and stuff and thats what they all called em so it stuck with me bit not sure how common it is

[supple agate]

What does that mean "out of it"?

[signal shell]

There's a few meanings depending on the context. Can you give us more context?

[boreal ingot]

It's just random stripes cuz it looks cool

[boreal ingot]

Alrighty thankss

[boreal ingot]

I'm pretty sure Australian is more like /fɹæɪ̯z/ and Scottish is like /fɾeːz/ @tidal lily

So the 'fraaz' option kinda matches up with Scotland

[dusky harness]

Ouch, forgot the Scots. But I've listened a bunch and the difference is quite subtle. The important thing I was trying to emphasize is not to pronounce it French style, lol.

[timber robin]

do you like @wheat salmon

[rapid ingot]

Except the trans flag what are the other 2?

is that Romania?

[boreal ingot]

Fair lol

[boreal ingot]

No lmfao

Pansexual and aromantic flags

[rapid ingot]

Whats aromantic

[boreal ingot]

Little to no romantic attraction

[rapid ingot]

okay thanks

[flat rune]

Hey all of yiu

[flat rune]

What this pansexual mean

[boreal ingot]

Attracted sexually to any gender

Boys, girls, enbies, agender ppl, etc.

[verbal heron]

The sentence was a captivating one, but I think your metaphorical use of "iridescence" captured a different notion than the one I meant to convey; basically, I was unsure if the notion of“iridescent” can metaphorically represent someone who is multi-faceted as well as has the ability to blend into any type of environment, situation, and can behave wrt to people

[flat rune]

Enbies is it a gender like male or female I have never heard about it before

[boreal ingot]

Major cultural differences damn
So enby is short for nonbinary. It's people who identify inbetween male and female, or outside the spectrum, or don't identify with any gender at all. It's an umbrella term for a lot of gender identities that aren't 'male' and 'female'

I know iss confusing, but you can do more research about it if you'd like

[verbal heron]

Btw, I am curious as to where the 'stoopid' microbe has originated from

[boreal ingot]

Ross named himself 'Stoopid Ross'

so I coppied him

[rapid ingot]

does bisexual mean only to female and male?

[boreal ingot]

I mean, I think it can; it just would be hard to do it well. But the constantly changing and many-coloured nature of iridescence can in a way convey a multi-faceted personality

[boreal ingot]

Well, that's the most typical sense

Some people who are bisexual like 2 genders, not male and female in particular. But almost all of the time, bisexual means male- and female-attracted

[rapid ingot]

so they dont like trans

I think Bi itself is a prefix means 2

like Biliengual

ah
Whats the correst spelling

[boreal ingot]

Trans isn't really a gender. It's a lable that means 'not assigned [x] gender at birth but identifies with it', it just indicates you 'moved across genders'. 'Trans' meant 'across' in Latin. Think of 'transoceanic voyage'

So yea, if you're bisexual you like men and women, 'men' and 'women' includes 'trans men' and 'cis men' and 'trans women' and 'cis women'

[boreal ingot]

It does mean 2, yeah

[boreal ingot]

Bilingual

there's is also bifurcate, bisect

so yea

[rapid ingot]

Bilingual

bilingual

oki tnx

[flat rune]

There are only 3 genders majorly female male and trans gender about which I have heard . Do they have genitals like male or females or they just don't have any genitals. I will search about it on Google

[signal shell]

Best desicion ever

[boreal ingot]

genitalia and gender aren't really related. Also, 'trans' isn't a gender, it's a lable that specifies 'I wasn't assigned [x] gender when I was born, but I identify with it'

it just means you transitioned

across genders

[boreal ingot]

absolutely

[tidal lily]

Thanks.
It's so confusing and sometimes annoying if I'm correct or wrong about some pronunciation. Since we get to consume both American and British media

[boreal ingot]

yeah, pronuncation varies a lot between different places

Just pick one and stick with it

[tidal lily]

We learn from the media. Consume* Both sources of media. Lets see what can be done

[signal shell]

Scottish pronounce everything their own way

Face is "fee us"

[boreal ingot]

isnt it more like fees

[signal shell]

Drives me nuts

[boreal ingot]

if you can read ipa iss /feːs/ I think

[signal shell]

The u sound is very subtle but I think it's there

Maybe I'm confusing with northern Irish

[boreal ingot]

https://youtu.be/4RUIhjwCDO0?t=504
https://youtu.be/eQAqFYP9HVE?t=144
https://youtu.be/kCY7m73qvkU?t=58
https://youtu.be/1KTg8HQ0jbE?t=212

I feel the third is especially clear. I personally don't hear 'u' in any of them

[signal shell]

My claim got crushed with so much data faster than the speed of light

[boreal ingot]

😭 im sorry

[signal shell]

Lol it's okay

Don't apologize

I learn something new

I actually appreciate it

[boreal ingot]

Aw thanks

[verbal heron]

I saw an other person with the same tag; hm, probably they were wickedeye

[boreal ingot]

Is this meaning of 'conservative' used much? Have I used it properly?

The antique was conservatively costed at three hundred thousand euro.

[bitter hill]

Conservative is fine but I don't think 'costed' is used in that context

[boreal ingot]

Oh thanks, but could you explain why you think my use of 'costed' is wrong?

I believe it's common for it to mean 'estimated'?

I mean, typically the past tense of 'cost' is 'cost', unless it means 'estimate', then the past tense is 'costed', as I understand

[bitter hill]

I'm not 100% sure but I believe it's more commonly seen in business contexts

So it'd be natural to use like estimated, valued, or appraised

[boreal ingot]

I see

Could you put forward a sentence where 'costed' would be natural?

Just so I understand it in-context

By the way, would you say 'appraised' would mean estimate the price of [x] to be [y] or state the exact price of [x] as [y], that is, 'price [x] at [y]'?

Becuase with 'costed', I was more going for the former

[bitter hill]

Appraisals are also estimates, just more...official? Formal? Professional?

[boreal ingot]

I suppose the context in my head is a professional making a prediction as to the price the antique could go for, rather than actually stating the price it's being sold at

[bitter hill]

Yeah then appraise fits your requirements

[boreal ingot]

Oh alrighty

thanks thanks :> 💜

[bitter hill]

Check the online dictionaries, I've checked a few and all of the examples I've seen are indeed business-related

[boreal ingot]

Oh yeah, looking at some dictionary examples it seems to be mostly a business word

thank you for the help

[acoustic geyser]

Can I use likely as both adjective and adverb?

[crystal cave]

yes

e.g. "That is likely <to happen>" (adjective) and "I will likely need to buy some food" (adverb)

[trail slate]

What's the difference between touching and emotional

[tidal lily]

I think touching is mostly related to sensitive/empathy, ie, a kind of emotion.
Whereas emotional word is a whole package of emotions like sadness, happiness, anger, empathy etc

[boreal ingot]

Firstly: 'emotional' has four main meanings; 'touching' has two.
Secondly: 'emotional' can describe a person or a thing; 'touching' can only describe things or actions.

