📚｜english-questions

[woeful frost]

alright, thank you so much

[flat rune]

i would get rid of ‘me’

you can use it, but it just sounds redundant.

[hollow night]

I have a question about tense mixing. Are the following sentences grammatically correct?

**#1. Don't you know how strict my upbringing was?

#2. You should know just how strict my upbringing was.**

So yeah, can I mix present tense (don't you know and should know) with past tense (how strict my upbringing WAS)?

[flat rune]

can someone help me?

[crimson narwhal]

It's correct, as long as the context is:

1. Do you not know (now) how strict my upbringing was (in the past)
2. You should know (now) just how strict my upbringing was (in the past)

[hollow night]

thanks for your answer! 🙂

[crimson narwhal]

I would say that it is a double slash, as double is kind of meant to go with singular thing, when we want to state it's a pair. I would understand this as:
Double slashes - multiple amount of double slashes
Double shash - a single symbol including two slashes

[azure furnace]

I would agree also

[clever elbow]

Double double slash

[crimson narwhal]

quadruple slash

[cloud escarp]

thanks

[torpid crow]

any tips on reaching c1 from b2

[crimson narwhal]

Honestly I have the same problem, what's the area of English that you feel the least confident in?

[torpid crow]

i’d say speaking and writing

[torpid crow]

b2 phase is a real curse

[crimson narwhal]

I see, the key is to get fluent in advanced grammar and vocabulary. When you do this, speaking and writing would be more natural for you, as you were writing in your mother-tongue. It is also important to try as much as possible, so try discussing in VC and writing different forms of writing exercises.

I also got myself a self-study book to go with some planned program.

[crimson narwhal]

I feel like the leap between B2 and C1 is like the largest difference.

[torpid crow]

absolutely

[crimson narwhal]

Because on this level it stops on just communicating and you actually have to write in formal and informal and know every single nuisance of the language.

[torpid crow]

last year i tried to expose myself to english as much as possible videos books etc.

and all i got b2+

[crimson narwhal]

That's a good way of learning.

Actually b2 is quite advanced.

So don't underestimate yourself.

I mean I jumped from A2+ to B2+ in a few years mostly with films and video games.

[torpid crow]

my main problem is not understanding news or complicated texts i can understand the gist of it but not every word

[crimson narwhal]

Yeah, I think that the point in text of that level is not to know every single word, but to be able to understand what could it mean from the context.

It's also the problem that on this level you mostly don't look for exact information, but more likely the main view/point of the writer.

[torpid crow]

and sometimes i know every word but sentence structure is seems so complicated. especially in literature

[crimson narwhal]

Literature is one of the most advanced parts of a language there could exist I think.

I haven't tried English literature and I don't think I will in closest future.

[torpid crow]

i found that non fiction is easier

because it isn’t so descriptive

i’ve read letters to a young poet by rilke it was very hard and slow but sometimes you find such a beautiful sentences you can understand and it is so rewarding.

[clever elbow]

agreed

there's a lot of interpretation to do in literary works

[torpid crow]

definetely

YA fiction and contemporary is easier than like classics but even in that category i come across lots of words i didn’t know

[frosty charm]

d!def perspective

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: perspective

[1] a mental view or prospect
[2] a visible scene; especially : one giving a distinctive impression of distance : vista
[3] the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed; also : point of view

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 6, 2022, 5:22 PM

[silent furnace]

Hi. I have a question.
"I met my coach, Jim Graham, a hulking, six-foot-four, wall-of-a-guy".
Can someone explain about the meaning of "wall-of-a-guy" in the sentence?

[sonic mantle]

They are saying he is big and strong

Like a walll

[silent furnace]

I see. Thank you @sonic mantle

[flat rune]

who can help me with this exercise?

[silent furnace]

"It saddens me" is equal to "It makes me sad"?

[azure furnace]

which ones aren't you sure about?

[azure furnace]

yep!

no difference except for the wording

[flat rune]

everyone, i tried to do it but I don't understand.

[azure furnace]

do you just want the answers? lol

at least give a few guesses, you might know more than you think

[gilded wedge]

@azure furnace @sonic mantle @split geode @supple holly what does this mean?

[azure furnace]

its a very sexist and misogynistic remark that suggests women only exist for reproductive purposes

[gilded wedge]

Wait wdym?

