📚｜english-questions

[little perch]

Can we use "Mightn't've" / "Mustn't've" in questions? For example, "Mightn't've/Mustn't've they completed the project by 2040?"

[tulip skiff]

usable in theory, in practice trying to pronounce/write this is pretty much a waste of time. But the same as before applies

[little perch]

Thank you

[tulip skiff]

My pleasure<33

[crimson hearth]

Question 4

I know you don't like him, but that doesn't matter.
Question 4 options:

a simple sentence

a compound sentence

a complex sentence

a compound-complex sentence

I’m not sure is a compound complex sentence or compound sentence

[autumn leaf]

@agile garnet hey

[tulip skiff]

…

[tulip skiff]

In this case you have a complex compound sentence.

“I know you don’t like him, but that doesn’t matter”

It’s made of 2 sentences that are independent and linked with the connector “but” (which is a coordinating conjunction), meaning you can use them independently from the other :

“I know you don’t like him”
“That doesn’t matter”

[crimson hearth]

@tulip skiff is it ok if I dm you? I have a question

[tulip skiff]

ofc it is ! Ill finish my explanation in dms.

[crimson hearth]

Can you accept my friend request? Idk why I can’t sent u a message

[crimson hearth]

Proofread and edit the following paragraph. Highlight or underline the changes that you made. Change the tense to past tense.

(1) I was in my room Sunday morning, planning to study for my math test. Unexpectedly, my friend, Lianne, drops by. (3) She dashed into the house, runs up the stairs, and shouts my name. (4) She wants me to go swimming with her. (5) As I get my swimsuit and towel, I was so happy. (6) On our way to the lake, it begins to rain. (7) We decided to go home and watch a movie instead.

I was in my room Sunday morning, planning to study for my math test. Unexpectedly, my friend, Lianne, dropped by. She dashed into the house, ran up the stairs, and shouted my name. She wanted me to go swimming with her. As I got my swimsuit and towel, I was so happy. On our way to the lake, it began to rain. We decided to go home and watch a movie instead.

That’s what I got, did I miss any?

[neat bone]

What's the meaning of clanker and wireback?

[weak mountain]

They’re comedic made-up slurs for AI or robots

[tulip skiff]

that one video

[verbal heron]

delete it before any mod comes @jade plover

@fierce swift

[fierce swift]

done. thanks.

[tulip skiff]

random ping

nubius is lit online

[verbal heron]

hm?

[little perch]

1. Can we use "Might not've"? If so, does it sound informal?
2. Can we use "May not've"? If so, does it sound informal?
3. Can we use "Must not've"? If so, does it sound informal?

[supple holly]

Answer for all 3 questions: yes, and yes

[keen scarab]

Heyyy

[maiden fern]

Hello, guys! Can someone recommend Middle grade (MG) books or other books to learning English for A2 level? Now I’m reading Peter Pen, but it sometimes has difiicult vocabulary and structure of sentences. I’d like to find an interesting book with non difficult vocabulary, so I will understand it.

[flat sedge]

the same but for c1 pls

[tulip skiff]

Hey ! I recommend you keep on reading Peter Pan, if you don't get out of your comfort zone you will progress really slowly or in the worst case not get any progress at all. If there's a sentence you do not understand I recommend searching the word definition (not using a translator) and trying to understand at first the sentence, however if you still don't understand the words the use of IA chat bots for an explanation is always free.

Don't go for too hard, but don't go for too easy.

If you want to learn more about the comfort zone and its principles I recommend attending @distant hazel classes in which he talks about the concepts of comfort zone/stress zone and - I'm sure - will gladly help someone in difficulty with it.

[rose plover]

hi guys I am discover the channel now who can help me ? I am student in computer engineering and so i wanna improve my english thanks

[tulip skiff]

For a C1 level, I'd recommend reading Kazuo Ishiguro's books which could be interesting since it would be challenging for you.
However be careful with reading english since you can fall really easily in a trance where you read words but don't analyse them.

For a more interesting theme maybe head to Stephen King's collection which has a lot of interesting (and of coures gore/anxiety based theme)

[flat sedge]

I could notice that

When you already have an advanced level of English, you tend to ignore a lot of the real meaning or mistranslate things. But I'm aware of that and I have corrected it.

what do you say about the 48 laws of power

its the one wich i am reading rn

[maiden fern]

thanks

[tulip skiff]

No problem ! <3.

[maiden fern]

But i'd like to choose some book for adults, which will be more realistic and intersting

[tulip skiff]

The 48 laws of power is a really complicated book to read even for a native because of it's monotony.
It's not really a book that is supposed to make you progress in language but rather teach you something.

If you want a book kind of similar but with a bit more action I would recommend any biblical book (Quran, Bible...) as it has a wide range of vocabulary and is interesting on some parts (even though some parts are also monotonous).

[flat sedge]

wOwwwww yea my bro

Its hard to understand it

And im continuously asking to chat gpt

what is frowned upon

and very weird terms

But I think its great cause show you a lot of new terms

Correct me if im wrong.

[tulip skiff]

Well the potential of a book to teach you something effectively is based on your comfort zone / growth zone / stress zone.

You're supposed to feel challenged in your lecturing, but if you spend most of your time not reading and instead spend most of your time wondering what each word means you're going to mind block at some point.

Here is a schema to help you seek your growth zone (as you should always be in the growth zone.

[flat sedge]

So a biblical book could keep me in the growth zone

I see

[tulip skiff]

That's not what I said, depending on your level it's one of the books that COULD potentially help

Since I do not have a clear estimation of your capacities as a reader I can't make exact statements about what could be or not the best for you. However I can still give you recommendations based on your approximate level (C1) and your estimated capacities.

[flat sedge]

Ty bro

yeah, i understood

[tulip skiff]

No worries

[flat sedge]

will text you in 1 week

and will talk you my feelings

if i improved

or what else

[tulip skiff]

Alright, I look forward to it

[verbal heron]

@flat sedge irrelevant, but make sure that you read the books they recommended to you:)

[flat sedge]

whats irrelevant

[verbal heron]

just what I said was irrelevant

[tulip skiff]

It’s not, thank you <3.

[verbal heron]

it was:)

[tulip skiff]

Vampire I told you it wasn’t, you wanna fight or sum? 🤺

[verbal heron]

https://tenor.com/view/tomahawk-braves-chop-native-indian-gif-3107368149276359096

yeah, let's fight:)

[verbal heron]

https://tenor.com/view/shrug-frank-sheldon-christopher-walken-the-outlaws-fine-gif-25275641

[quick arrow]

Can you help me with this please, i need reading materials

my level of English approximately B1/B2

[amber junco]

Can someone tell me what's the word that come after "paid":
Paid for...
Paid off.

And is it correct in both way to say "He paid for the taxi" and "He paid the taxi"

Ok the word after "paid" is called Phrasal verb

[tulip skiff]

In a case it addresses the person (he paid THE taxi (the taxi guy)
He paid for the taxi is oriented towards “he paid for the ride”

[tulip skiff]

just give me a second im cooking

[quick arrow]

O

U here?

[tulip skiff]

yes i am

let me type x)

[quick arrow]

i will be here

[tulip skiff]

Alright so if you're B1/B2 I would recommend that you really focus on having fun while reading, you don't need to be challenged A LOT.

What I would recommend then are famous books like the Harry Potter's (that can be sometimes challenging on some chapters/books)

You could also give a try to Percy Jackson since it's a really interesting book to read

If you want more challenge tho try and head to something like the hobbit or the lord of the ring, which is really long and can therefore work on your focus' time and also your reading capacities!

Anyway you can chose any of the above and don't forget that you need to be reading but also understand what you're reading !! Don't force yourself to keep up if you're not concentrated anymore, allow yourself some break if you need it

[quick arrow]

Also, What's your level in cefr?

English exactly

[tulip skiff]

never took a test tbf

[quick arrow]

are you in school or undergraduet or smth?

[tulip skiff]

yea im in school

[quick arrow]

I'm really shocked

[tulip skiff]

why that

[quick arrow]

Yours English is Great as hell

I think i need more practice

[tulip skiff]

my family is british so

[quick arrow]

Where do you from so?

[quick arrow]

Tysm

[tulip skiff]

Nw<3.

[amber junco]

Oh so is context sensitive and you say "he paid for" to implied that now you the driver will bring you without any issue and not you paid for a "taxi car"

[flat sedge]

paid for and paid off are very different

both exists, also

[maiden rover]

Hi, I have a medicine interview and I'd like to practice with a volunteer. Can you help me, please?

[tulip sable]

Exaactlyyy, no need to dive deep into challenges right now

[tulip skiff]

[vestal grotto]

do you guys have any game suggestions regarding teaching lexemes and vocabs about "places and buildings" ?

[leaden copper]

Try looking up Quizlets about places in a town/city in English, they have free flash cards plus some games

[vestal grotto]

thanks alot ^^

[leaden copper]

You’re welcome!

[humble barn]

Hey guys! I’m working on learning IPA, any advice? Also, do you know any good YouTube channels I should subscribe to?

[velvet fog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7p-RptAfI he seems pretty cool, good luck

[terse smelt]

Is judgement a common noun or an abstract noun?

[leaden copper]

Both

It’s not a concrete noun though

[terse smelt]

Sounds like a verb

?def judgement

[hazy herald]

Word: judgement

Definition 1 (noun): the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
Definition 2 (noun): the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Definition 3 (noun): the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

Other definitions can be found [here](An error occurred while trying to upload the content to hastebin :()

Definition requested by nanoblasterop

[leaden copper]

“judge” is a verb from which the noun “judgement” is derived

[terse smelt]

How is it a common noun

I mean

[leaden copper]

Common as in it is used often and most people understand its meaning

[terse smelt]

Abstract’s understandable

[leaden copper]

As opposed to a rare or obselete noun

[pearl plank]

Hello everyone. I want to ask for help, maybe useful resources.

First of all i want to describe my experience with english:
I watched translations of foreigner videos on my native language, when i was a teenager. then something clicked and i started to watch videos on original language just for fun. At first it was really hard to understand youtubers, but as the time passed, i started to understand more and more... Now, i pretty much usually watch only English Youtube and rarely on my native language. I google things on english, all of my devices set on english too, and, sometimes i even think on it! I even was playing with my foreigner friend on the voice chat and she said that my english was pretty decent, although it was my first time talking on it! :D

However, here's the problem. My grammar.
It's really bad. While i'm mentioned my foreigner friend, i started actively talking(not in vc, just dm) with her, like 1 month ago. I didn't have much experience in conversations with real foreigners, so, while i was talking with her, i noticed that problem right away. And it making me less confident when i talk with other people on english, or go on a different foreigner servers, kinda it IS the reason why i don't go on other servers.

So,** my question is** what should i do in order to improve my grammar? Do you guys, maybe been in this situation, and if it so, what did you guys used to fix this. RN im trying to use Anki, but i don't know if it's efficient enough to help me. Also, i hate learning stuff from textbooks. Any advice or help would be really useful for me! Thanks for the attention!

[runic wolf]

Hi guys, I am looking for a paid teacher. Do you know what discord group should I join?

[acoustic geyser]

Is whereabouts more specific than where?

[tulip skiff]

Less specific

[tulip skiff]

Hi! For paid teachers I would recommend looking on the internet (using trusted websites) and always checking the teacher’s experience/ background (for a better result)

On discord there’s A LOT of scams! I wouldn’t recommend to go that path.