If something is touching, it resonates with you. It makes you feel either (meaning 1) sympathetic, or (meaning 2) acknowledged and thankful. For example, if someone were to care for you while you're sick, and you felt that this action is sweet and arouses soft and nice feelings within you, you could say 'The way they cared for me was really touching' (meaning 2). If someone told you about their life story, full of abuse and struggle, and how they can't find comfort, you could say 'Their life story was really touching. I feel I truly understand them and want to help them' (meaning 1, sympathy).

If something is emotional, that can mean 1., it makes you feel intense emotions: normally sadness or grief, but it can be intense happiness, or very fervent rage, just a mess of emotions basically. Think along the lines of a movie that makes you cry and angry, a tearful reunion after years apart, a speech that inspires hope and lights a fire within you, and so on. Or 2. it very literally has something to do with emotions: it relates to emotions. For example, 'emotional psychology' (the study of the mind with a focus on emotions) or 'emotional regulation' (regulation when it comes to emotions). This is a much more literal sense than the first: 'having to do with emotions'.

Now the other two meanings of 'emotional' are for when you're describing a person or their state. When you describe someone as emotional, there are two possible interpretations: 1. they are characterised by how they feel strong emotions really easily and a lot, how they really show emotion so much, just how they are so inclined to outbursts and displays of sadness, and happiness, and glee, and excitement, and so on. The other possible meaning, 2., is that they are currently in a state of heightened emotion. That is, they're feeling a lot of sadness or anger or betrayal, and so on. It's not necessarily a general characteristic of theirs, just a current state.

Touching:

1. Lucy told me her story, and it was truly touching. How someone could put up with so much pain in silence was beyond me.
2. I found how caring Tom was when I was sick to be very touching. It was so sweet.

Emotional:

1. It was a very emotional movie, very. I would be shouting at the bad guys in anger one second, only to find myself crying the other. I felt so attached to the characters. I felt so happy when they succeeded.
2. We've conducted an emotional assessment of her and have found her to be unfit for the job, as it is an emotionally intensive one.
3. Mike's mother has always been very emotional. The first time she met me, she cried tears of joy over her son having made a friend. Every time she'd see me in his company, she would get super excited.
4. His words made me very emotional and tears welled up in my eyes. I remember I jumped onto him in my utter exuberance, and I sobbed with mirth.

I hope this somewhat helps

[verbal heron]

This will ofc help 'em, provided that they try to understand the differences and if they use the words in their sentences, it will definitely be helpful

[boreal ingot]

:>

I had to momentarily halt my Roblox-playing to write that 😔

I know, very concerning

[verbal heron]

Hope tooti understands the pain

[signal shell]

You are so dedicated to this chat 🫡

[brazen hill]

I don't care what you guys are saying, I love the Scottish accent. It's one of the most beautiful accents

[brazen hill]

Dooblin Ross

[verbal heron]

Hello. Do you think the phrase “beguilingly resplendent” sound somewhat redundant?

[boreal ingot]

the added 'beguilingly' makes me think the person has put on this resplendence to charm and get smth

like, resplendent so as to lure, invitingly, or enticingly, with deceitful intent

idk though :p

[verbal heron]

But I think, something that is resplendent appear (with exceeding brightness) alluring and inviting, so I thought that using the derivative of beguile might convey a sense of superfluity. But, I think what you have said is also notable

[boreal ingot]

As I understand it, resplendent means very beautiful, incredebly glamarous, attractive, bright and whatnot, but it doesn't imply deceitfulness in any way

beguile has a sense of 'beautiful/attractive in a deceitful way' to it

so there it serves to claim that this resplendence is deceitful (it's only there as a mask for something maybe, to trick you to get closer, etc. It's just there to trick you somehow).

Mind you, this is how I am interpreting it. I'm not a native

Maybe someone else would have a differing opinion about the phrase

[void field]

Whre is the question?

Im new here

[verbal heron]

Yea, but a resplendent [x] is always inviting too; it's up to the viewer, or speaker whether they want to be pulled towards the source

[verbal heron]

Hm, but wil "beguile" always hint at a feeling of deception? Do you recommemd me using 'bewitchingly'

[dusky harness]

'Beguile' does not always connote deceitfulness.

[verbal heron]

I think you are right here; malevolence, or even malice could be enshrouded by such resplendence

[boreal ingot]

I mean, something resplendent might be something you want to approacch, sure, but the word itself has nothing to do with inviting you; it just means 'bright and attractive'. And even then, replendence is a positive inviting (if it is inviting), not something that has trickery behind it. So to me 'beguilingly resplendent' seems like a reasonable combination, where 'beguilingly' would layer its own negative connotation

[verbal heron]

Like I was beguiled by their charm and laughter?

[boreal ingot]

I've not before seen it used without deceitfulness being involved, but I mean, nothing stopping you from using it that way ig

[verbal heron]

You mean resplendent?

[boreal ingot]

no, beguile

[verbal heron]

Hm, makes sense. Thank you Scella

[dusky harness]

Two main meanings: To deceive/delude, or to charm/delight. However, it is probably best to stick to contexts in which deception is meant.

[verbal heron]

Ah, someday someone will use them metaphorically and inocorrectly anyway. Thus that will become a different use of the word

[dusky harness]

Just going by etymology, "guile" is all about deceptiveness.

[verbal heron]

I wanted to pair it with resplendent, or even with effulgent by using its adverbial form

[verbal heron]

Can't think of an example rn to reply to this

[boreal ingot]

I feel even the charm sense has trickery involved. Something like

He beguiled us with honeyed words, and when he had our votes, he revealed his true nature.

[dusky harness]

Right, that is the dominant sense in contemporary usage.

[verbal heron]

can 'color' be used here instead of 'nature'?

[dusky harness]

In the plural.

[boreal ingot]

Plural 'colours/colors'

yeah

[verbal heron]

Why would one need to use the plural form here?

[boreal ingot]

I was actually wondering if 'bore his fangs' would work instead

[boreal ingot]

It's an idiom

[verbal heron]

Ah, alright

[boreal ingot]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/true-colors

Most often it's used with 'show'

[dusky harness]

It would be 'bared his fangs', and this is more about showing aggression.

[verbal heron]

thank you

[boreal ingot]

Oh, right, thankss

[crimson vortex]

Hello, what is the difference between inflict on and expose to

[dusky harness]

When you expose someone to something, you are making them vulnerable to that thing. When you inflict something on someone, you are directly affecting them with that thing.

[feral maple]

What is the difference between a fraud and a scammer ?

[dusky harness]

A fraud is a person who misrepresents themselves for unfair or unlawful gain, an impostor. A scammer targets people by swindling or defrauding them.