[azure furnace]

which part dont you get?

[gilded wedge]

Oh wait i kinda get it now. Women only exist to reproduce right right?

[azure furnace]

that's what they are saying, yes

I absolutely do not agree just to be clear to anyone reading lole

[gilded wedge]

And um in this sentence that is the its or **it’s”

[gilded wedge]

Like wise

[azure furnace]

I dont really use specific grammar like that when im texting casually lol but yes you are correct

[gilded wedge]

It’s it’s ?

[clever elbow]

imagine using punctuation cant be me

[clever elbow]

and yes

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou

[torpid crow]

hey some people recommend when you read in your target language you should look up every word and expand your vocabulary whereas some people suggest you should read as much as possible and expose yourself to the language without looking every word. what do u think

[crimson narwhal]

Both yes and no. Expanding your words library is obviously a good thing, especially when you're learning a good language. However, when you're reading a text more in practical way, it is more important to understand the point of the text and the things stated overall and knowing what some words may mean, by the context of the sentence.

But do not be afraid to read with your translator on your side. It will surely be useful.

[torpid crow]

i find hard to look up every word but ereaders are life savers for that

[crimson narwhal]

It may be boring, but it's worth it.

[torpid crow]

l agree

[clear flint]

Do you guys use haberdasher word?

[sonic mantle]

No

[flat rune]

What are haberdasher words?

[flat rune]

can anyone recommend any UK-based Youtube content creators? or any channels that use British English as medium?

[toxic atlas]

1. Part 1. STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

STRUCTURE

Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

Question:

___ of the Pueblo Indians centered on intensive agriculture.
Immersive Reader
(1 Point)
a. The economy was active
b. The economic activity
c. When then economic activity
d. Because the economic activity

any1 know the answared

[flat rune]

ez

B

c and d would require a second sentence, and a doesn’t make sense.

[minor galleon]

Is it multiple choice?

Maybe advantage?

[upper summit]

We had been walking for several hours when a truck stopped by.

How can this line be improved

@flat rune

[flat rune]

Why did a truck stop by?

[upper summit]

Should I send you the entrie text, it's about 300 words

[flat rune]

did the person in the truck give you guys a ride, or were they just curious?

[upper summit]

Yes the driver offered a ride

[flat rune]

then add:

”and offered to give us a ride.”

because if not, the reader will have the exact same questions i had

[upper summit]

It's there, my question is, if the sentence fits in there

[flat rune]

yeah it fits in there, but it would be better because your paragraph goes from “a truck stopped by” to —> “the driver asked”. adding context to the text would raise the value.

i read that wrong.

ignore that, yes your sentence fits.

[upper summit]

Oh ok thanks a lot

I needed someone to check it

[flat rune]

and add a period after “city”

should be
“city.”

[upper summit]

Ah that, sorry it's unedited

I miss a lot of punctuations

[flat rune]

it’s fine, just always double check.

[upper summit]

Sure I will, thank you

[primal moss]

In my language we say "thank you for today" when we say goodbye to someone after hanging out - or we write it afterwards in chat "thank you for yesterday". I said it to someone in English yesterday and I could feel that it was kind of off and sounded quite formal which it's not supposed to. Is there anything similar that English native speakers say?

[calm flame]

It was a beautiful day: The sun was shining and the flowers were in full bloom.
Why don't we use a comma before "and" in this sentence?

Is it because "the flowers were in full bloom" is not a complete independent clause?

[torpid crow]

l think we can use coma(not native)

[near horizon]

Should parts of sentence be learned before or after parts of speech?

[clever elbow]

"thanks" instead of "thank you" :)

[azure furnace]

I think saying "thank you" is a lot more genuine. if youre aiming to be casual then say thanks but

[stone plover]

Hi! Can someone tell me if this sentence is correctly written?

"Acid rain not only damages water from lakes, but soil."

Do I have to add "too" at the end?

[torpid crow]

i think you can say but also soil

[torpid crow]

and i would use contaminate instead of damages- not a native though

[stone plover]

Alright thank you!

But is it correct to say "not only... but..." without "also"? If it is, is it more formal than saying "but also"?

[torpid crow]

well l think it would be true but not formal. for me acid rain not only contaminates the lakes but also contaminates the soil is the best way of saying it. but it beats me a native should answer that

also were you talking about generally the soil or the soil at the base of the lake

[stone plover]

Soil itself

[torpid crow]

ok then i would say like that

[stone plover]

Appreciate your help!