However - if you’re interested - there’s free classes in this server that are disponible everyday for you to enjoy, and concerning various subjects!

Have fun!

[tulip skiff]

Hiii !!! Hope you’re doing good

I’ve been going through the same issue as you. I was born in the UK but my family moved in France when I was really young. Therefore Im native but I never has any grammar class (in France english grammar is really put aside on the curriculum).

Nevertheless, I improved, and one of the first thing to understand is that you’ve learnt half of what you need to learn concerning grammar just by speaking and creating yourself experience concerning the language.

Now if you want to turn towards the other half of english that you dont know, it’s wayyyy less funnier. All you have to do is “STUDY👹”.

Make yourself lessons, look for classes on youtube, try to enter a free grammar class (that are proposed here from times to times).

Have fun

[flat rune]

In the song Aerosmith
" I dont wanna miss a thing"

What is the closest meaning of "sweet surrender" and how to apply it in day to day conversation?

?def sweet surrender

[hazy herald]

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

[flat rune]

@boreal ingot

[tulip skiff]

Hi there Lilo, I hope you’re doing good!

First of all I want to define “sweet surrender” which means a joyful acceptance of something rather than a forced one! (in case you didn’t know!!)

You can have 2 words synonym (that you can made up by yourself) like :

• Sweet surrender (where surrender sets the “flirty tone”)
• Gentle capitulation (a bit more formal but could do)

If you want a one word synonym it’s harder though.

• Acquiescence could work because of it’s meaning.
  An acquiescence is a silent acceptance (in where the “silent” part could set the flirty tone!!)

Hope i helped

(“acquiescence” is more likely to be findable in french since its more used in french than English btw)

[flat sedge]

can somebody give me a grade for my 2 writtings

[tulip skiff]

Sure ! I’m not really a teacher but I’ll gladly help you with it if you’d let me!!

[flat sedge]

idk why they deleted my writting

im not sure about if resending it

maybe it was a troll

[tulip skiff]

Because it’s too long

[flat sedge]

oh

so can i dm you

[tulip skiff]

try and send it in many parts

[tulip skiff]

Or we can do that too if you wish

[flat sedge]

I already did it, I have constance was a moderator.

im going ma bro

[tulip skiff]

i did

[crimson hearth]

Can you help me as well: >

[tulip skiff]

aren’t you native?

[crimson hearth]

I randomly selected that lmao

Let me change it

There we go

I’m a beginner : (

[tulip skiff]

😭

[tulip skiff]

alr send that to me in dms

[crimson hearth]

[pearl plank]

OH NOOOOO I NEED TO ACTUALLY STUDY

Ok, but if serious thank you for your reply! I have a follow up question:

What's the most effective way to study, and at the same time don't overwhelm yourself? How did you learned grammar? And can you share any resources that helped you, if you have any?

[flat rune]

Hi thanks! I'd say I'm surrender but without feeling being forced. I just gave in but I'm doing it sincerely?

[copper basin]

can someone explain Northrop Frye’s five modes of fiction to me more briefly for my test tomorrow? 🤕

[pale crypt]

Do someone use a Callan method to learn english ?

[tulip skiff]

For resources anything online will do

What I did is literally following the curriculum, starting with the basics, and ending with the most difficult parts

[tulip skiff]

Please rephrase I dont get your question

[pearl plank]

Ok, thanks for the help!

[tulip skiff]

Frye’s a Canadian litrerature expert, he was said to be the most influential of the 20th century. What he’s known for is linking ancient myths to modern literature. Why? Becaude his theory is that there’s in this world the same fights and struggles themes for everyone across all times

[verbal heron]

ig they were asking if I'm surrender but without feeling being forced. I just gave in but I'm doing it sincerely? expressed the same idea as "sweet surrender", and if one wanted a one-word answer for this, then it'd be yes. But for a detailed answer, ELF will help

[tulip skiff]

yea definitely is a positive answer on this one, it expresses the same

there's nothing else to say 🥀

[verbal heron]

I see u are smart

[tulip skiff]

💔

[wicked berry]

mb someone can give me some tips how i can find first students for privet English lessons?😔😔😔

cs i really interested in teaching

[robust bone]

is it common to hear someone say "They contracted the flu virus"? or something like this? using the word contract

[verbal heron]

💐

[verbal heron]

"caught the flu" is more common, but people who've got a lot of exposure to formal language may know what "to contract a disease" means. However, I'd expect "They contracted the flu (virus)" to appear in medical articles.

[unkempt cape]

Tips to learn speaking in English bro

[sleek fulcrum]

why is there a difference in punctuation?

The dog ran outside when Juan left the door open.

The cat stayed outside, whereas the dog ran inside.

[tulip skiff]

Just spend time here talking, answer the questions asked in this chat, try and offer your services...

[tulip skiff]

The comma here is used to signal that you have to make a pause in your reading, to better understand the contrast between the 2 clauses ! The first one though doesn't need it since the independent clause is put before the dependent one.

[sleek fulcrum]

how do you know when to make a pause in your reading?

[tulip skiff]

depends on the clauses

[flat sedge]

try and offer your services.... hell you left it wide open for me to overthink it.

Tf

[flat sedge]

logic besides

[tulip skiff]

When you don't know what you're reading anymore

[acoustic geyser]

Why doesn't this use past perfect form?

What if something had done

[sour glade]

Drake is learning English with us 💀

[flat sedge]

Keep it as a secret rude boy

[sour glade]

Nah I will tell the police 💀

[flat sedge]

Nobody can notice

I'm gonna leak you my next song buddy

[sour glade]

I will tell then hell yeah

[flat sedge]

Please

[sour glade]

I don't make songs

[flat sedge]

my next song I said

[sour glade]

Oh ok 👍

[flat sedge]

Okay add me

[sour glade]

BTW I like kids either

[flat sedge]

hell

[sour glade]

Like you did

To that one girl 😏

9years old is wild bro 😳

[dense oasis]

because it's hypothetical, and for hypothetical things the second conditional is preferred.

zero conditional - if I am you, I am you
first conditional - if I am you, I will be you
second conditional - if I were you, I would be you
third conditional - if I had been you, I would have been you

[dense oasis]

"if (it) exploded", exploded is past simple, and this is how I know that it is the second conditional. If + past tense (just like this rule above)

They chose to use this specific one, because as I said, it's hypothetical. What if something happened? But it didn't happen. It probably is unrealistic. For such things, you just use the second conditional

[rapid bison]

ahh [number] conditional 🙏

[dense oasis]

meow

[rapid bison]

meow

[amber junco]

Is racist to refer or describe someone as "black"?

[flat sedge]

no

you migh be white

so hello white

im white people could refeer to me like a white man

yo white ws goin on

and i dont get mad into

who get mads or takes it badly is a complete assh4le

[amber junco]

Mostly is because I found idiom "The pot calling the kettle black" that mean someone accusing another while also having the same flaw

[celest condor]

The black refers to soot/ash from a fire, it's a very old phrase. Black is rarely used in an insulting way, but in the past it may have been more common.

[tulip skiff]

It's not racist at all, but some people think it is/ assume it is and will be offended for that word, so better not saying than trying at this point.

• • Though it really depends on who you are talking to ofc -

[flat sedge]

Bro that's specificly for one case

If I curse you like “fucking white asshle,” then yeah, that idiom is true—I’m cursing you for being white too. But beyond that, that idiom doesn’t really apply in other contexts.

[tulip skiff]

@barren hull

can you delete that?

its a scam related thingy

[flat sedge]

dont open those screen shots everybody

haves malware

[flat rune]

hello everyone , i registered for the IELTS exam and i'll be taking it in 35 days. i jst passed the mock tests and did really bad mainly due to the lack of knowledge on how the test goes the steps and given time..etc. i've currently access to the IELTS READY premium and in there i found a classes section that u can take either live or recorder. so my question is : How do i choose the courses i take and based on what ?? ive 128 classes i can register to

[tulip skiff]

I don’t really know much about that but the mock tests were supposed to give you an idea of where you’ve got difficulties
So you should base your decisions and attend classes based on that

[stray knot]

I have a question

[celest condor]

I have 490 answers, I may or may not be able to help

[verbal heron]

are u sure u still remember the question?

[stray knot]

I want to open a screen sharing how?

[flat rune]

Hey friends! 💬 Who’s up for a little talk 🕊️
Just message me

[flat sedge]

me little bro

[acoustic geyser]

When do I use I have to say?

[hexed goblet]

When you have to say something..

[neat bone]

Can we say that downplaying is the same as understatement?

[acoustic geyser]

Isn't that the same as the question that i'm asking

[hexed goblet]

Right

But mine is the answer.. wait a damn min why is that so confusing nowwwww

[verbal heron]

what answer do u have mate

[hexed goblet]

😭

I dont have an answer

[verbal heron]

just understand that if u have to do something, u need to do it

"I have to sing a song" basically means that the speaker needs to sing a song

[acoustic geyser]

I mean, what does I have to say mean?
I heard that it emphasises a statement but other source says otherwise

• I have to say, this is a good stuff *

[verbal heron]

the speaker acknowledges that the stuff is really good

[verbal heron]

what does the other source suggest

[acoustic geyser]

It's the same meaning as to be honest but I just glanced at it

[verbal heron]

same as what I said

so when u say "to be honest", u are admitting something

[boreal ingot]

My many thanks to you good sir :>

[boreal ingot]

Hello humans, three questions:

1. Do you pronounce the /h/ in 'exhumation' and 'exhume'? (both with and without are correct. I just want to see what people do more)
2. Is 'equanimity' a common word?
3. Is 'asperity' a common word?

[latent reef]

I still pronounce the /h/, however a lot softer than what pronouncing guides do
No
No

[tulip skiff]

Hi Scella !!

1. I do pronounce the H in both exhumation and exhume.
2. Equanimity is quite a used word but nothing crazy crazy
3. Asperity is way less used than asperity and really is not so famous

[boreal ingot]

@latent reef @tulip skiff Thank you both greatly :3

[tulip skiff]

❤️

[errant kettle]

In this case, “I have to say” is used for emphasis. Also, to be grammatically correct the second part of this sentence should say “this is good stuff” or “this is some good stuff”. You could simply use the second part of the sentence without the emphatic beginning and it means fundamentally the same thing.

[errant kettle]

The answer to all three of these, in my accent/culture, is no.

[boreal ingot]

Thank you, Iotter!

[dense oasis]

no, no, no

although I've seen these two last words in Stephen King's books

[timid mango]

Yo

[fierce linden]

hello, is the letter T in "fault line" pronounced ?

(maybe it depends on the accent, I don't know)

[boreal ingot]

Most American English speakers would pronounce it as a glottal stop there

Most English English speakers too, I believe

But some Brits might say the t as an actual t instead of glottalising it

[fierce linden]

so the L before T is pronounced ?

[boreal ingot]

yes, the first l is pronounced, then the t, then the 'l' in 'line'

but the 't' becomes a glottal stop, it's not a propper t

it's like closing your throat fully instead of pronouncing the t

faul' line

[fierce linden]

oh I see

thanks

[boreal ingot]

You can check out some clips on YouGlish
https://youglish.com/pronounce/fault_line/english/us

just click through them

[fierce linden]

Wow this site is really really good

I must share it to my teacher

thank you

[boreal ingot]

Oh, no problem! Good luck :>

[fierce linden]

thx

[cobalt arch]

Hey, are you giving a literature or you just afk there ?