[boreal ingot]

i think a fraud is normally someone who lies about credentials or ability (for example, 'I'm a doctor!' [when they aren't]) and tries to use that to trick people into giving them something. While a scammer just tries to trick you out of something

[feral maple]

I understand what a fraud means but what about scammer can you give me an example for a someone who is scammer like fraud is for example a someone who says that he is a doctor but he is not a doctor but I want an example about a scammer can you give me it ?

[boreal ingot]

A scammer is someone who gets money (normally) from people by tricking them. So, they could tell you 'input your credit card information to get [x]' then take the money and disappear, or 'guess which cup the ball is under and I'll give you your money back doubled, fail and the money is mine' but there is no ball in the first place.
A scammer is someone who gets your money by tricking you

[feral maple]

Yeah , I know the difference now , I thank you for that important information

[rapid ingot]

SCREW SCAMMERS

[wispy nimbus]

What does putting on and putting off means is it used to describe what are wearing or is it for transfer and down and up please someone tell me

[whole dagger]

for both transferring an object up or down and wearing clothes, you use ‘putting on’ and ‘taking off.’ ‘putting off’ has a different meaning.

[waxen cradle]

"Put on" means to get dressed in clothes ("She put on a skirt this morning.")
"Put on" also means to act/perform a certain way. ("Tom is a magician and he put on a magic show last night.").
However, "put on" can have a negative meaning when used in the phrase "put on airs". This means that someone is acting overconfident and looking down on others. ("He has been putting on airs ever since he was promoted to manager. We are becoming tired of his new attitude.")

"Put off" means to delay something, usually a task or job. It can be a bad thing, or it can be a neutral thing depending on context. (Negative: "He is putting off applying to jobs. I am worried he is becoming lazy.") (Neutral: "He is putting off submitting the report to the client until we get feedback from our manager.")

[wispy nimbus]

Thanks

[wispy nimbus]

Thanks

[wraith forge]

What does negotiating mean

[swift parcel]

To "negotiate" means to discuss and reach an agreement on terms or conditions between two or more parties.

Examples :
The two companies are negotiating a partnership agreement that would benefit both sides.

Before accepting the job offer, she decided to negotiate for a higher salary.

[swift parcel]

Did you understand?

[wraith forge]

Yes

Thanks

[swift parcel]

You are welcome

[weak sapphire]

guys I’m not good at English but I need to improve my speaking skills to get a job I have interviews in English and I don’t know where to start I really need a job so please help me

This server is difficult I don’t know how to use this server or where to ask for help

[wet sentinel]

1. Thou shall eat aught or else thy stomach will scream in agony, you must eat 2) thou must eat or thy stomach will scream in agony. Do both make sense?

[chrome salmon]

#🌹｜information

[boreal ingot]

The first is odd, because you're saying 'you WILL eat anything', not 'something'

I think that 'thou' used 'shalt' or 'wilt' not 'shall', also

Another odd thing is that you switch from thou to you

In the past, 'thou' was the nominative second person singular pronoun, while 'you' was oblique second person plural or the formal oblique second person singular

So you kinda switched from informal/casual pronouns to formal pronoun, and used the wrong case for the formal one

[boreal ingot]

Optionally for the second one, you can use 'mustest' or 'motest', or 'mote'

[torn pelican]

Hello, I have just started English and I have very little knowledge of vocabulary and sentence structure.

[boreal ingot]

1. Thou motest eat lest thy stomach scream in agony; thou motest eat.
2. Thou motest eat or thy stomach will scream in agony.

[cloud badge]

Shall can be used for should too, and hm I've never in my life even seen the word motest. Mustest and mote are uh extremely odd as well.

[cloud badge]

Maybe something like 'thou shall eat lest thine stomach scream in agony' (you will/ should eat so your stomach wont/doesnt hurt)

[boreal ingot]

Yeah mote and motest, and mustest are old ways of saying 'must'

The last two had to be paired with 'thou'

Middle English was full of inconsistencies and many word variations

[boreal ingot]

Thine doesn't work there

It was only used before vowels and h

Or where you would use 'yours' in modern English

But before consonants you'd use thy

[boreal ingot]

It's 'should' in the sense of 'I had hoped I should find you here', not really in the suggestion sense

Should may be the past tense of shall, but it developed other meanings independently

[cloud badge]

Shall is commonly used as should and/or will, and i think thine does work there, it's like saying mine but yours. 'I shall eat lest mine stomach scream in agony'.

[boreal ingot]

In actual Middle English it would be 'mi' though. Just like we have the 'a' and 'an' distinction in Modern English, in the past they had 'mi' and 'min', and 'thy' and 'thine'. 'Mi' and 'thy' were used before consonants except for h, and 'min' and 'thine' were used before vowels and h. 'Thine' and 'min' were also used like modern 'yours' and 'mine', that is, in stuff like 'the one that is yours/mine'. From 'min' we got 'mine'.
Even in the usage of 'mine' to mean 'my', it's often seen after instead of before ('brother mine'), but when it's before, the first sound is a vowel (or h)

[cloud badge]

Oh were they asking specifically about middle English? I was just using the words the way i hear people still use those today.

[boreal ingot]

Not sure abt the exact period of time they're assking about, but they're obviously going for an old style. Ppl often misuse 'thy' and 'thine' as you did, and if they're going for any sort of older style they shouldn't use 'thine' like that, thas all tbh

It's a similar story with people misusing the '-est' suffix on verbs. it's supposed to only be used with 'thou' but ppl use it for alllll persons these days when going for an older style

[cloud badge]

Hmm yeah trends don't always follow their original intended use. It's still an old style just used in a more modern way the way i wrote, i think.

[plush stump]

Hi guys! Good afternoon. What's the difference between Academic Qualification and Academic Transcripts, please?

[sweet mesa]

hello, what i means watch your back?

in the context: https://i.imgur.com/yHE1T0l.jpeg

[dusky harness]

To "watch your back" is to be watchful to prevent being attacked by surprise. As a friendly aside, the proper way to phrase your question is: "What does 'watch your back' mean?"

[boreal ingot]

@sweet mesa you've asked this before! ^

[finite beacon]

What does gaslighting mean?

[dusky harness]

It means to lie to someone in a way that manipulates them into doubting their own memory.

[gaunt mango]

@fierce swift

[mental saddle]

THERE IS A TREE THAT HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO CURE CANCER COULD IT BE TRUE ? THE NAME IS PAO PERIERA

[waxen cradle]

Yes, the explanation given above is correct.
For more context, the term "gaslight" comes from the 1938 British play "Gaslight". The play tells a story of a woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing she is going insane. Every day the woman mentions that the gas light in their apartment has gotten dimmer, but her husband tells her that she is just imagining it has gotten dimmer. He insists that it hasn't changed. In reality, the light has dimmed. This is because husband is secretly turning on gas lamps in the apartment above them to search for missing treasure left behind there by a past tenant who was murdered. I won't spoil the rest! 😉

[waxen cradle]

Hi jadsz, unfortunately there is no easy way to answer this-- it will depend on the university or employer who is asking you.