[torpid crow]

no problem

[remote cedar]

I'm not an expert on colloquial language, but "not only... but also..." is the correct form because to one object (water) you add another (soil).
"but soil", without "also", would be more appropriate for correcting a piece of information, as in "it's not water that gets contaminated, but soil"

[remote cedar]

I'd say parts of speech. If I'm not wrong, there's fewer of them and they're certainly less nuanced than parts of sentence

[flat rune]

can you help me with this?

[remote cedar]

We can't do it for you. You can 0ost your answers and we can help you correctly them if needed

[flat rune]

can you see if they are right?

[clever elbow]

we can but you'd have to post them here

[clever elbow]

I'd reply with something like this (you can copy their salutation and closing):

Hi Y,

Thanks for your kind concern, I hope you're well too.

[main text here]

Warm regards,
X

[worldly siren]

i do all this for my teachers to respond "ok" or "yes that's fine", only

[young pasture]

Can someone tell me what "know your unilaterals" mean please?

[primal moss]

Thanks for your input. I'm aiming for casual.. like we were at a dance class, so it wasn't anything deep you know

[gilded wedge]

@remote cedar correct this “no, bcs that’s cosindered as an erasure”

[sonic mantle]

Unilateral is like something is one sided. Idk what it means in the movies context though sorry

[remote cedar]

I'd say "[...] considered an erasure"

[flat rune]

just "thank you" with a smile and perhaps a nod

[gilded wedge]

Umm lisha could u umm help me with consider and considered kinda having trouble about this lately

Wait is it “this” or “these” lately?

[remote cedar]

I consider = I think (it is) - present tense
It is considered = It is thought (to be) - adjective
I have considered your offer = I took some time to think about your offer - past/past participle

[near horizon]

Thank you!

[hushed quail]

What is poetry that does not rhyme called

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou

[gilded wedge]

@remote cedar is this “these” or “this” lately

[midnight harbor]

free verse

haiku

etc

[hollow night]

Grammar Question: I would like to know if the following sentences are grammatically correct.

**"It’ll be too late for discussion when she gets back."

"By then, it’ll be too late for discussion."
**
Context: I am trying to come up for a suitable line for a teenage daughter. The girl wanted to get her ears pierced so she asked her father for permission. But the father told her to wait for mom to come home and discuss the matter with her.

So the daughter spoke her line (one of the two choices listed above).

[mint palm]

Is it correct to say"submit till checklist for each room."?

[minor galleon]

Not really, what are you trying to say?

[hushed quail]

thx

[minor galleon]

Perhaps do you mean:
"Submit a checklist for each for each room till there is nore more left"?

[mint palm]

It's a job assignment

Apparently

[minor galleon]

Are you trying to say till there are no more rooms or no more checklists

[mint palm]

I am trying to understand it 😂

[minor galleon]

Both are gramatically correct. The second one sounds more natural.

[minor galleon]

What is the question exactly

for the assignment or whatever you are working on

[mint palm]

It's not a question

[minor galleon]

Or the instruction

[mint palm]

It's a comment

Or something that the one who wrote it wants us to pay attention to

[minor galleon]

You should probably use then, this it makes sense. @mint palm

[mint palm]

Then?

[gilded wedge]

@minor galleon can u help me with this? “Umm could u umm help me with consider and considered kinda having trouble about this or these lately”

I’m having trouble about consider and considered, and i dunno if i should use “this” or “these” in that sentence

[tawdry owl]

"Russia does not have the same power anymore like(or as) in the Soviet Union."

should I have used there "as" instead of "like"

is there someone who can help me about this

[worldly siren]

"Russia does not hold the same power that the Soviet Union had"

[minor galleon]

You would use "this"

What are you trying to say through "help me with consider and considered?"

[midnight harbor]

Russia does not hold as much power as the former Soviet Union

[clear flint]

He is as clever as you

This is not an example of similar because both are same human beings

[tawdry owl]

why did you use "hold" instead of have

do they both have the same meanings?