[boreal ingot]

nope

[cobalt arch]

Oh, okay

[crimson hearth]

"Allen aimed his arrow at the bull's eye and released the tension of the bow." This is an example of alliteration.

Is that true or false? I think that’s true

[latent reef]

kinda, but doesnt feel like it due to it not feeling forced

[boreal ingot]

Indisposition ~= I prefer not to [x]
Aversion ~= I dislike [x]ing
?

[latent reef]

1. kinda
2. you want to avoid doing it

[boreal ingot]

So if I 'want to avoid [x]ing', can't that be rephrased as 'I prefer not to [x]'? It seems to me that by this definition of 'aversion', it's the same as 'indisposition'. Is it indeed so?

[latent reef]

I disposition also has a secondary meaning of illness

But otherwise kinda

[dense lance]

Anyone need help with essay writing.

[woven briar]

hello I need help
I took an English exam to know my English proficiency and the score said that my listening is c2 and my reading is b2 but my writing and speaking is kinda bad, how can improve my writing and speaking ??

[acoustic geyser]

Talk and test to your friend more often, I mean your English speaker friend

[spice phoenix]

start writing in English and record yourself reading in english so you can hear and improve your speaking

[woven briar]

thank you for your reply
what about writing i find it more difficult for me my spelling is kinda bad I'm using auto correct in my phone alot when I'm writing

[woven briar]

thank you i will do it 😊

[flat rune]

Hello

[agile sage]

I want to improve my speaking how can i improve my English..?

[left raptor]

You can join some rooms and do practise in this server

[young swallow]

did u have any recommendation for english book ? (I never read english book beforde

[left raptor]

I have some books for you,if you want I can share you

[young swallow]

yes if is possible :)

[left raptor]

Okay I'll send you later

[native flare]

[flat sedge]

hi boy

[hoary moat]

Hi man

[hoary moat]

What should I do if I can't understand what them said

[dense slate]

HI

How are you?

Nice to meet you here

[soft sun]

Ask questions for them

And watch videos in english to improve your listening skills

[young swallow]

thks you :))

[boreal ingot]

What's the difference between 'pull a fast one on me' and 'pull a fast one with me'? I've just heard 'and thought he might be trying to pull a fast one of some sort with me'

[latent reef]

"on me" is specific about you being the target of the con, while "with me" sounds a bit more ambiguous as it could be saying you are involved in the con or you are being conned

[elder kettle]

Can anyone help me, I'm trying to write a poem, but nothing rhymes with the word "war"

[ember plinth]

Try a rhyme dictionary, like rhymezone.

[boreal ingot]

bore gore store more lore door core corps or for sore soar shore floor nor: not existing

seriously though, rhyme dictionariesss online

[vestal grotto]

whats a good way to pre-teach difficult/new words to students before a listening? i was thinking of creating the context at first ( through engagement )

[flat sedge]

#idiotswhowillenjoytheirban

[dense oasis]

You forgot the most crucial one, and the most used one: ||wh#re||

Yes that's the first one I thought about

Or maybe gore

Or vore

[boreal ingot]

The vulgarity wherewith your parlance, sadly, abounds is such that I should prefer we exchange nary a word further and have a surcease of correspondence.

[dense oasis]

@supple holly purely educational comments above

[dense oasis]

Still can't believe parlance is a word. Amazing

So french

[boreal ingot]

lmao I love that word

[dense oasis]

Kinda like parliament

also from french to speak, parle

[boreal ingot]

A parliament of owls, I should imagine, would have their own parliament parlance

[boreal ingot]

:o

do you speak freench

[dense oasis]

no but polish and french have a lot of similar words, because of political entanglement in history

[boreal ingot]

oh I see

that's curious

[dense oasis]

for example french Randez-vous exists in french, german, english, and polish

"a date, a romance"

but polish shortened it into "randka"

...which is funny because there is no other commonly used alternative, it's just randka to mean a date, no other terms anymore

so one french loanword got so common that it 100% replaced all other words which would mean this (a date)

[cedar oracle]

Est ce que tu est un franc

[rancid locust]

Hi! In class we learned about independent and dependent clauses. However, I still get confused when the clause starts with "what." For example, "What impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients in the ocean" is a dependent clause while "What a relief it is to finally be finished" is an independent clause. Can anyone please explain why?

[full oracle]

How can I figure out my true English level?
I’m an 8th-grade student in Vietnam. Honestly, English education here feels really time-consuming. For example, in grade 6 we only learned the Past Tense, then in grade 7 we basically repeated the same thing all over again. In elementary school, the lessons were mostly just repetitive phrases like “Can you show me the way to…?” or “How much is this?”
Now that I’m in grade 8, I feel like I’m ahead of the lessons because everything seems too easy for me.
So, how can I actually measure my true English level? Appreciate all help!

[stone tiger]

what is the difference between across and along ?

[boreal ingot]

When you're using 'what' to mark an exclamation, the clause is independent:

What an oddity that is!
What a queer fellow you are!
What an untimely death that was!

When you're using 'What' to ask a question, that too is independent:

What are you doing?
What time was it when you went out?
What for was the man punished?

When you're using 'What' as a subordinator, the clause is dependent. In other words, when 'what' makes a clause act like a noun (as the subject or object of a sentence/the object of a preposition), then that clause is now dependant. The following examples may seem incomplete:

What I saw
What he knew would come in his way
But in a sentence, they work, they just need a main clause to attach on to:
[What I saw] was a large animal crawling towards me in the dark.
He eliminated [what he knew would come in his] way in advance.

Note, sometimes a what-clause will sound like it's independent, but in a full sentence it would be dependent. These below sound like interrogative independent clauses (the same as the question examples I gave):

What tried to kill me
What tried to kill me
But they can be used as dependent clauses:
[What tried to kill me] knows I will try to kill it, so it hides.
I will revenge myself upon [what tried to kill me].

[elder kettle]

Thank you for the suggestion

[elder kettle]

Thank you, I did search on google but none of them seemed to be the word I wanted, I found it thanks to you though

[snow gale]

Guys, I have a question that isn't about English in particular, but more about the psychological way of learning. I use English all the time, but for some unknown reason, I started to forget even the most basic grammar rules or words that used to play an unbreakable part in my day-to-day speech. Has anybody ever experienced something like this? I really hope I'm not having any memory disease that makes it more challenging for me to communicate my thoughts in a coherent way.

[dense oasis]

forgetting words makes sense because many of them you just don't use regularly, but forgetting basic grammar rules sounds very unusual to me

usually, once you were exposed to the language long enough, you pretty much ingrain grammar patterns

and you don't forget them, unlike words, because grammar patterns reoccur all the time (and many words don't)

(you know, you can have probably more than ten thousand words, but grammar patterns are in limited amounts, maybe a hundred or a few hundreds at max in the entire language)

I think that maybe it is just coincidental? Maybe you don't eat, drink, or sleep properly, recently, and because of this you just simply can not focus

[snow gale]

well, I kept myself wholesome for the last few months. But I've been stressed out for a week or two, so that's probably the reason

[cobalt arch]

what is self-assertion

[dense oasis]

self-assertion is the feeling that you are right, and you make yourself believe that you are right

it comes from "to assert that..."

[cobalt arch]

okay what does this text mean "They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion"
and what does he mean by "wanting"

[dense oasis]

"wanting" here means "without"

without any natural self-assertion

[cobalt arch]

so they are not confident about themselves ?

[dense oasis]

correct

[cobalt arch]

Thanks for help, Cat

[dense oasis]

this is very rare btw, "wanting" very rarely means "without"... this definitely looks like from books

[cobalt arch]

yes, a classic novel

[dense oasis]

maybe I should've explained it like this: wanting in = lacking in, yeah this is clearer

[cobalt arch]

I am starting big with reading classics to learn English, it is was a horrible decision but I have to continue reading what I have bought

[dense oasis]

oh yeah. I tried doing this before, it is very difficult sometimes. I tried with Orwell and Huxley

They taught me a lot of words indeed

[cobalt arch]

Yes I understand around 70% of the page and suffering to understand the rest

[dense oasis]

I started reading in English from regular books, not really classics. Like from Stephen King. His books do get complex sometimes but usually they're clear. And after a few kinda regular books I tried classics

[cobalt arch]

Well, I have a good foundation, I am B1 I think

so I want to be C1 or C2 real quick

[dense oasis]

no matter which genre I'd pick, classics are probably the toughest books one could pick. only literal research papers would have a similar difficulty

[cobalt arch]

True

[past ledge]

La, the comedy ones are the goodest-

[dense lance]

Anyone need help with essay writing.

[full oracle]

^

[west wind]

you may try https://www.britishcouncil.org/english/learn-online/englishscore Note that it last about 30 min
or search on reddit for level tests

[stuck tinsel]

Question: my English level currently is B1 what should I do to make it B2 or even C1?

[cobalt arch]

I think https://www.efset.org/ test is better it is about 90 min

[west wind]

I looked it up and few knows it. it doesn't have good reputation
I would rather to stick to an official test form a university https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english
or an organization

[acoustic geyser]

Hello

Is be of formal?

[hard crow]

@graceful crypt Hello, Ms. J 💖 Is it possible to schedule private lesson?

[flat rune]

At midnight, we heard a/an _____ sound coming from the jungle."
​The options are:
dumbfounded
​odd
​unnerving

@dense oasis I chose odd, but it says wrong. wdy think?

[velvet fog]

scella

[boreal ingot]

Odd and unnerving both could work

Depends on the meaning one is going for

Stupid question

[boreal ingot]

If you mean stuff like 'I am of the opinion that' or 'I am of a reticent disposition' then yes, this is a slightly formal construction

[acoustic geyser]

Also
Why is it not will?

[boreal ingot]

It's a bit more idiomatic to say 'would' there. However, there is also a slight implication of a conditional statement. It's almost like saying 'If we were to hurry to the dorm now, that would be best'

[flat rune]

"He didn't said nothing" Does this phrase have double negative ?

Details: "Nothing" actually means not anything. "didn't" mean did not. So the phrase technically means "He did not said not anything". Translation: (remove both the not) he did said something. double negative ? Though the author of novel i'm currently reading implies 'He said nothing'. I've encountered this many a times.
Please clarify.

[boreal ingot]

Hello there, yes, this is a double negative. In informal American English, mainly Southern and Black American English, double negatives are a valid emphatic negative. So, while 'I ain't said nothing' literally would mean one did say something, informally it's an emphatic way of saying 'I said nothing'. This is not grammatical in standard English, but 100% correct informally and in some dialects.

[flat rune]

thankyou for clarifying. It makes sense now.

[flat rune]

.Hi, could anyone tell me whether word "blown away" as a other word for overwhelmed is worth to learn it? I mean is this used more in British English or American ?