Generally, an academic transcript is a summary of all courses you have taken at a school with the letter grade or final score you received. It will also state the year you enrolled in the school and the year you graduate (or are expected to graduate). At American schools it will also state your grade point average, which is a converted number score based on the letter grades you received. Transcripts are sometimes only 1 or 2 pages long, since the classes and grades/scores can be listed succinctly.

Academic qualifications can mean different things to different universities or employers. For example, if an engineering employer asked you for your academic qualifications, they might mean they want to know which universities you attended and what degree/diploma you received in the end (Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or whatever your country uses). But if a scientific journal asked you for your academic qualifications, they might want to know what university research labs you have worked for and what academic papers you have published.

[boreal ingot]

Should I use 'hypernymous' or 'hyponymous' (or maybe mix them) in the following:

'Oligosyllabic', meaning 'having few syllables', may, essentially, not unreasonably, be assumed to be a direct antonym to 'Polysyllabic'. However, it would be more accurate to identify the two words as being in a [hyponymous/hypernymous/hypo-hypernymous/hyper-hyponymous] relationship wherein 'Polysyllabic' is the superordinate term and 'Oligosyllabic' is the subordinate one, as 'having few syllables' is a subset of 'having multiple syllables'.

[signal shell]

What does hypo-hypernymous mean? And hyper-hyponymous?

Also, I don't think I can agree with whatever statement is being made. I don't view oligosyllabic as being a subset of polysyllabic

[boreal ingot]

That's what I'm asking about,should I use 'hypernymous', 'hyponymous', or one of the two 'mix' terms I proposed

[signal shell]

But if that is the claim being made, I think "hyponymic" is the right word

[boreal ingot]

I view it so. 'Having few syllables' does mean 'having more than one syllable, but not that many', and 'polysylabic' doesn't mean 'having many syllables' it means 'having multiple syllables'. 'more than one but not many' falls under 'multiple'. If you'd like to use other terms, all oligosyllabic words are polysyllabic, but not all polysyllabic words are oligosyllabic, which directly maps onto a hypernym-hyponym type of relation (all dogs are mammles but not all mammles are dogs, all [x]s are [y]s, but not all [y]s are [x]s. That is, one is a subset of the other)

If you interpret 'having few syllables' as a range from 1 to [x], instead of from 2 to [x], then you could say the claim is false, since any word with one syllable would not be polysylabic

[signal shell]

You can see this word used on the Wikipedia article about this topic

[boreal ingot]

So the entire two way relationship is labled with the 'hyponym'?

thas interesting

I think I've seen hyponymous but not hyponymic beforee though

So idk which would be best

[signal shell]

I'm thinking that this particular usage is still in the stages of quick and sudden evolution. You can probably use whatever word you like

[signal shell]

It appears the word has been used to describe single syllable words. But I also find sources that say it should have at least two.

So depending on your usage, it could be a hyponym

Or it could not

[boreal ingot]

(theyre synnonyms apparently [in pink])

But you see, the annoying thing is 'hyponymic/hyponymous ' is 'relating to the subset in such a relationship', so would the entire rlationship be labled as such? It sounds like I should use both hyper- and hypo- -nymic/-nymous to mark the entire relationship. Is it just standard to lable the whole relationship as hypo-?

[signal shell]

But I also doubt anyone would call a word polysyllabic for having two syllables

[signal shell]

I see what you are saying... "hyponymic" might be an autohyponymous word

[boreal ingot]

If it includes 'one' then yeah, it wouldn't be. Really depends on how litrially you take the 'few' I think

[boreal ingot]

ye I know what they are, but Im not sure how hyponymic/hyponymous would fit that

[signal shell]

Just replace the word "dog" with "hyponymic"

It describes the entire relationship, but also just the more specific one that describes the subset

[boreal ingot]

Huh, actually, in 'autohyponym' it would make much more sense to use 'autohypernym' no? 'Auto' means 'self', 'hyper-' means 'above', and '-onym' means 'word'
so that would be 'word above itself'

[boreal ingot]

oh,that makes sense yea

this is very interesting lmao

[boreal ingot]

or actually, much the same 'word under itself' would work

So I guess hypo- has become the de facto standard

I have no idea if I used de facto right

alright, that resolves the quandary of what to choose. Thanks a lot @signal shell 💜

[signal shell]

Okay, glad I could help

[dry estuary]

I'm wondering about "Stand for" and "Tolerate"
As far as I know, "stand for" means support something, and "tolerate" means endure something
But there's a question like this:

"I will not stand for your bad behavior"
Choose a correct synonym for "Stand for"
A. Like
B. Mean
C. Tolerate
D. Care

The answer sheet tells me that it's C. Why though? May anyone explain to me?
Thank you, I appreciate your help <3!

[boreal ingot]

'Stand for' has three meanings:

lmao

[signal shell]

Yeah it appears to have the meaning of tolerate, but I only ever see it used that way in the negative sense

Not stand for

When it means to support, I only ever see that in the positive sense

If there is something you neutrally don't support, you never say "I won't stand for it"

[verbal heron]

@humble condor

[boreal ingot]

@signal shell, have you encountered any Irish people who pronounce their th's as dental t's and d's?

Further, have you met any Irish people who pronounce word-final t as a fricative?

Then lastly, have you met anyone who does both?

I'm curious how they would say 'that'

[signal shell]

Yes, plenty

[signal shell]

I'm don't recall observing this one

[boreal ingot]

Hmm, lemme link a tiktoker one sec

[boreal ingot]

It's a bit far in, ig around 12 secs, but listen to how he ends 'light' in 'green light':
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbok1er/

15 secs ye

32 secs in he says 'that' with that type of fricative final t ('you can't do that')

But

The 'th' is an actual dental fricative I think

So I was wondering if there are any people who'd say 'that' with both 1) a dental d, and 2) a final fricative t

But I guess if you don't know any who do the final fricative t thing then it may not be done where you are

[signal shell]

Wow I've actually seen this exact video fairly recently

I love garron

[boreal ingot]

He's greatt

but have you never noticed his final t's?

[signal shell]

I never noticed lol

[boreal ingot]

in some words

[signal shell]

But yeah I hear it now

[boreal ingot]

maybe Im too focused on accents

[boreal ingot]

Do you think it would be possible for a mix of the dental d for at the start and this 'slit/hissing t' at the end to happen in 'that'?