[worldly siren]

yeah, you can have or hold power. they mean the same thing

"I have so much power over him"
"I hold so much power over the matter"

same thing yeah

[gilded wedge]

I dunno when to use it

“It’s considered as cheating” or “it’s consider as cheating” @minor galleon

And why is that the correct one

[near horizon]

“The boys danced on the floor”
What would be the verb phrase as a predicate? Is it the “danced on the floor”?

[crimson narwhal]

The verb in this sentence is just danced

[near horizon]

What about the object? Is it “the floor” or “floor”?

[minor galleon]

"it's considered as cheating". It's because if they do consider it as cheating, it means they have already decided that it was cheating. So it's past tense

[crimson narwhal]

I think the object would be the entire phrase on the floor, but someone needs to verify if I'm right.

[gilded wedge]

But what does it means when it’s “i consider it as cheating”

[torpid crow]

if you say i consider it means its just you acknowledge that but if you say its considered means generally people thought that way if l understood your question correctly

[torpid crow]

its considered is passive you dont need subject if you say consider you need subject you have to say who is considering

[gilded wedge]

Can u give some examples?

[torpid crow]

like job is done and job is do you dont need subject in the first one its correct because its passive you dont need to say who did it but second one doesnt answer who or when l dont know if its the perfect example l am intermediate too

[torpid crow]

if you google passive and active voices you can understand better l think

[flat rune]

"My love affair with piano" vs "My love affair with THE piano": which is correct, or more correct and why?

[torpid crow]

l think first one sounds more clear

[gilded wedge]

What does it means when somebody said “they considered it as a [….]”

And

“They consider it as a [….]”

[torpid crow]

first one is past tense

[crimson narwhal]

I would say that both are acceptable. But for me, the one with the fits better. Because the most of times you use the with the names of the instruments.

[twilit ibex]

can missing subordinating conjunction can be run on error?

[torpid crow]

second one is simple present

[torpid crow]

means they always consider like that

[crimson narwhal]

I think it depends on the context and whether or not it is grammatically correct without it.

So we'd have to look individually.

[torpid crow]

if you are asking the meaning it means they thought as… and they think as …. they are accepting situation in some way

[torpid crow]

it considered as cheating means some action someone did thought as cheating by -unknown-other people if you say they consider it as cheating it means they always think some particular act as cheating

[gilded wedge]

Thankyouu

Wait

@torpid crow why is it **sperm is not considered as baby” and not “consider as baby

[wraith shadow]

hey there how are you all doing?

can someone explain how to use 'APPROACH' the right way? I get confused cause I saw it could have different meanings

[frosty charm]

d!def decay

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: decay

[1] to undergo decomposition
[2] to decline in health, strength, or vigor
[3] to fall into ruin

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 8, 2022, 1:33 PM

[frosty charm]

d!def wise

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: wise

[1] characterized by wisdom : marked by deep understanding, keen discernment, and a capacity for sound judgment
[2] exercising or showing sound judgment : prudent
[3] evidencing or hinting at the possession of inside information : knowing

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 8, 2022, 1:36 PM

[crimson narwhal]

That is because we need to use a structure of passive voice (object + to be + subject in 3rd form)

[torpid crow]

it is passive voice thats why

l highly recommend you to check that topic l personally found that topic very challenging

[frosty charm]

d!def inhance

[flat rune]

[ERR3] There was an error gathering information about the word (or the word is invalid)! Please try again. If this problem persists, please join the support server!

[frosty charm]

um

[tawdry owl]

look at the grammar subject "passive voice"

you can find the answer that you are looking for in this grammar subject

[gilded wedge]

Oh thankyoy

You*

@torpid crow what’s “peer pressure” means?

[torpid crow]

l dont know

[azure furnace]

peer pressure is a term that we use to define when your friends or regular acquaintances pressure you into doing something. usually something with risk

if youre unsure whether to drink some kind of strong alcohol at a party, for example, and your friends or whomever start to all say "do it!", theyre peer pressuring you

[noble wasp]

if i wanna say i liked a movie, could i use the phrase "it pleased me"?

[minor galleon]

Yes

[upper summit]

@flat rune I once again ask for your intellectual support

[flat rune]

Hello my brother.

[upper summit]

How are you today?

Brother.

[flat rune]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-guns-dexter-dexter-morgan-michael-c-hall-gif-3561803

good

[upper summit]

I am glad, now READ IT

[flat rune]

This is good. However, there are many punctuation mistakes.

[upper summit]

Can you point some out for me.