[green wolf]

To be blown away is very common

It means to impress

But, a lot

His song blew me away = his song really impressed me

[flat rune]

Thanks

[boreal ingot]

Note that the passive is much more common than the active fopr this expression

[boreal ingot]

Whas the difference between 'importunate', 'importunous', and 'importune'? (note: I mean all of them as adjective; I know 'importune' and 'importunate' can be verbs)

[boreal ingot]

Hi, how are 'Myrmecia', 'Myrmecophile', 'Myrmecology', 'Myrmecophily', and 'Myrmecophagous' pronounced? I'd appreciate a recording

[boreal ingot]

In particular, my confusions are these:

1. How are all the c's in the 'myrmec-'s pronounced? /k/ or /s/?
2. How are all the y's in 'myrmec-' pronounced? With /aɪr/ and /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ or /ər/ and /ə/ (or smth else)?
3. How is the 'a' in '-phagous' in 'Myrmecophagous' pronounced? With /ə/ or /eɪ/?
4. Is the 'g' in '-phagous' in 'Myrmecophagous' pronounced as /g/ or /dʒ/?
5. Is the 'e' in 'Myrmecia' pronounced as /ə/ or /eɪ/ or /iː/ (or something else)?
6. Is the 'ia' in 'Myrmecia' pronounced as /ɪə/ or /jə/ or /ə/?
7. The stress of ALL of them
   (A recording would be easiest to be honest)

[gaunt mango]

Message deleted due to length apparently sorry

[boreal ingot]

iss oki

I didn't catch it though 😅

[dry estuary]

How do you use "Of which"?

[boreal ingot]

When you want to use a preposition in a relative clause, it can be fronted often

The cat [which I gave food to] is cute.
becomes
The cat [to which I gave food] is cute.

[dry estuary]

the cat of which i gave food to is cute?

is it correct?'

[boreal ingot]

The man [whom I spoke of to my sister the other night] came knocking at our door this morning.
becomes
The man [of whom I spoke to my sister the other night] came knocking at our door this morning.

[boreal ingot]

Well, you wouldn't say you gave the food of the cat, you would say you gave the food to the cat. So you should say 'the cat to which I gave the food'

It all depends on the preposition you're supposed to use normally

Take one of these three
The thee of which I took one

Speak to the man
The man to whom I spoke

Play with this ball
The ball with which I played

Enter into this house
The house into which I entered

And so on

'[x] + which' is just a way to re-order your sentence with a whole clause acting like an adjective

[dry estuary]

why are there so many "the"?

[boreal ingot]

Normally when we use a relative clause we combine it with a 'the'

since we don't mean any man, we mean the specific man to whom we spoke

And 'the' is used for marking specific things

[boreal ingot]

.

[boreal ingot]

.

[trail slate]

What does "sending me" mean??

[flat rune]

Text me

[full oracle]

Hey, thank you for helping me!

[acoustic geyser]

What's up
What should I use I'm gonna have to do something?
I searched a lot of page that talks about it but it always gives me different answer

I don't know which one is true.

[bold coral]

@boreal ingot hello

Are you here

What's up guys

[boreal ingot]

This just means it's triggered a strong positive emotional reaction in you. Most of the time, almost always, that's laughter, sometimes it can be excitement

'This absolutely sending me'

[boreal ingot]

This is just a way to say that as time passes and approaches a particular event, the demand/necessity of you doing that thing increases. The more time that passes/the longer the situation stays as it is, the more intensely you are mandated/urged to do the thing. This is almost always used when the thing is an extreme measure that you don't want to take/something you're hesitant to do

If we can't find a hospital soon, I'm going to have to try to cauterise your wound myself.

At this rate, with us losing all our money like this, I might just have to close down this business.

[trail slate]

Got it, thanks

[boreal ingot]

.

[boreal ingot]

.

[acoustic geyser]

Do people still use this usage?

I feel that it's so awkward to use

[boreal ingot]

It's a bit awkward

very very formal

You won't hear it day to day, but most people understand it

I'd say just know it exists and look at some examples trying to understand them

you don't need to use it yourself if you're not trying to be super formal

[dense oasis]

overly formal

but it would be better for you to at least understand what this means

[dense oasis]

the 🇻🇳 energy beaming from this image is powerful. very nice

[boreal ingot]

Any idea what he says here?

… then that lends some kind of [?] plausibility to …
https://youtu.be/fukTu4WjF-A?t=5095

[dense lance]

Anyone need help with essay writing.

[toxic bear]

can anyone give me some tips about learning american accent? i've learned about turning t's into d's and stressing r's and i also practice my pronunciation but i don't know what do i do next? should i work on intonation now?

[flat rune]

hey is there any good platform for ecommerce jobs remote please let me know

[celest condor]

prima facie. On first impression

[boreal ingot]

thankkkyoyououiiuiu :DD

[velvet viper]

How’re ya bud, I’m Canadian but I can give you advice as my accent is quite close to the American accent. I’d definitely say go with intonation, it would help you sound more natural whilst speaking in any accent.

[toxic bear]

i'm fine man. intonation is something that i haven't trained and it seems really different than the things i've practiced i but might that try that as well

looks a bit hard but if it's hard it is probably beneficial

thanks for the advice tho

[celest condor]

A direct approach is talk to someone with the accent you want and work through it very slowly. You'll have to learn new ways of making some sounds, but those sounds will get used in a lot of places.

[toxic bear]

that would be really beneficial however i need some exercises that i can do whenever i want

like shadowing people with american accent on youtube videos

[jade rose]

Hey Guys, anyone who wants to speak English with me so we can practice, send me a message!

[knotty crypt]

can anyone help me with olevel english writing???

[flat rune]

Me please

[lofty maple]

me!

[boreal ingot]

P1: What is logic?
P2: [Cuz]/[God]/[?] there's no foreplay today [is it]/[is there]/[?]?
P1: Never, never with us.
https://youtu.be/thtomlDVBPI?t=3

[celest condor]

sounds like gah or god, used for the same purpose. Second is cut off but it sounds like 'in this' or innis, reminds me of innit being short for isn't it

[boreal ingot]

Oh actually I can see it just being 'innit'

Thank youuu

[sick wyvern]

halo

my name is sergei

[upbeat vessel]

will anyone teach me english

[sick wyvern]

question about english

[upbeat vessel]

my name is Vyacheslav

[sick wyvern]

use?help to see a list of my commands

[boreal ingot]

Helen Gavin

[tulip skiff]

#classes-announcements if you’re interested there’s free classes every day !

[boreal ingot]

heyya could you help with my pronunciation question

[tulip skiff]

working on it rn!!!

[boreal ingot]

okioki

sorry 😅

[tulip skiff]

I would say it depends where you are from mostly (since tea people aka british tend to use the “french pronounciation” a bit more than the freedom people)

Since Gavin is a french name though it definitely is pronounced /ˈɡæv.ɪn/ (as in the second part of your audio)

[boreal ingot]

Many thankssss 💜

[tulip skiff]

<3

[tulip skiff]

Just so you know the #🗒｜pronunciation channel is more appropriate for your question since (as stated in the pinned message) it can be used also for pronounciation questions. But really, no harm in asking here:D

[boreal ingot]

ahh understood

[flat rune]

teachers and expert. how to remember easily the meaning of the word "get" based on https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get

it has a lot of meaning here.

[meager loom]

hello everyone this is my first time if there any advice u can give me?

[boreal ingot]

Best idea besides brute-force memorisation is to naturally become familiar with the meaning through happening upon them as you use the language

Just learn the basic meanings and then intake English content consistently

Over time, you'll come into contact with other unfamiliar meaning and get more knowledgeable about how to use 'get'

iss too polysemic to just go through all its meanings and learn them by memorisation, just like the word 'set'

[distant bolt]

Hello Everyone This is My First Time If there any advice u can give me?

[novel moth]

advice on what

[drifting trellis]

hi first day for me this chat room

[meager loom]

like how to do breakfest

[mild bridge]

Is is now
Will is future
Was is ...hmmm Idk this word

[dense cargo]

past

[mild bridge]

Oh thx

[mild bridge]

Sooo that right?

[dense cargo]

yes

[mild bridge]

Hmmm
I was eat or I was eated?

[dense cargo]

i was eating

past continuous

subject + was/were+verb(ing)

[mild bridge]

Veryyyyy thx

[dense cargo]

dont mention it

[dense bridge]

Hi

I want to improv my english language bat i embarrassed when i speak

[tardy citrus]

hassen anything I could help you?

im not totally fluent but I know a great part of english so I might can help

[stray fern]

Hi everyone, can someone please help me clarify this? What is the correct option for this question? I feel like both a) and d) should be correct, but the test assumes there is only one correct option.

These cups …. when we arrived.
a) were broken b) were being broken c) was broken d) had been broken

[tulip skiff]

#📚｜english-questions #classes-announcements #🗒｜pronunciation

should help

[tulip skiff]

would say answer “a”

[stray fern]

Could you explain why? My teacher (non-native) says that d) is correct, chatgpt told me that both a) and d) can be correct depending on the context
The thing that frustrates me is that this is an official test from my university, such ambigious...

[tulip skiff]

Well, you’re in university, it’s not about which one is correct but which one is the MOST correct in this case.

Here both a) and d) are correct, but d) makes more sense as it accentuates the fact that when you enter the room the glasses were already broken while also passively saying that someone caused that

Although “were broken” is really natural to say, the more academic answer is d) thats why your teach’ said that

[stray fern]

Thank you!

[rapid bison]

vote now (@boreal ingot is cordially invited):

is "bilingual" part of what's considered "multilingual"? please answer only using your personal perception!

[tulip skiff]

is this question only addressed to Scella?

[rapid bison]

nope! you may vote, @tulip skiff.

[rapid bison]

i'm qualified enough to say that there are two equally correct options here and that this question sucks 🙏

[tulip skiff]

“multi” comes from the latin root “multus” which means many/much (wikitionary), and if we look at the definition of both many and much we can see that they both mean “a great amount of”.

Therefore bilingual can mean multilingual but imo for a better communication multilingual should refer to a larger amount of languages mastered, like 4 (since we have bilingual and trilingual which are more used than quadrilingual or pentalingual

[rapid bison]

please answer only using your personal perception!

[tulip skiff]

That’s my personal perception supported by arguments

[rapid bison]

your arguments are skewed by external proofs 🙏

[tulip skiff]

which I decided personally to chose over others

[rapid bison]

your vote is discounted

[tulip skiff]

thats called tyranny 🫩

[rapid bison]

you didn't use just your personal perception ☕

[tulip skiff]

how is it not only my personal perception

how is me wanting to use arguments not personal

[rapid bison]

your answer starts out sourced from outside

and it doesn't even mention a term that describes people using more than just one language ☕☕

[tulip skiff]

You think I started from outside but what’s telling you that I didn’t just made up my mind then went for arguments to support my personal opinion?

[rapid bison]

your presentation counts against you
we can discuss Wiktionary later, but you bringing it up early necessarily skews your view

[tulip skiff]

I bring it early on writing doesnt mean I brang it early in my head?

Who are you to judge my personal writing saying its not personal? Who are you to impose a specific model of argumentation to me who’s supposed to make a unique statement?

Your argument makes no sense you’re saying that it’s not personal and a second later saying that I didn’t follow a certain pattern of argumentation

[rapid bison]

that is your problem
you made it the source in which you expand your point

I am the questioner, and your answer now counts against you >:)

you can go now
we have 1 vote for

[tulip skiff]

Who’s telling you it’s the source?

[rapid bison]

too late! your answer is smudged early 🙏

[tulip skiff]

Since Im supposed to make it personal therefore entirely free of any imposed rules what is telling you that my writing starts with the source ?