[signal shell]

I have no idea. Maybe I can listen more closely from now on to find out

[boreal ingot]

alrightyy

If you ever run into it I'd be curious to know, just becuase Ive always been curious about how Irish people might say 'that', since they have both of these features

a 'the pronuncation exists' would be enough

sorry to bother 😅

I am too hyperfocused on how people say stuff lol

[signal shell]

Someone once asked me if my students were "chick" and it took me a while to realise they were actually saying "thick", meaning stupid.

[boreal ingot]

Lmfao 😭

[signal shell]

Actually, maybe I heard it as "tick"

Either way, I was confused for a few seconds

[boreal ingot]

yea tick, fick, and sick are all possible for 'thick'

by nonnatives at least

fick is done in england by younger ppl tho

[boreal ingot]

I would be too

[signal shell]

And my grandfather from Virginia

[boreal ingot]

Lmfao

and that one old dude from varginia, I'll remember that

[signal shell]

Bath is baff

[boreal ingot]

Actually, in British English that makes it sound exactly like barf

[signal shell]

Yeah I suppose so

[boreal ingot]

I remember when I was trying to do th-fronting cuz I was, idk, I was trying to sound more British or smth, I had the shocking realisation taht 'bath' and 'barf' sound the same

[signal shell]

But for grampa, it's baff

[boreal ingot]

does he say his r's?

Idk anything about the varginia accent

[acoustic geyser]

Hello

[signal shell]

Yeah I think so, just like a normal r in any case I can think of

[acoustic geyser]

What is different between these two?
In Central Park
At Central Park

On Christmas
At Christmas

[boreal ingot]

Th-fronting is

• done by young Englishpeople
• done by Ross's grandpa from varginia
• done by some non-natives as a substitute for the th sounds

[signal shell]

If you feel that you are being very precise about your location, you say "at"

[boreal ingot]

Next time I explain it I'll be sure to list these three points

[signal shell]

Cool lmao

[boreal ingot]

^ someone help this chap. Prepositions are beyond me

[boreal ingot]

I thought 'at' ws less precise

[boreal ingot]

oh I have one chart

[boreal ingot]

I mean 'at the hospital' is 'in the general location of the hospital' while 'in the hopital' is specifically inside it

thas why it seemed like 'at' is more genereal to me

[signal shell]

That's a good point

But when saying at the hospital, you are using the entire city as a reference, and the hospital is a very precise place within the city.

When saying in the hospital, this is to distinguish from outside the hospital

Or you say in the hospital to indicate you are recieving care at the hospital

"Ross is at the hospital to visit his grandpa who is in the hospital"

[verbal heron]

So 'at' just means the vicinity of the place mentioned, doesn't it?

[signal shell]

Yeah, more or less, could be inside, could be nearby

[verbal heron]

Ah, like I am not giving proper info or maybe I do not have sufficient info

[signal shell]

I mean, sometimes the specifics of the details are implied in context

Like, when I say the bus stopped at the hospital, it clearly isn't inside the hospital

[fading needle]

What is the difference between “sleepy tho” and “sleeping tho”?

[signal shell]

"sleepy" is a feeling you get when you have the urge to sleep. "sleeping" is the condition of being asleep. From what I can see, the presence of the word "tho" doesn't seem to have any effect on their meanings. But maybe if there was more context, I could decide that maybe there is something else there to say about it.

[boreal ingot]

Question, if you were awoken by someone calling your name, would you answer 'What do you want? I'm sleeping' or 'What do you want? I was sleeping'?

[signal shell]

I think that would depend on their intention to go back to sleep immediately, or not.

[boreal ingot]

So, if Im gonna go right back, I should use present ('I'm sleeping')?

Even though I'm no actually asleepy

makes sense I suppose

[verbal heron]

I think I'd say 'oh, what is it?'

[boreal ingot]

Another similar question. If you call someone (on phone) and they sound like they just woke up (you woke them up with the call), would you say 'Are you sleeping/asleep?' or 'Were you sleeping/asleep?'

[signal shell]

Yeah that's probably how I would do it, but I'm open to other people saying it differently as they see fit

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, but I'm asking cuz of the tense

[boreal ingot]

Got it, thank you :>

[signal shell]

I think "were" sounds more natural, but either way seems acceptable to me

[boreal ingot]

Oh got itt

thank you again

I was comparing it to arabic, cuz I found it so odd that mother asks me 'are you sleeping' in arabic when she calls lol

[verbal heron]

But it indicates that you're letting them know that you're gonna avoid replying to them

[boreal ingot]

I'll stick with 'were' in English (or personally I'd prefer 'did I wake you up')

[boreal ingot]

yes, exactly what I'd be doing cuz who tf are they waking me up from my sleep

I need sleep despretly

ignore spelling, I cant spell

[verbal heron]

lmao

then they will try to wake you up

[tiny glade]

Hi I have a question

For u all

[verbal heron]

Oh ok

what is it

[tiny glade]

A dog has e puppies
1st name is your
2nd name is mine
3 rd name is him
What is dog's name

[verbal heron]

Here e=euler's number?

[boreal ingot]

Your Mine Him

[tiny glade]

What is dog's name
Not puppies name

[boreal ingot]

No idea

Enlighten me

[signal shell]

He already told you

[boreal ingot]

Oh

It's what

Isn't it

Lmao good-ish joke

[signal shell]

Yeah it was a statement, not a question

He's just telling you

Although, he did preface this with "I have a question"

He still hasn't asked his question

[signal shell]

So what is your question

[verbal heron]

It does not even work fine as a joke

[boreal ingot]

It was pretty mediocre

[verbal heron]

what

[boreal ingot]

Did I misspell it

What might the confusion be over?

[verbal heron]

no, you didn't

[boreal ingot]

Then what was the 'what' aboutt

[verbal heron]

what is it that you found 'pretty mediocre'

[boreal ingot]

The joke

[verbal heron]

oh yea

[boreal ingot]

Lol

[verbal heron]

I guess they had something to say but couldn't articulate

[signal shell]

It's more like a trick "question" or a riddle

Rather than a joke

[torn pelican]

I started learning English and I don't really know how to learn.

I am a Turk and I am trying to learn English from scratch.

Yes

I have no vocabulary and no knowledge of sentence structure.

I use memrise as a program.

[orchid silo]

memrise is good

[torn pelican]

Do you have any advice for me to keep the words I learn in my mind?

[thorn star]

Hi guys! I started working in a BPO and sometimes I don't understand the customers, I've been trying writing keywords but sometimes that didn't work out

Any advice would be great

[agile crow]

What is a BPO? Have you tried just using google translate?

Never mind, I looked it up.

[cloud badge]

What's on second. I don't know. Third base!

[open sage]

Hello guys, how are you? I'm starting to learn English. Does anyone have any tips on where to start and how to organize Anki? (Do I add sentences or just words?)