Pretty please

[rocky pawn]

It seems to me you are shifting the narration between the description of the surroundings and a specific event quite a few times. I think the immersion would be better if you talked about it one at a time, or talk about both but make it apparent how the details relate specifically to the event.

[upper summit]

It tried to blend the event with the surroundings

Should I add more interaction of the kids with the trees or something?

[rocky pawn]

Is this the very start of a story?

or a chapter following another?

[upper summit]

It's a very short story

It's about 400 words

[flat rune]

Try Grammarly.

[upper summit]

I use it

[rocky pawn]

It is a detailed starting scene, but I tend to feel more engaged when there isn’t a lot of ambiguity*. E.g. it feels like it’s going to take a long time to get to know the person referred to as ‘he’ and to make it clear what exactly he fell into by the pacing and structure.

If you wanted to construct some kind of a busy scene without much significance then you may not need to use ‘he’ to talk about a person that is anonymous to the reader.

ambiguity* , not sure if ambiguousness is a word

[manic spindle]

hello I am French and I would like someone to teach me English I would like someone to help me with writing and speaking I am learning English in my school but I would like to learn more

[flat rune]

I could try

I study English since I’m 6

So im kinda good however

I don’t know if I can teach

[manic spindle]

Thanks very much !

[flat rune]

No

Np*

at least even talking helps her improve

[manic spindle]

why ?

If not, what country are you from?

[flat rune]

she said no problem

[flat rune]

No I mean no problem

[flat rune]

Germany

[flat rune]

Yes thank u mate

[manic spindle]

yes but the problem is that I am the type of person to speak very quickly so I don't know if you will understand me

[manic spindle]

ok

[manic spindle]

ok

[manic spindle]

good

[flat rune]

Yea

So talk to me

In privatchta

We can sometimes

[manic spindle]

in my school I learn German and English

[flat rune]

I learn frech and Spanisch

So I think

We can communicate

[manic spindle]

what words do you know in french?

[flat rune]

I have learned Spanish my mate :( but I do

i forgot all the german i learned at school

Know a little

[flat rune]

U learned German at school?

How cool

If u need help tell me

i did but like i said i forgot it

[manic spindle]

French isn't that hard end normal I say it's not hard because I'm French

[subtle trellis]

Hi everyone!!!

[mint seal]

Hey

[flat rune]

Hello, could someone recommend me a podcast with transcript to improve my English skills. Thanks

[gray ravine]

Tedx

[flat rune]

Thank you very much

[gray ravine]

You are welcome
What is the your first language?

[noble wasp]

hello! which is the correct one?

1. "i've never limited myself to eating junk food"
   or
2. "i've never limited myself from eating junk food"

[faint fulcrum]

i guess is the 1

[noble wasp]

thaaanks

[flat rune]

Arabic

[faint fulcrum]

no problem

[gray ravine]

Me too, where are you from

[next carbon]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-happy-dog-dog-happiest-dog-super-happy-gif-17885812

[frosty charm]

is it "cuss at me" or "cuss me" ?

@flat rune

[flat rune]

cuss at me !

[frosty charm]

thank youuuuu!!

[flat rune]

np! goodluck !!

[whole bough]

Hello, is saying
I've been there many a time
and
I've been there many times
the same?

[balmy flower]

i've been there many times is grammatically correct the other on isn't

[near horizon]

“He’s not working this week” = Present continuous??
“He will not work this week” = Future simple??
Which is correct?

[tame eagle]

Can you tell me the difference between "sorry for" vs "sorry about" ?

[flat rune]

Both are correct.

Just depends on the context.

Use them in different sentences. Then I can explain better.

[tame eagle]

any native person online here?

[near fable]

yes

[tame eagle]

are you native? 🙂

Can you please tell me if this sounds well?

[gilded wedge]

@remote cedar what does “the end of my bloodline” mean?

[remote cedar]

Your bloodline is your family in that you share blood with in a straight line: your parents, grandparents and other ancestors. If your bloodline ends, it means you have no children, who would carry the bloodline on by having their own children, grandchildren and so on.

[gilded wedge]

Ohh okay okay thankyou

[flat rune]

ahhh

i like that

[latent cypress]

Aye lads, would you read my report?

I have to send it tomorrow.