[tulip skiff]

You just dont have any arguments anymore gng

ggs was a good convo tho

loved that

[rapid bison]

💀
stop pinging me
thank you

[tulip skiff]

babahahahah

getting mad now i cant

anyway have a nice day <333

[rapid bison]

shouldn't have expected more from a disobedient voter 🤦

[tulip skiff]

right

“make it personal” “dont be desobedient” makes sense

[thorny spade]

How can I say it in English? It's urgent, it's for my homework. At my school, we wonder: do native speakers say pay more tax or pay much tax? Which one is correct

[tulip skiff]

Depends on the context in which its said, you could say :

“ I pay too much tax”
Or
“Ive been paying more taxes”

[rigid pumice]

Hello, I have a question. In uk victorian era, some noble man said to seems like noble woman(but don't know name and title), how does he call to that woman? like my lady? or Miss I read if noble woman talk to noble man then they should say mr +surname that is right?

[tulip skiff]

Hi lili!

So as a form of respect, if you address a man (during the victorian era ofccc) it should be “mr. (…)”. BUT if this person has a title (like sir, lord or any else) you should take it into account! So “Sir Poitou du Charente” (had fun with the name xx).

For women though it’s way less complicated since we love so much some gender inequity… The only time you would address a lady differently than “my lady” is for Duchesses to Queen, which in this case you would say “Your Grace/ Your highness”

Though for every single title other than that, its “Lady […]”

[rigid pumice]

Thank you!!!

[tulip skiff]

nw!!

[somber mango]

Hello

[shy warren]

Hi, I would like to know how the English classes work here in the server

[distant basin]

hi

can someone correct my poem

Time is more valuable than gold
It only comes once and cannot be returned
Don't waste time on useless things
Otherwise you might lose what u seek
so guard every moment with wisdom and caution
To preserve the resting time that you have left in this earth
every moment is too precious to ignore
For time lost only leaves echoes behind.

someone said it need to be more depth

[boreal ingot]

A and B and D would all be correct grammatically. They also all can work semantically based on the context. I am guessing the test wants D, but in reality there is bo reason given for it not to be any of the other two answers.

A - This can work with two different meanings.

The cups were broken when we arrived.

1. Right as we arrived someone/something proceeded to break the cups.
2. [Less formal; more likely American than British] The cups were already broken when we arrived. When we arrived, we found broken cups.

B - This works with one meaning.

The cups were being broken when we arrived.

1. This means that someone/something was in the process of breaking the cups when we arrived. They had already started breaking the cups before we arrived, and we arrived while the cups were being broken.

D - This works with one meaning, but that meaning overlaps with A's second one.

The cups had been broken when we arrived.

1. We found broken cups when we arrived. Someone/something started breaking them, broke them, and then after they had been broken, we arrived. It's an event in the past of the past.

D.1 and A.2 are the same, but it's less formal to use construction A in the meaning of construction D.

I suspect they want D just cuz it's the most common situation, but three of these work. The question is flawed.

[boreal ingot]

Yes, bilingualism is a hyponym of multilingualism to me, and I should imagine that would be the case to most, but I'd love to hear what the vote's results are.

[rapid bison]

the vote results are... pessimistic, with 1 vote for and 1 spoilt vote.

[boreal ingot]

(three)

[rapid bison]

oh ye that one works too

[celest condor]

The concepts you're using are really good. If you keep writing poems they'll get better and better.
The reader uses feelings to understand you. Each line is a different emotion, but the core seem's like regret and gratitude. Storytelling and emotion are good ways to add depth, but might change the tense. "precious moments ignored" "time lost, echoes left behind"

[distant basin]

i already change it

wait

[rapid bison]

LOL

[distant basin]

Time is more valuable than gold
It only comes once and cannot be hold
Don't waste time on things that are useless
you might lose what u seek
guard every moment with wisdom and caution
To preserve the resting time that you have left in this earth
every moment is too precious to neglect
there is still time for you to self reflect

[celest condor]

hold is tricky in that sentence it should be held. Also that one u in the middle XD

[distant basin]

please correct it

[boreal ingot]

'Miss [first name/last name]' would've only been for unmarried women. You'd likely use 'Lady + [last name]/[full name]' if she's respectable/noble. If she's married, you might go for 'Mrs + [last name]'. However, when the name is unknown to one, I've seen 'Madame/Madam' used in works of the 1800s. Particularly, Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven comes to mind with its line of

“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore"

[celest condor]

Time is more valuable than gold
It only comes once, not to hold =
Wasted time on things that are useless =
you might lose what you seek =
guard every moment with wisdom and caution
To preserve the resting time at life's peak =
every moment too precious to neglect
there is still time to self reflect =

this is what I would do, i added a symbol to show which lines had a change

[boreal ingot]

I'd say knowing many languages would be 'polylingualism', by the way. To me, 'multilingualism' is knowing more than one language.

[rapid bison]

...wait; does "many" refer to more than 2 here?

[boreal ingot]

Many is like three or more I guess lol

I certainly wouldn't call 2 many

[rapid bison]

oki :)

[boreal ingot]

I'd be hesitant to call three many

Iss a very arbitrary word, vit I guess you could say it's 4 or more

Five 🐘 is many, but five 🐜 isn't

Iss a weird context thingy

[distant basin]

tysm

[stray fern]

Thank you! The a2 explanation was insightful for me, never really noticed the difference between British and American grammar before I started preparing for my exam

[boreal ingot]

No problem! 💜 Glad to help

[flat rune]

Okay cookies

Ask me questions

[dense cargo]

Hello guys hope ur all doing well. I want a method or a place to memorize vocabulary so it sticks in my mind because I don’t often use advanced words like political or scientific terms, and they easily disappear from my memory. plz help me.

[finite forum]

There is no specific method in learning a language. just watch videos listen to audio much

[boreal ingot]

The method that best works for me is to use the words as often as I am able. It doesn't matter if the word is scientific; I can simply use the word in talking about the word, I can make a whole sentence or paragraph based around the word, etc. Often also finding something about the word that makes you go 'ohh that one lol' can help. For example, I know the word 'phonology' and I want to remember the word 'phenology'. I can do that by seeing how similar these words are to each other, and remembering phenology as the word people confuse with phonology. Likewise is the case with 'psychology' and 'phycology'. So too it is with 'voracious' and 'veracious'. You can also use the etymology to help you remember them, particularly with Greek and Latin roots. But really, it's most important to use the words. Learning the words in context is also very helpful. 'An abstemious man' isn't much, but 'He is truly an abstemious man; I have not seen him drink once this month!' tells you more. That's why it's important to make example sentences and learn the words in context. I hope this disparate answer can be of any help

[dense cargo]

I truly appreciate you. Honestly, I don’t even know how to express how grateful I am from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much—I’ll try your method right away, and I really appreciate it again, be safe brother

oh sorry i didnt see the name *sister

[verbal heron]

@dense cargo bro, r u a student or a professional?

[dense cargo]

i iam student why ?

[dull rain]

Keep up the great work👍

[hybrid cobalt]

¿When can I use the "oblivious" word, what context and what moment?

[dense oasis]

such a good answer scella. I partially disagree but only a tiny bit. the overall message is great ❤️‍🔥

[boreal ingot]

When someone doesn't notice something or doesn't know about it (normally to their detriment)

She is oblivious to the fact we plan on killing her.
(she doesn't know)
She is oblivious to the passage of the hours when she gets absorbed in her work.
(she doesn't notice)

[celest condor]

Oblivious means someone is not aware or cannot see, usually with a negative tone. Any tense is okay. It usually needs a preposition 'to' or 'of' after it to connect to the object, 'to' is way more common.
"He was oblivious to her flirting, so he kept talking about trains."
"She appears oblivious of the chaos surrounding her."
"They will be oblivious to the danger ahead. We will catch them by surprise."

[boreal ingot]

oh, nice, I've never heard it with 'of'

very interesting

TIL

[boreal ingot]

Aw thank you

[celest condor]

'of' works better with states of things, 'to' works better with the things themselves.

[hybrid cobalt]

Is it an advanced or academic or literary word?

[celest condor]

Mostly literary, I don't think it's advanced. Conversations, stories, and poems. In a formal setting it's more insulting.

[hybrid cobalt]

Wdyoumean by insulting, like a negative way?

Is the person angry who uses that word to describe the state of some person like unaware?

I mean , if I use that word to say someone is oblivious, am I angry or disaaponited at him/her/they?

Sorry , that question is the last one, won't bother anymore with so many questions haha

[celest condor]

Yeah anger, frustration, or concern. An example of formal:
"The committee members remained oblivious to the budgetary implications of their proposed policy changes."
Meaning I think they should be concerned about budget and they're not, and I'm frustrated.
informal:
"The man was oblivious to the fact everyone could hear his music through his headphones"
This means I'm frustrated by him, but the impact is very small.

[hybrid cobalt]

So it can also mean that if I am oblivious it doesn't mean I'm unaware

But corrupt

Did I get it ? don't kill me haha

Specifically with "remained oblivious to.."

[celest condor]

It could be corrupt if they choose to be unaware/oblivious

[hybrid cobalt]

Thanks

[hybrid cobalt]

Sorry I will have got to bother you one more time , Is it like to be fool to remain oblivious ?

Whoever is here can answer me as well if you want, guys.

[celest condor]

They're different but have overlap. To choose to be oblivious could be foolish. If I'm oblivious to rain outside because I've been inside all day that's not foolish

[boreal ingot]

I wouldn't call it strictly literary tbh. 'Oblivious ' is fairly common

Advanced/formal imo

[hybrid cobalt]

Thanks guys, I apreciate your time

[acoustic geyser]

Is rather (adverb of degree) formal?

[hollow night]

Question. What does it mean when someone say, "My children can't wait for me to die!"?

Does it mean his children hate me or like him or what?

[bitter hill]

Could depend on context and tone but strictly speaking, that would be out of hate

It expresses eagerness/excitement for something

[hollow night]

thanks!

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, a bit

Most people wouldn't say they're 'rather sad' casually, but it's not suuper formal

No American would say it though, I believe. It's mainly British

[acoustic geyser]

How do I use it?

[boreal ingot]

Like you would use 'quite' or 'fairly'

She's rather annoyed
She's quite annoyed

The thing about 'rather' is that it relies on tone a lot. It can have near opposite meaning depending on how you say it.

He's rather good
Said with a histiant tone could mean he's on slightly good, barely good
While if you say the same with strong emphasis, that would mean he's incredibly immensely good

[acoustic geyser]

I read that it's got negative and surprise tone than quite.

Is it true?

[boreal ingot]

That's not true. They can both be positive and negative

Sometimes 'rather' is stronger than 'quite', however, it majorly depends on the context. While 'quite' can only mean something along the lines of 'very', 'rather' has a range of strengths it can convey depending on the context

Often 'rather' inherently expresses surprise while 'quite' doesn't, but, again, that may vary by context

These are quite arbitrary words. Their connotations vary depending on what surrounds them

[dense lance]

Anyone need help with essay writing.

[acoustic mica]

There is no place for me in the office.
I have no place in the office.
Do the two sentences represent the same meaning?

[green wolf]

Yes

[acoustic mica]

Thank.

[winter current]

Hello, I found such a statement which doesn't fit in any of the conditional rules( 0 1 2 3 conditionals). Right now it's rather a mix of 1 and 2 conditional:

"If I can get the servicing device in that toolbox up and running, I could start fixing and selling weapons again."

it seems that in reality everyone forms such sentences without following clear rules how they want

[boreal ingot]

Yeah, informally such sentences are extremely common

Nothing wrong with them

[dense oasis]

the sentence you mentioned is not correct grammatically

it's informal

and these rules of the first, the second, the third, and of the mixed conditionals, are usually followed

like it is generally a rule that if I say "If my employees know anything new, they just tell me" (zero conditional) then I mean some sort of a general thing that always happens, but if I say "If my employees had known anything new, they would have told me" then I am talking about the past (third conditional)

or when I say "If my employees knew anything new, they would just tell me" then it sounds hypothetical, just like the second conditional rules say

the point is, these rules exist for a reason and if you know them very well, you can be sure which to use and when

[native flare]

@dense oasis are you a native English speaker?