Or any suggestions for apps to learn better

[signal shell]

abbott and costello were quite a duo

[stable bear]

hello Juvorz. The basic sentence structure, as far as i know, is S+V+O. That's where you start if you want to learn from scratch

[dry estuary]

I'm troubled with using "None", "Neither", "Non', "Not"...
May I know when to use those four respectively?
Thank you, I appreciate your help :D!

[compact elbow]

what's the difference between moisture and humidity?

I thought they were just synonyms but apparently they're not o_o

[signal shell]

Humidity is specifically about the moisture dissolved in the air

Moisture can exist in more places than the air

@compact elbow

[compact elbow]

ty

[plucky locust]

Hello guys, I'm Brasilian, I need improve my English because my job

[compact elbow]

In my mother tongue language we usually use the term humidity interchangeably

[signal shell]

I can see how that would become confusing when learning about this in English

[boreal ingot]

None is used when something doesn't apply to any of all the listed things/individuals.

None of Tom, Tim, Tai, Ted, and Tod thought that killing Luke would be a good idea, but Teo wanted the friend group to all have names beginning with T.
This means that they all did not think it was a good idea.
None can also be used when something doesn't apply to anyone in general. This has a bit more of a formal tone though:
She was a fierce lady whom none dared approach, yet that tiny boy went to her so carelessly.
Here, no one ever dared approach her, not anyone dared.

When to use a plural verb and when to use a singular one with 'none' is a bit hard to determine. Some say you should always use singular, and that's what I tend to follow, but oftentimes this is not the case, and you see the plural used even in literature. What governs the number of the verb, I cannot say. Here's what MW has to say about it: https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/is-none-singular-or-plural.

---

'Neither' means that something doesn't apply to any one of two things. 1 and 2, they both are not big numbers, which means that neither 1 nor 2 is a big number. (The quality 'is a big number' is not true of any of the two options.) If you know what 'either' means, 'neither' means 'not either'.

An issue arises when considering what number the verb should be conjugated for with 'neither'. If both items are singular, use a singular verb, if both are plural, use a plural verb, and if it's a mix, well, some use plural, while some conjugate the verb for the number of the nearer noun. Here are a few examples:

Neither of the two boys [like/likes] long nights.
Formally, this should be 'likes'. It's equivalent to 'neither the first boy nor the second boy', and since both halves are singular, we use a singular verb. However, informally, you conjugate for the nearer noun, 'two boys' is plural, so you will often see people say 'Neither of the two like long nights'.

The Americans and the Canadians are having heated debates. However, neither of them [has/have] brought up any good points.

Here, 'neither of them' is equivalent to 'neither the Americans nor the Canadians'. Both sides are plural, so you should use a plural verb formally.

The Americans and the Canadians are having heated debates. However, neither of them have brought up any good points.

Neither the man nor his siblings [was/were] willing to speak up against the misdeeds of their father.

Formally, you should conjugate the verb for the closer conjoin. That is, since 'his siblings' is plural and is nearer to the verb, the verb should be plural, 'were'. If the order were to be reversed, the verb would be singular, 'was'.

Neither the man nor his siblings [were] willing to speak up against the misdeeds of their father.
Neither his siblings nor the man [was] willing to speak up against the misdeeds of their father.

However, some people choose to always use the plural. I'm guessing this varies by style guide.

Some note-worthy examples:

Neither he nor his friend likes it.
Neither the humans nor the animals were spared.
Neither my mother nor my siblings see eye-to-eye with me.
Neither my siblings nor my mother sees eye-to-eye with me.
The Americans and the Canadians, neither of them say that word.
The American guy and the Canadian gal, neither of them says that word.

---

'Non-' is a bound morpheme. That means it has semantic value but cannot exist on its own, it needs to be connected to another word. In other words, 'Non-' is an affix, a prefix, specifically. It conveys a sense of neutral negation. It's a less negatively valenced 'un-', 'in-', or 'dis-'. Compare 'disbeliever' to 'non-believer': the latter is quite less negatively charged, while the former may very well insinuate active rejection of the belief. The same can be seen with 'inhuman' and 'non-human'. The latter is strictly about the fact that something is not a human, whilst the former is more about the cruelness of actions in a way that is not becoming of a human.

---

'Not' conveys simply the fact of negation. If you don't understand it, I would suggest directly translating it into your native language.

[tiny glade]

Who has ielts and who can lend me his/her hand

[hasty trout]

Use "none" as "not one", "not any" or "not all".

One will go that way → None (not even a single one) will go that way
I need all of these → I need none of these (I DON'T need all of these)

Use "neither" as "not either".

Either of you must do this → Neither of you must do this.

Use "non" as prefix for words.

Existent (one that exists) → non-existent (one that doesn't exist).
Non-vegan food, non-binary person, etc.

Use "not" for any negation.

This is funny → this is not funny.
She was helping → she was not helping.
That is a dog → that is not a dog.

[boreal ingot]

Damn guess my answer wasn't satisfactory :p

[verbal heron]

‘I don't need all of these. I need only one/two [x(singular/plural)].’

[verbal heron]

Scella

[boreal ingot]

Vampire

[verbal heron]

Your answer was quite satisfactory, at least to me. But I think they would find your answer very long. They might perceive you to be prevericating. 😅

Don't expound on simple questions

if they don't ask you to

[boreal ingot]

I think that 'I need none' means 'I don't need any' not 'I don't need all'

[hasty trout]

I think that might depend on context but yeah ig that works

[verbal heron]

sometimes we may not be provided with sufficient context

to infer the meaning

when it has an obvious meaning

[boreal ingot]

I like to be as comprehensive as possible

[verbal heron]

You know what, not everyone finds grammar very interesting

If they were, they would search for that themselves 😅

[forest solar]

https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english.html

[boreal ingot]

If there are any Brits here, do you make a pronuncation distinction between battery the crime and battery the device? I tend to say Ba - chri for the latter and Ba - tuh - ri for the former

[boreal ingot]

Also, for Americans, what is the demonym for those from Verginia?

What's the difference between an eponym and a namesake

[signal shell]

Virginian

[boreal ingot]

I don't really understand this 😅

[boreal ingot]

Thanks

[signal shell]

The namesake is named after the eponym.

But in common usage, the eponym is often ambiguously called a namesake as well

[signal shell]

Also, it's spelled Virginia, not Verginia

[boreal ingot]

Ah makes sense

my many thanks

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, I suck at spelling. Thank you 💜

[errant kettle]

Hello there! Welcome, there are many places on the server to practice written chat and voice chat. There are also classes and events offered almost every day. I hope you find the learning environment you are looking for.

[drowsy urchin]

Hi, i'm brazillian too, maybe i can help ya

[boreal ingot]

Could you all proofread this short paragraph?
One question also, did I use 'ensconced' properly?

It was in the blink of an eye that he thrust his sword through her chest, upon the infliction of which wound, she collapsed and bled 'till Death extended his relieving hand. So I was told by a soldier—nay, a whoreson knave—who had witnessed the ordeal in its entirety, yet not so much did cross his mind as a passing thought of lending aid. At the sight of her, I was left aghast, and my face became an ashen shade, for she lay ensconced in the warmth of blood, her countenance abounding with dour acceptance as though the vivacious bounce that characterised her in life had drained away into the pool in which she lay.

I was going for an older style

[oblique idol]

its not technically incorrect

id maybe change the word order? for example: "for she lay ensconced in the blood’s warmth, her countenance abounding with dour acceptance

im not an expert on older style english but thats just my opinion! :3

[tame tide]

@night pewter ☘️🍀 Hra dhaniya

[night pewter]

Reference?

[tame tide]

Rose day

[night pewter]

Oh

Rose nhi hai kya

Gareeb

[tame tide]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFt9t2WPIgP/?igsh=MW5oZzA2ZGJ5Mnczaw==

Instagram

[night pewter]

Flat 😂

[verbal heron]

wow kya reference tha

[boreal ingot]

I see, thank you

[boreal ingot]

Hello there, Vampire

wot is zis

Why are gifs of dark pale figures in dramatic lighting being hurled at me

I don't watch movies :p

But either way, hello there, dots and dashes

[signal shell]

I still need to see that one

[boreal ingot]

Ross movie person?

[signal shell]

Yeah kinda

[boreal ingot]

I see

[signal shell]

Thanks for the quick review

[boreal ingot]

Actually, sometimes I get lazy with my typing and do such things as 'Ross movie person?'
Is this something a native would ever do? :p I mean, not that I care much so long as my meaning is conveyed, but I'm curious how a native would feel about that form

[signal shell]

Oh yeah, definitely the type of behaviour I see from a lot of people. It's normal, even if not proper

[boreal ingot]

I see, many thanks :>

[signal shell]

I didn't even think anything of it

[boreal ingot]

Should I watch Redpool

[signal shell]

Barely noticed it was bad grammar

[boreal ingot]

lmao, got it, thank you. I thought it might be an Arabic remanant, cuz in Arabic the statment would be 'Ross person movies' (that would be a grammatically correct sentence meaning 'Ross is a movies person) and the question would just have 'hal' added to the start. And you know how statments can become questions through tone, so you ccan kinda drop that 'hal' and end up with something like 'Ross person movies?'
Thankfully I wasn't just applying Arabic grammar when lazy. Just being normal English lazy

[signal shell]

Interesting

[boreal ingot]

I'll bump this for any other comments ^

[agile crow]

I don't see anything seriously wrong, though 'ensconced' is an interesting choice, as it normally implies being comfortably within something.

"I am thoroughly ensconced in my cubby hole, night light above, reading my favorite book."

[boreal ingot]

hm, I mean I was thinking that should would look comfortably settled in her blood, since death extended his 'relieving hand'

and the blood would be warm :p

But I guess it's not the best usage

what other word would you use?

[agile crow]

I don't know, maybe you are going for something unusual though

You could say simply that she lay lifeless in a pool of her blood?

[boreal ingot]

Why that sounds cosy

[agile crow]

yeah, ensconced is normally a cozy word, I think

[boreal ingot]

It can also mean saftey I think, 'ensconse oneself behind [x]' or 'ensconse oneself in a safe [x]' or stuff liek that

though that might be rarer idk

I dont think the word is common in the first place

[agile crow]

It's not often heard in everyday speech

[boreal ingot]

I think I was going for comfy though, kinda like to show her as enjoying the end, this shuffling off the mortal coil and leaving hardships behind. Though to the speaker this is awful (that she has died), to her she was comfortable in her last moments and acceptant as she feelt herself being enscounsed in her own very warm blood as all faded

idk if 'ensounced' conveys that though

[agile crow]

shrug

[boreal ingot]

downcast expression

(aka, 😔)

[agile crow]

maybe her life comfortably slipped away as she lay in a pool of her blood

It's an amusing paragraph, though

[boreal ingot]

fuck, deadpool, don't ask me why I said red, prolly cuz he's red

[boreal ingot]

how so This is generally a proofreasding question, also, not just about 'enscounsed'

so other stuff is welcome

[agile crow]

because it reads like you are deliberately trying to be over-the-top

it's not a bad thing

[boreal ingot]

ah that makes sense

I teeter on that line between snobbish pomposity and proper formality too often when I try to emulate an old style or be formal :(

And too commonly it's closer to the former than to the latter

I had a full stop instead of that comma, but grammarly went 'oh no, a punctuation issue is somewhere in this text!' and when I used a comma there it went 'alright it's 100% fien now' 😭 Sabotage by Grammarly

I guess I shouldn't trust it beyond spelling

I mean even with spelling, it made my misspelling of 'infliction' into 'inflexion'

Noo ideaaa. I jus like it cuz when I type I kinda leave the spelling and punctuation for later, so having something that highlights the issues is useful

You think I know stylesss :0

Ive like, watched 2 or 3 movies in my life

but I have this friend of a friend who urges me to watch deadpool

and as a non-movie-person im like 'idkkkk' lol

wanted to know if it's worth it

guess it's not

I was gonna watch this then I realised it's horror

[agile crow]

I actually really want to see that

[night pewter]

@tame tide

[tame tide]

Wow to theek hai but tum gusse me kyo ho ?

[signal shell]

What sort of genre do you like?

[boreal ingot]

Im not sure lol, but not horror

Im too easily scared for horror

[signal shell]

We need to start you with the Disney classics, it seems

[boreal ingot]

I watched frozen and I think two toy stories if those count

[signal shell]

Yeah those are good

Now you can graduate to DreamWorks

Watch Shrek next

[boreal ingot]

Ive heard a lot abt shrek, idk why theyre popular

is it good

my attention span is: fish

[signal shell]

If you like crass humour and tons of references to classic fairy tales

[boreal ingot]

oh, I barely know anyythingg abt fairy tales

[night pewter]

Gltfehmi hai

[signal shell]

It's not a requirement, but would probably improve the experience

[signal shell]

Then maybe you should watch How To Train Your Dragon. It's a beautiful movie.

[boreal ingot]

ohh

ive heard of it

seems cool

will watch

[signal shell]

I'm trying to think of any great live action films that would be worth watching for you

Deadpool is great, but not exactly the best film to get introduced into the superhero genre, imo

[tame tide]

John wick ?

[signal shell]

The jokes and content in Deadpool can get R rated, too

[signal shell]

Oh man, I need to watch those

[tame tide]

Dammm bro what are you waiting for?

[signal shell]

I have no idea, man. I guess I'm waiting for my brain to remind me that those exist

[tame tide]

interstellar?