[dense oasis]

No, I'm not, is this a problem? If it is then I can adjust and just not comment. It's fine I guess

[boreal ingot]

As far as I'm aware non-natives are allowed to answer questions

No rules against that

[native flare]

No, it’s got nothing to do with that. Your contribution here is truly admirable.

[forest sparrow]

For the verb 'input', would the past form be 'inputted', or 'input'?

[dense oasis]

but I would prefer to say "input" rather than "inputted"

not that my preference matters, since both are used

[flat rune]

What's the best way to learn English in order to get the language really fast

[flat rune]

Memorizing phrases and just keep using it until ur familiarie with it

[flat rune]

Thanks

[wind lark]

Hello i need some help because i have an english understanding problem and i dont get it. Whats the Difference from This > These and That > Those? Because when i translate These and Those i get the same word meaning? It means the same?

[forest sleet]

The difference to my knowledge is how close what the thing you are referring to (talking about), what language are you most comfortable with? I can find words that are similar in your language so you can understand better

oh also, it is a number thing too, this and that is singular (one) those and these can be a couple, a few, multiple, or several things

[onyx plover]

for me the best way to improved languages is listening and reading. I think listening is a very usefull to improved your language because it makes your brain used to the language. You can learn how to pronounce, the grammar, etc.

[wind lark]

My native language is German. But couldn't i use this and that always Instead of These and Those? Or Would it be wrong?

[forest sleet]

well in German (according to what I found) you say das - (this, that) and diese -(those, these) so there is a difference as you can see in both languages so yes there is a difference

for example, let’s say that there is a pie on the table, one pie and not multiple pies, and the pie is not too far from you

the word you would use in this instance: This pie looks good.

If there is one pie, not multiple but it is a farther distance away: That pie looks good.

If there is more than one pie and they are close to you: These pies look good.

If there is more than one pie, and it is further away: Those pies look good.

Do you understand the difference?

[wind lark]

Yes now i get it thank you

[forest sleet]

You’re welcome!

[wind lark]

May i ask you one more question?

[forest sleet]

Of course you can

[wind lark]

I don't have a question I'm sorry, thank you again for your help, I really appreciate it. Have a nice day, evening, night.:)

[boreal ingot]

Should add that sometimes 'this' and 'that' (and by extension their plural counterparts, 'these' and 'those') are more metaphorical about distance

Sometimes it's distance in time

Sometimes it's distance emotionally from something

[forest sleet]

^ True true 😭 I wasn’t even thinking of the other possibilities thanks for expanding on my explanation

[flat rune]

👍

[acoustic mica]

I attend the wedding in my finest GET-UP.

It means that I attend the wedding wearing my best clothes, right?

It is equal to 行头 in Chinese, I guess.

[glad parcel]

hi

help me my english skill

i am a freelancer

so english skill is very important for me

[vernal stone]

My english is not very good

But I guess that you need to try to learn english, with a comunication or a work apresentation that you can to do with someone

I think if you learn the most of the words that the most of people say, you can to write and talk with your self to train

Is very hard for me to load the words on my mind, so i'm trying to speak with my self

[gilded jungle]

Right

[tight wing]

hello mates, I've got i question inside my mind,
I was watching a film and the actor said "It makes him believe in childish notions of love and devotion and commitment"
so I knew that devotion means sincerity
so with this several words how i can understand all people talk me and how to understand all video i see
and how can i memorize them all Im a little upset now

[short grail]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a speaking partner is anyone interested?

[vivid coyote]

Study educational psychology, retrieval cues and conditioning.

[vivid coyote]

Also devotion means loyalty or commitment, sincerity is a version of honesty.

[vivid coyote]

Last thing, you'll need to constantly amass your knowledge of english words and their definitions and multiple uses. Once you can gain perspective on the context of sentences you can fill the words definition in and comprehend the meaning of it, try not to do rote learning and try to relate the information you learn to the situations exposed to you and put imagery to every word you learn and other connections, try to learn through multiple senses as it helps to make the memory more reinforced, especially in constant practice.

[boreal ingot]

Hi,

This paper describes an extreme case of complete traumatic maxillofacial degloving that caused partial avulsion of the soft tissues and maxilla. This is an extremely rare condition that has not previously been described in the literature, as the patient survived despite the risk of imminent death. This case report addresses the decisions made regarding the prevention of necrosis and infection that guided the emergency care and subsequent elective steps.

What is meant by 'elective steps' here?

[dense oasis]

it feels odd that what you see is "elective steps" and not something else that is elective, but, I think that's what it is supposed to mean

[dense oasis]

Maybe the logic is that preventing necrosis and infection is essential and urgent, but further steps are not essential. Therefore they are elective

[boreal ingot]

ohh

makes sense

thank you

💜

[jagged wagon]

Hi

[plain citrus]

Hey

"If you cant dictate your conditions you ( will, should) negotiate"
Which word out of these two is correct and why? Or are they both correct?

[dense oasis]

"you should negotiate" - you should talk about what you want and what you can offer. It is better for you to talk about your expectations, your desires, and agree for something if you can
"you will negotiate" - you will talk about what you want and what you can offer. You just will. We don't know if you should - if it is better for you to do so or if you need to - you just will. This is all we know. That in the future, you will do this

so I would choose "should"

[plain citrus]

But both works?

[dense oasis]

both have different meanings

[plain citrus]

Yeah thx

Ok
If both have different meanings and there is no issue with any grammatically then by extention both can't be in an msq question where one answer only is correct right?

@dense oasis

[digital hamlet]

I want to know the answer to that

our teachers in the middle east in general and egypt in particular give us similar questions and expect us to know the context which they never gave us

[boreal ingot]

Well, it can be the case that there is surrounding context that makes one preferable.
It can be because they provided a passage before hand and only one of the two answers would make sense in that passage, or because one of the answers leads to an absurd meaning, though grammatical. Sometimes it's just which answer would be more common and natural, but those questions are slightly less nice; I dislike them personally.
Obvious semantic basis for the answer (though all option are grammatical):

Without sunlight, a plant would die. Therefore, sunlight is a/an [x].
(A) want
(B) cat
(C) need
The wrong answer is grammatical but absurd in meaning:
We [x] tennis every day when we were young.
(A) used to play
(B) were used to play

[digital hamlet]

I appreciate your response
However, I still need to know what a native speaker thinks about which answer is correct in that particular question (or are they both correct).

I get attacked when I doubt their curriculum.
even though anyone in my shoes would do the exact same 😥
we had that exact question on the test

because I lost rewards because of that very question

all I am asking for now is a straight forward answer

[digital hamlet]

which one is correct?
or are they both correct?

[dense oasis]

I think they could. Because "should" feels kinda more natural, like you should negotiate if you can't dictate your conditions. Usually it is this way. So I guess it makes more sense to pick should. But as I said, both would make sense

this is often the issue with many tests, sometimes both answers kinda make sense

sometimes just one of them makes sense "a tiny bit more" so yeah

[digital hamlet]

🙏 🙏
thank you

[boreal ingot]

Like I said, sometimes it's down to commonness and how natural something sounds. It's a very annoying sort of question, though

[dense oasis]

the same happens here in Europe, I'm from Poland and I have some cousins in Germany. And some teachers here also do this thing. Unfortunately, yeah. I know your pain

[digital hamlet]

I agree
and that very annoying question might be the reason for someone not to be able to go to the faculty or collage he wants

[digital hamlet]

🥺

it hurts even worse when you get attacked for raising such questions

I envy the dead may I join them soon

I am only getting started

this is 10 monts worth of suffering for a fate determining test with a duration of 2 hours

[dense oasis]

when I was in school I just decided to not even raise such questions. Just to avoid pointless arguments

[digital hamlet]

I will start following your steps

your right calling them pointless

nothing changes

[boreal ingot]

Question:

When they say 'neurosurgical' here, do they mean injuries affecting the brain, or do they mean surgically made incisions? Maybe they were checking for past brain surgeries? I feel like in the context, you would just be looking for neurological injuries in general (given the severity of the head/face trauma), not past surgical wounds. This leaves me thinking 'neurosurgical' here actually has nothing to do with past surgeries, but I'm not really sure, as it doesn't make much sense.

A bit more text than strictly needed for any potential context enquiries:

Case Report
A 30-year-old white woman was the victim of severe facial trauma stemming from a rollover automobile accident after the driver had lost control of the vehicle. It was a small automobile not equipped with airbags and was transporting five passengers. The patient was on the back seat and was not wearing a seatbelt. One of the individuals involved in the accident reported that no passenger had been ejected from the vehicle, but this did not appear to be true, considering the degree of exogenous contamination of the wounds and the precise characteristics of the borders of the injury, which suggested high impact with a hard object on the street, such as a guard rail. The other passengers suffered minor injuries. The patient was initially taken to a low-complexity hospital for primary care, which included a tracheostomy. 9 h after the accident, she was admitted to the trauma unit of a high-complexity hospital.

On initial evaluation, the patient was conscious, oriented, pale, tachypneic, tachycardic and tracheostomized and had a cranial tomogram revealing no neurosurgical lesions. Physical examination revealed severe facial trauma with a broad laceration–contusion injury with a high degree of contamination (sticks, grass, sand and food scraps). The injury extended from the right parotid-masseter region, contoured below the chin and terminated in the left temporal region, forming a large flap with the entire area of the face. Several tissue layers were involved, along with nearly the entire maxilla, which was attached by its vestibular mucosa alone. The intensity of the trauma caused the avulsion and destruction of anatomic structures, resulting in complex fractures in the upper and middle thirds of the face. The fronto-naso-ethmoidal regions suffered substantial bone loss.

Also, what could they mean by the patient being 'oriented'?

[errant kettle]

My guess would be that because she was transferred from a different hospital they evaluated to assess if she had received any neurosurgical treatment at that hospital prior to transfer. In this context oriented would mean she was able to register some awareness of where she was.

[boreal ingot]

Thank you so muchhh 💜

[native flare]

What is this?

[dense oasis]

looked like a scam

[native flare]

He deleted it himself lmao

[dense oasis]

this "oriented" being related to awareness must have some deeper roots in some other language I think, maybe latin or maybe german (sich orientieren, to be knowledgeable about something or to be aware of something, this exists even in polish orientować się)

in programming there is a keyword like "object-oriented programming", so programming closely related to objects (another technical term, no need to know what objects mean here)

[dense oasis]

apparently English has something like "to orient oneself", but I somehow have not seen this too many times yet

in other european languages, let's take polish as an example, it's very common. Like "Orientuje się Pan gdzie jest najbliższa toaleta?" means "Do you perhaps know where the nearest toilet is?"

[boreal ingot]

@dense oasis thank you

[plain citrus]

@dense oasis thx bro

[deft siren]

Hey guys, shortly, I will need to pass B2 first exam. So my question is; does accent really matter?

[tulip skiff]

You need to be understandable and clear, too much stuttering/hesitation is a bad thing too.

Accent doesnt rly matter, you dont need a perfect accent, but its always better to make some effort ykyk

[deft siren]

Thanks so much

[tulip skiff]

no worries

[tight wing]

how to Move from B1 to B2

[regal socket]

do you think public transport is better than private transport ?