[signal shell]

I've seen that yeah. Good movie

[tame tide]

Thank God

[oblique idol]

You’re Welcome!

[boreal ingot]

Does she say '... on the river chance that ...'? What does that mean, I can't find anything about it
https://youtu.be/N8bTHW1lbaw?t=1076

I think she's Canadian if that is needed context

If it's like some obscure Canadian term :p

[signal shell]

Can't think of what that would mean. And it does kinda sound like that's what they said. The auto generated subtitles say "on the real chance that", which makes a bit more sense in this context I guess

[boreal ingot]

How is there a real chance that you'd need a sixth blåhaj 😭

But either way

i kinda hear 'real' ig

very hard to hear it but iss not impossible

so thanks

[signal shell]

Ugh I was just at IKEA recently and I didn't get one 😫

[boreal ingot]

How could you 😭

I love trying to say blåhaj the swedish way in English sentences and sounding very weird

[signal shell]

https://tenor.com/view/blåhaj-haj-mobil-weeeeee-speed-driving-gif-5591280404365460062

[boreal ingot]

When tehcnology and blåhaj meet

we're on the precipice of major innovation

[signal shell]

Idek the proper Swedish way to say that

[boreal ingot]

bloo hi

or ig more like bloow haiy

[signal shell]

Thanks

[compact elbow]

is the cpe listening part vastly more difficult than its cae counterpart? In particular i'm comparing the difficulty in getting a c2-esque score in the listening part in both exams. If I recall correctly, you need a 26/30 in the c1 and a 18/30 in the c2.

[empty copper]

Do you guys support black lives matter?

[boreal ingot]

WHere English questionss

[boreal ingot]

If a verb's object could be it's subject, what kind of verb is it

I cracked the nut
v
The nut cracked

I closed the wondow
v
The window closed

I felled a tree
v
The tree fell

I accelerated the car
v
The car accelerated

[bitter hill]

Transitive v intransitive

[boreal ingot]

I mean this relationship where the object of the transitive verb is the subject of the intransitive one. Like I think there was a term for it but idk what

You can't do it with 'kill' for example

I killed him
=v=
He killed

Not the same meaning

[bitter hill]

Ergative?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labile_verb

[boreal ingot]

Ohh yeaaa

That's the term

Thank youuu

💜

Ergative verbs

[fluid pivot]

[boreal ingot]

Hello

[fluid pivot]

Hey hey 🦋

[tidal lily]

Why does English keep getting complex ? Lol
I'm growing a feeling that Its enough learning, anymore learning won't come handy 90% of the time :/

At which level do we need the understanding of complex english? For writing a novel/book or something?

[verbal heron]

Every language is complex; even your native language does not differ from the rest in this respect. But you do not try to be impeccably good even at your native language; despite having your fundamentals cleared, you are not improving your skills further; to you, it appears that you can articulate all your thoughts without diving into complexity. You will just make do with the knowledge/information you have already acquired.
In my view one needs the understanding of complex English when they have to deal with stuff at a professional level, at an academic setting, for higher level of study in English. Btw, some natives are taught to substantial portion of complex english in school but not everyone.

[acoustic geyser]

What is different?

Account for or explain?

[atomic tartan]

What's the answer to this? According to me, it's b. I asked chatgpt/deepseek too, and they said b too. But in internet (those questions/answer website), I get c as the answer

[gaunt mango]

C is correct.

In “no sooner did”, ‘did’ is a past auxiliary verb
“Than he met” is a past form
“He leave” is the correct base form because of an inversion from “no sooner”
(Since ‘did’ carries the past tense, we must use the base form of the main verb instead of its past tense)
It’s the same reason why we say “did you go to school?” and not “did you went to school?”

Imo this is a pretty tough question, I don’t think most natives I know would be able to give a confident answer

[atomic tartan]

I see, thanks for the answer

One of my friends was confused about this, my mind was telling me B but the answer said C

[verbal heron]

But B too is correct.
No sooner...than is an idiom; an idiom may not always work in accordance with our grammatical rules

[boreal ingot]

Both B and C are correct but B is preferred

'No sooner ... than' is often used with past perfect but doesn't have to be

[atomic tartan]

I was asking him where he got this question, he said it's from a previous year question paper and last year they accepted C as answer

[verbal heron]

Man, they need to read old novels

[boreal ingot]

They dummies

[gaunt mango]

Oh I misread B
I thought it said “meet” not “met”

[verbal heron]

The question itself is incorrect

[verbal heron]

it should be 'form/forms' not only 'form'

[gaunt mango]

At first I thought every answer was incorrect but that’s probably because I was reading it early in the morning

[verbal heron]

Maybe, hm, I know that feeling lmao

What time is it there now?

[gaunt mango]

Right now it’s 10:30

[verbal heron]

Am right?

[gaunt mango]

Yeah

[verbal heron]

It's 10:05 pm here

[gaunt mango]

Half an hour offset huh

[atomic tartan]

They only accept a single answer >.<

[verbal heron]

yea almost

are you from Can or US?

[verbal heron]

Can't be helped

[atomic tartan]

Yeah

Thanks everyone for the help, appreciate it

[gaunt mango]

Us

[boreal ingot]

Can 'no use' be not followed by 'in' or other prepositions? Something like

There is no use boring you with all that.
or
There is no use my helping her study; she will not pass.

[ripe pilot]

The first one works, the second one doesn't. You need to get rid of "my"

[boreal ingot]

Would adding 'in' before the 'my' make the second correct?

[ripe pilot]

Yes

Umm actually

🤔

[boreal ingot]

Hmm, I ask this becuase of something I saw in a book

Notice, there is not an 'in' preceeding the 'my boring'

It's A Study in Scarlet

[ripe pilot]

Yeah the more I read it the less weird it sounds

I give up, hope that helps

[boreal ingot]

It sounds very weird to me even though I've read it like 6 times

Is it perhaps an older construction?

[boreal ingot]

Well, if it sounds alright to you and has been used in a book, then I suppose that confirms it's not entierly wrong

So yeah, sort of helps

My many thanks :)

[ripe pilot]

Yeah not wrong but it def sounds weird at first

I don't recommend using it that much

[boreal ingot]

Alrighty

[boreal ingot]

'beginners guide' or 'beginners' guide'

This video is a [beginners/beginners'/beginner's] guide to Finnish.

I'm guessing 'a beginner's guide' is a guide that is owned or made by one beginner?
Same as 'an idiot's cat' or 'a rich man's book'

But idk about 'beginners' guide' and 'beginners guide', and whether the latter is correct at all

By chance, should it be 'a beginner guide'?

[dusky harness]

"Beginner's guide" is standard. A guide for beginners. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a "guidebook" for "hitchhikers", etc.

[boreal ingot]

I see

many thanks

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I'll tell it ye ...
Should that not be 'I'll tell ye it'?