Can anyone help me answer this question?

[acoustic geyser]

Hello
Is absolutely less used than completely?

[solid estuary]

!help

?help

i need some help on expanding my monlogue draft please

[ocean cave]

If you live in a city which has a lot of traffic jam, then public is a better option.

[regal socket]

thank you very much

[ocean cave]

no prob

[feral perch]

Hello how are you

How can i speak very well

[tulip skiff]

practice, spend time learning, listening and writing, the only way you can learn a language is by spending time practicing it. The more time you spend the better you'll get and eventually you'll get really good

[long kelp]

guys

Whats the difference between prohibited and forbidden?

[boreal ingot]

to forbid is more of a command from someone/an authority, while to prohibit is more of an 'as per the rules/the law'

So something is forbidden when someone with power has said it isn't allowed, whilst something is prohibited when there are rules that disallow it

[long kelp]

Okay

Thanks

[boreal ingot]

np

[boreal ingot]

Is this correct?

Now I feel I have sufficiently understood the disposition of those for whose jailing you yearn, and 'tis doubtless most wretched, but what of that of them not for whose mere jailing, but for whose death you wish? Is it too so godless?

[boreal ingot]

What do they say here?

I'm [?] that rebel for now.

https://youtu.be/FaJrH8iomwQ?t=129

[dense oasis]

happily

the h seems to be skipped

[dense oasis]

it sounds correct to me, because I can not spot any obvious mistakes. But I have to read this very carefully to understand what this is supposed to mean. Somehow

[bitter hill]

I think so

[soft pilot]

How do you quantify bacon 🥓??

Like, you have a glass of water and a... What of bacon? A strip?

[tidal lily]

Ounce? Kilograms? Grams?

[soft pilot]

No I mean the single objects

Like this 🥓

Is that a strip?

[elder rock]

it's a strip i guess

[tidal lily]

Sorry can't help. Need a non vegetarian in the chat to help you up

[soft pilot]

Fair enough

[cloud portal]

What is the meaning of "topped up"? I can't find it in net

[bitter hill]

Piece/strip/slice

[soft pilot]

Thanks

[bitter hill]

Though the only time I'd consider using 'slice' is when it is pre-cooked

[soft pilot]

To perfect maybe?

[soft pilot]

Ooo I see

[soft pilot]

To top something up

[cloud portal]

Thank you 🙂

[tight wing]

Could ypu help me please,
How can I pronounce it faster when the ending of the letters of the first word is different from the beginning of the letter of the second word? I always stutter.

ex: help the other people
last letter in help is p Pronounce with lips
and first letter in other pronounce with upper teeth

[boreal ingot]

Hmm, idk I can't really hear 'happily' there, even with h-dropping

[boreal ingot]

Thank you

[dense oasis]

ughhh like, I get you cuz it does sound weird. But I think happily somehow would work

[waxen cradle]

For this sentence, you can take advantage of the word "the" here to help the sentence flow together! "The" can be pronounced two ways: as "thee" or as "thuh". Here you can chose the second pronunciation, "thuh". Since the word "other" also starts with that same "uh" sound (short 'o'), your mouth is already in an open position, flowing from "the" to "other (thuh to uh-ther).

As you know, native speakers talk quickly and blend sounds together. Many of us pronounce "p"s in the middle of sentences softly if there is no need to emphasize it. So, when I pronounce this sentence as a native American English speaker, it will sound something like "Help thuh uh-ther peoble" with bold being the syllables I emphasize/say a bit louder, and the second "p" in people softening to more of a "b" sound.

In English we often (maybe subconsciously) stress the first syllable of the 'important' words in a sentence. In this sentence the important words are "Help" and "other", to indicate which people we need to help. So, I end up putting emphasis on the first syllables of those words-- it just comes naturally to convey the point!

[tight wing]

Thank you very much I am really grateful to you

[frail robin]

This can also refer to the act of filling a car with gasoline. If somebody still pulls the handle after the car is full, it can be considered "topping off" your car.

[timid stirrup]

Are there any teacher here?

[surreal coral]

Peace be upon you, how can i improve my english ?

[boreal ingot]

I believe 'the' would be pronounced as 'thee' in this sentence. I'm not sure if it's a British-American difference, but, as far as my understanding goes, 'thuh' is used before consonant sounds and 'thee' is used before vowel sounds. 'Other' starts with a vowel sound, so it would have 'thee'. ('Thee' is sometimes used before consonants for stress or for delay, of course, but that's different ['He is THEEE best in the field' and 'I want theeee potato salad'])

@tight wing

Otherwise, everything is good

[waxen cradle]

As a native American English speaker, I disagree with strict adherence to that rule. In most cases, yes, that is how it is done. But in casual speech it is very common to hear people pronounce "the" whichever way is easiest to them in the moment.

Here, in order to say the sentence quickly, it is easy to choose the "thuh" pronunciation, which moves the speaker on to the more important word in the sentence: "other". It ends up sounding like "Help-th'-uhther" when you go really fast.

For learning purposes, I agree your rule is good, and it's important to know how to pronounce all of these words individually. But to ease pronunciation challenges while speaking, you can take advantage of the way English speakers tend to blend words together, and match that habit!

[desert cairn]

there are, and there’s free classes every day (almost)

[vagrant jacinth]

Our teacher assigned a story continuation task. I've finished it, and my main idea was to have the main character waiting backstage and their teacher comforting them. However, the teacher insists the first paragraph should highlight the instrument practice, or it'll considered as off-topic.

My English teacher and I are both non-native English speakers, so I'm looking for some help. Does anyone agree with my approach, or have reasons why the practice section must be included? Thanks!

The story can be found at pastebin.com/QE25RP7G. (Sorry for providing it as a link, but the original text is too long to paste in the channel. If anyone needs it, I can send it individually.)

[boreal ingot]

Isn't this bit wrong?

Wound cleaning is essential thus, the wounds were irrigated with povidone and iodine solution, hydrogen peroxide, and saline. Deep or puncture wounds also were cleaned under pressure with a syringe and a needle.

[viscid surge]

I need some help with the name of my shop.
I s make any sense “Full Metal Welds”?

[waxen ruin]

Hi all,
I'm trying to practice English exam items and I need some help with my vocabulary... one of the interview questions is about how other ppl would describe me. I'm trying to work it out both past memories and actual stuff, but I need some bully words about smart kids. Not the "smart aleck" kind, I found that already, but the ones ppl use when they are bullying the other just bc they are smart. The web wasn't really helpful in this matter.

[celest condor]

Yeah. If it was a mixture it would be correct, but povidone iodine is a singular chemical

[dense oasis]

to me it sounds like irrigated with povidone, and then also with iodine solution

two separate things

I mean, it sounds like this, I don't mean it's possible or something lol

[celest condor]

In practice povidone is not used on its own for wound cleaning

[boreal ingot]

I was thinking the solution is a mix of povidone and iodine

so the mistake would be not have an 'a'

At least, that's what I thought

[boreal ingot]

makes sense

hmm

so this sentence is missing an 'a'

for sure?

Wound cleaning is essential thus, the wounds were irrigated with [a] povidone and iodine solution, hydrogen peroxide, and saline. Deep or puncture wounds also were cleaned under pressure with a syringe and a needle.

[celest condor]

I believe it works fine without the a, just take out the "and"

[boreal ingot]

that makes sense as well

thank you

I'll assume the paper was written by a non-native or smth

[celest condor]

It gives me vibes of older medical speak. They didn't have a lot of chemically combined agents like we do today

[boreal ingot]

I think it's from 2018 actually

but these names do look non-native I suppose

I thought it might be a lacuna in my English understanding, but since you say it would best be rephrased, I feel safe in saying it's an issue of their English

[trail slate]

which school are you going next year?

Is this correct?

[boreal ingot]

You need to add a 'to'

which school are you going to next year?

That's a correct phrasing informally

[daring cipher]

Teach me why it's cieves and ceives, I forgot how ending is depend on sth. This I, E Concept.

[raw barn]

What is the best of advice if I currently have sixth grade or eighth grade writing level, and I wanted to get it to college level?

[dense oasis]

you underestimate the power of a native speaker to make mistakes in every way possible

[sand jewel]

This is hurting my brain

[acoustic geyser]

When do I use what if and suppose?

[opaque ibex]

Hello, this is a place for learn english?

[agile raven]

yes

[opaque ibex]

Good, i mean ¿this place is for a rookie?

[celest condor]

"What if" is a future that hasn't happened yet (hypothetical). "What if the world spun the other way?"
"Suppose" is like I'm guessing something is true based on other evidence. "I suppose he's working late" "I suppose it's true"
Or more casually "I don't suppose you know where he is?"

[boreal ingot]

I suppose true

[boreal ingot]

Suppose the world spun the other way, Sylens!

[boreal ingot]

It's for asking questions

[lofty ridge]

Hello, I don't understand this sentence:
About whose travels in Nepal did Liam Wilson write a book?
There is a whose which I think it asks about possession, but there is a place (At first, I think that the question was asking about the travels) and an about (would it inquire about the topic of the book?).
What is the main idea?

[boreal ingot]

Whose travels were those?
This asks the travels belonged to whom. We want to know the possessor.

Whose travels were documented?
This also asks the travels belong to whom, but specifies that we mean the travels that were documented. 'Those travels that were documented, whose were they?'

Now,

Whose travels did he write a book about?
This is still asking the travels belong to whom, but it specifically means those travels about which he wrote a book. 'Those travels he wrote a book about, whose were they?'

Prepositions can be fronted in wh-questions, so you get

About whose travels did he write?
Instead of
Whose travels did he write about?

[boreal ingot]

This sentence uses too many negations to say 'I will refrain from not betraying you' which means 'I will give into the urge to betray you'

will not not refrain = will not not hold back = will hold back

[will hold back] from not betraying you

[dense oasis]

you can think about it like this:

about - about something
about travels - about travels
whose - of who? belonging to who?
whose travels - travels of the person who was travelling (so, who?)
about whose travels - about travels of the person who was travelling (so, who?)

that's the way "whose" works

you can reapply this logic to pretty much any sentence with it

[hoary lichen]

since it’s a complex it’d be better to say “povidone-iodine solution” because the and conflates it with being a mixture

[boreal ingot]

What should the adjective order be here?

a female Chinese pedestrian-accident victim
a Chinese pedestrian-accident female victim
a pedestrian-accident female Chinese victim
a pedestrian-accident Chinese female victim

[molten dagger]

Why is this not an alliteration: "Boom! Bam! Pow!"

[boreal ingot]

The anterior and posterior skin of the upper chest and shoulders demonstrated irregularly jagged borders with areas of soot and charring focally. The soft and bony tissues underlying the borders were markedly damaged by presumed explosive injuries. There were rare abrasions and contusions of the chest and upper extremities. The lower extremities demonstrated rare abrasions and contusions as well as severe lacerations of the anteromedial knees with underlying fractures of the distal aspects of the femora (Image 4).

1. What does 'focally' mean here exactly? I can't quite put my finger on what it means to demonstrate charring focally
2. Should this 'presumed' not have been 'presumedly' since it's modifying 'explosive'? Or is there a difference in meaning depending on which one one uses?
3. Why did they say 'presumed' in the first place? The injuries were certainly explosive in nature, and the article had described them as such thereinbefore
4. What does 'rare' mean in this context?

[boreal ingot]

While suicidal deaths related to explosives are not common, it is important that forensic pathologists and death investigators be aware of characteristics of explosives-related deaths.
Should this not have been 'explosive-related'? (cf. 'kinfe-related')

[turbid bridge]

Explosive is an adjective to describe what something is. In this situation using the word “explosives” is correct since explosives is a term used to describe anything that can explode, such as a bomb.

Another way to think of it is “can it be reversed and still make sense?” Death by explosive doesn’t follow standard English conventions and is only correct when you include “death by AN explosive”, which only applies when you refer to a specific kind of explosives. “Death by explosives” is a more broad term applicable if you don’t know the specifics of the situation

[boreal ingot]

'Explosive' can be a noun. 'A high-grade explosive'

[turbid bridge]

This is true but the way it would be used in your example would make it read as an adjective

[boreal ingot]

Normally when you suffix 'related' (or any -ed word, for that matter) on to a noun, you use the singular form, as far as I am aware:

Knife-related deaths
Grammar-related matters
Verb-derived compounds

Not

Knives-related deaths
Grammars-related matters
Verbs-derived compounds

I think it would follow to say 'explosive-related deaths' not 'explosives-related deaths'

[turbid bridge]

Alliteration is repetition of the first letter of words. An example would be “Sally sells seashells” your example is of Onomatopoeia, which are words that are used to show sound. “Boom! Bam! Pow!” are all examples of onomatopoeia.

[turbid bridge]

Explosives is a more general term for this. It is categorized as a plural noun attributive. Using explosive refers the object to an explosive as an adjective, while explosives refers to the category of explosives. Explosive would be singular, as in one explosive but “explosives”is more general. You wouldn’t say firearm-related deaths when referring to the category, you would say firearms-related deaths.

You would use the plural form of the word any time you are referring to the general category of the noun being used

Knife-related -> singular, no plural
Weapons-related -> categorical, plural used to demonstrate more than one kind of weapon is measured

[boreal ingot]

I suppose I can see that. My thanks for your help 💜

[turbid bridge]

The standard order of English adjective is:

opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin/nationality, material, purpose/qualifier, noun

An example of a description using all of these correctly is:

A beautiful, small, old, round, red, Italian, wooden, cooking table

Your example is

a female Chinese pedestrian-accident victim
a Chinese pedestrian-accident female victim
a pedestrian-accident female Chinese victim
a pedestrian-accident Chinese female victim

[boreal ingot]

'pedestrian-accident' doesn't really fall into any of those I guess (it's not even an adjective; it's a noun adjunct)

I feel it's most natural for it to be last but I'm not sure

not sure what 'female' would fall into, also

[turbid bridge]

The first answer is correct because it follows the order of
Female- Identity
Chinese- Origin
Pedestrian-accident- qualifer
Victim- noun

Female doesn’t fall into the standard list but you can almost always place it near age

A young female American military medical rescue worker

That is an example of a sentence that is correct in order, similar to how you would use female in the adjective order

[boreal ingot]

understood

my many thanks again :>

[turbid bridge]

1. Focally is a more technical way of being specific. A more broad area vs focally, or in certain places only
2. Presumed modified the noun injuries, not explosives. Explosives describes the type of injury, which just like presumed is an adjective that modifies the noun injuries
3. Presumed is used to show a guess, without a definitive. It means that it is guessed that that is the origin of damage but cannot be guaranteed.
4. In this context rare means infrequent, showing something that is unlikely to occur but still able to.

[turbid bridge]

Of course, it’s a pleasure to answer your questions

[flat rune]

Is it possible to reach from A2 to B1 level in English in 3 months? I have this problem that without a good plan I can't force myself to learning English ,because I don't know whether my one plan that I've created brings me some benefits.Could somebody who is fluent in English give me his/her everyday English learning plan, how it looks ,or how it looked once, and have brought a lot of benefits on your language journey.And how much a day you've studied

[turbid bridge]

A2 to B1 isn’t as far of a gap as you think so long as you practice daily. You can reach it easily in 3 months as long as you do the following:

• Study 2-3 hours per day (this doesn’t just mean sitting down and working)
• Listening practice - Every day
• Speaking Practice - Every day
• Vocab - Every day (15 minutes max)
• Grammar - Every day (15 minutes max)
• Reading - 4x a week (A2 - B1 books/ passages)
• Writing - 3x a week (You can make a journal and write in it every other day of the week. Start small with 3 sentences and at the end you should be able to fill a half page or full page

It’s up to you on how you spend your time, but try to focus on weak spots first.

Do you want some examples of things you can do? @flat rune

[violet dagger]

is it womens rights or women’s rights

[dense oasis]

women's rights

[dense oasis]

no speaking practice is needed, no writing is needed. You just learn more grammar and especially more words. And you also need a lot of listening, listening makes you stronger (speaking doesn't, and writing doesn't)

the more listening the better

because your speaking and writing develop from your listening, not the other way around

pretty much the whole strategy to go from A1 to C1 is just learning more vocab and grammar, and listening as much as possible to know how to use things, how to speak, how to use the language

that's, in short, what took me from the bottom

[dense oasis]

grammar and vocab are the bricks, and listening is the actual cement that glues them together. speaking/writing/reading come from listening, after everything else

[tiny goblet]

Can anyone here who wants to practice speaking
I have grammar problem and speaking but I'm not finding any resource

[tulip skiff]

any video/tv show will help you with that

just dont watch kai cenat and you’ll be fine

[dense oasis]

the first version, I have no idea why but it automatically sounds good

[boreal ingot]

His body was found lying along the long axis of the roadway. The head was oriented toward the truck, with the body extending away from the vehicle. The truck was parked on the right shoulder of the road, at a distance of about 18 m from the body. The roadway between the decedent's crushed head and the parked truck was marked by the presence of brownish-red matter of a dual nature in wide parallel bands, corresponding in morphological terms to the tires of the double rear wheels of the truck.

1. What does it mean for the red matter to be of a 'dual nature'?
2. When they say 'in morphological terms', is that equivalent to 'in terms of morphology'? Or are they saying that they are going to use morphological terms to discuss the 'wide parallel bands'? In other words, are they saying

1. 'In their morphology, these bands correspond to the tires of the truck'
   or
2. 'There were bands. If we want to describe them in a morphological way with morphological language, the bands correspond to the tires of the two rear wheels of the truck'

[flat rune]

I would be willing really

[flat rune]

Thank you so much for this, it increases my motivation

[turbid bridge]

1. In this example, dual nature is used because it refers to the brown reddish bands to be of two substances– Brain matter (indicated by “crushed head”) and blood (implied with a serious injury).
2. You are correct, they are using “in morphological terms” in equivalency to “in terms of morphology”. The reading is referring to choice 1 of your two options.

[boreal ingot]

Ohh, thank youu so much, that makes sense

I only have one more question. I had assumed 'double rear' just to be their way of saying 'the two back wheels', but now they've described one wheel as 'double'. What does that mean exactly?

Blood and brain tissue was present on the right double rear wheel of the vehicle. Brown-red splattering and small fragments of brain tissue were present in the area of the inner part of the wheel arch of this wheel as well as its mudflap.

[sturdy tendon]

What's up guys

[boreal ingot]

Oh damn that makes an awful lot of sense

Thank you akuumaa

[turbid bridge]

Small correction— a less clunky way to say “double rear wheel”:
“dual rear wheel” while both are technically correct, dual rear wheel is more standard for vehicle terminology.

[boreal ingot]

Understood, my many thanks to you, sir 💜

[hexed sleet]

What is umm grammar

Oh sowwie

[tulip skiff]

grammar is a set of rules used to define a correct way to speak, tho it can be twisted depending on the region and the social class!

[hexed sleet]

You are awesome

[tulip skiff]

love i too xx

[hexed sleet]

I can ask any questions here

[hexed sleet]

I like it

[tulip skiff]

as long as its english lango related, yes

[hexed sleet]

Ofc I mean the question in my English grammar tests tio

I'm gonna cheat

Kinda

Hehe

[olive sinew]

Mai Yenglish Bat Guad

Teach me

[feral maple]

What is the meaning of indirection? Because I have searched for the meaning of this word , but I have not seen the meaning of it yet .

Could anyone help me with this word ?

[silk tundra]

@MINI as cambridge dictionary says:
**
a way of speaking or writing that avoids clearly mentioning o.r saying something:**

It's a noun.

Examples:

• I tried to raise the subject in a friendly way by using indirection.

• Through a clever process of indirection, the novelist is able to portray a complex human character.

I think in other words it's when you say something but no directly or make an allusion

[celest condor]

It's more common to see indirect or inderectly

[solemn bough]

Me

[crimson pilot]

Someone here who can help me speak English, please.

[echo gulch]

yeah?

[crimson pilot]

Could you help me speak English?

[echo gulch]

sure

what kind of help do you need in particular

vocabulary/sentence structure?

[crimson pilot]

I actually understand very little of the language, and that's if they speak to me very slowly, but I have trouble speaking it, and I'm very embarrassed by my pronunciations.

[echo gulch]

hop on a vc

[crimson pilot]

what is vc?

[lapis heart]

Vc means voice chat

[somber mango]

Want feet? Smell them right now

[viscid zinc]

Hey guys! I have a question regarding a phrase...

why is "the price of freedom are those who fight" wrong, but "the price of freedom is those who fight" is correct? the second one sounds a bit wrong to me lmao, if anyone could help me out?

[flat rune]

https://youtu.be/2JnnSu53QS0?si=QkomRma4orsx9qeq

What does it mean by "Hope loves as a friend"? Minutes 1:00. I confused with such an answer for a question like "Why do you want this job"?

[earnest rain]

because the subject of the sentence is “the price” (singular), so the verb must agree with "the price" not with "those who fight". so you have to use "is" ✨

(topic: Subject–Verb Agreement)

[earnest rain]

this confuses me too

[flat rune]

The video doesnt explain it well

[earnest rain]

yeah I mean the Hope Loves a Friend is indeed the name of an organization/sumn in the movie but I still don't grasp the convo

[flat rune]

Seems He just mentioned the name of the company that he wants to apply, and I think I should watch the whole movie to understand the context better

[celest condor]

It's like "Hope enjoys having a friend". I think he's using double speak here to say he wants into the organization and he can be a friend to hope.

[acoustic geyser]

What does * is that supposed to be a joke * meaning?

[turbid bridge]

It’s an expression of disbelief, usually when something sounds almost laughable. One place this can be used is when you are selling a product, and someone offers you an extremely low price, way below what it’s worth. You can reply “Are you joking?” Or the longer, just as correct “Is that supposed to be a joke?”

[viscid zinc]

oohh i get it now! thank you

[heavy spruce]

Hi everyone, I'd like to learn some English. Could anyone give me some tips?

[surreal coral]

Peace be upon you , it's all need practicing

don't worry, i'm here for you !

[boreal ingot]

The history of this presents a striking instance of the difficulty in which the decay of old forms leaves a language, and the ingenuity it displays in striking out new paths to expression.

Do they mean 'difficulty' or 'language' by that 'it'?

[trail slate]

Do these make sense?

I'll tell you about it when the time comes
/ I'd make sure to tell you about it when the time comes

[boreal ingot]

Yes, both make sense

The second one sounds a bit more like 'the time coming' is something in an imaginary situation than the first, where it sounds like you expect the tiem to come eventually

[dire kernel]

i guess "it" refers to language

am I right??

[boreal ingot]

why are you asking me