[stone plover]

Hi! Is it correct to use the word "performed" in this situation? "Sweden performed 4th in the ranking"

[last citrus]

Yes, you can use the word "performed" in this situation. Also you can say "Sweden came in fourth place in the rankings."

[stone plover]

Thank you!

[frosty charm]

d!def passive

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: passive

[1] acted upon by an external agency
[2] receptive to outside impressions or influences
[3] asserting that the grammatical subject of a verb is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 10, 2022, 4:21 PM

[steel kiln]

@remote cedar what does hypothetically means? What how is it used for example?

[remote cedar]

If something is hypothetical, it means it hasn't happened and we don't know whether it's ever going to happen, but if it does happen, then..., e.g.

This is all very hypothetical but supposing Jackie got the job, how would that affect you?
We don't know yet whether Jackie will get the job or not, so we're just trying to predict what will happen if.
Suppose, hypothetically, that you were offered a large sum of money in exchange for revealing company secrets. Would you accept the offer?

[steel kiln]

Tysm

[golden hawk]

Why is this correct?

[sonic mantle]

since C is present tense, you would use is to make it all consistent

[golden hawk]

Ohhh

Ty :)

[hollow night]

I have a grammar question. Can anyone tell me if the following sentence (in bold) is grammatically correct and if it sounds weird?

"If James truly loves her and she loves him in return, then I wish them both happiness."

[rocky pawn]

sounds fine
Not sure if the comma should be avoided or is fine as an indicator of a slight pause in speech @split geode could you check?

[whole gull]

"If you want to get away from the noise of the city, go to the Princes’ Islands, 15 kilometres from the city centre. The islands have wonderful seafood restaurants, beautiful buildings and quiet streets – and no cars!"

Q: You can’t drive a car on the Princes’ Islands.
True or False?

[minor galleon]

It sounds gramatically correct and natural.

[minor galleon]

It can be both. It's probably false, as if there is no cars there, it means more likely that cars are banned.

But you can't be sure, you don't have enough information. I would just go with false.

[whole gull]

only electric cars are allowed

so it's a metaphor i think

thanks

[hollow night]

thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[flat rune]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

[frosty charm]

d!def sober

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: sober

[1] not intoxicated
[2] abstaining from drinking alcohol or taking intoxicating drugs : refraining from the use of addictive substances
[3] sparing in the use of food and drink : abstemious

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 11, 2022, 4:50 AM

[steel kiln]

What does "Progressive or conservative" means?
Someone asked me this when I asked them to specify what they meant by a text they sent me @split geode if possible can you give me an example of both meanings?

[azure furnace]

they are political terms to generally represent ones ideologies, I believe

if you push for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in your country, for example, you are progressive

if you'd be against that same kind of thing, youre conservative

[steel kiln]

Ohhhh

[azure furnace]

that's probably not the worlds greatest example or explanation but I hope it's fine lol

[steel kiln]

It's fine, I can comprehend it

Thank you for the help

[azure furnace]

my pleasure

[coarse fractal]

Yip, who cites Ocean Vuong as a writer who made him realise he “had a right” to be heard, speaks Cantonese and Mandarin, but writes poetry in English.

“You almost feel a little bit guilty because when you’re writing in English and when you write about Hong Kong, your home, your own culture, you’re actively engaging in translation,” he said. “That’s something I’m very conscious about and it’s one of the themes I wanted to explore.”

What is the meaning of "actively engaging in translation"?

[azure furnace]

that's hard to explain but allow me to try

he's explaining how he feels about writing about his own culture, in a language that doesn't belong to his culture. by doing this, he is translating his culture to another so that they can understand and have a taste for themselves. it's an active engagement in translating his culture

[coarse fractal]

Omgosh

thank you so much

[gilded wedge]

“It would take like 1hour”

“It’ll take like 1hour”

What’s the difference between these two?
@still sluice @remote cedar

[frosty charm]

d!def hawk

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: hawk

[1] any of numerous diurnal birds of prey belonging to a suborder (Falcones of the order Falconiformes) and including all the smaller members of this group; especially : accipiter
[2] a small board or metal sheet with a handle on the underside used to hold mortar
[3] one who takes a militant or combative attitude (as in a dispute) and advocates immediate vigorous action; especially : a supporter of a war or warlike policy

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 11, 2022, 1:43 PM

[steel kiln]

d!def privileged

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: privileged

[1] having or enjoying one or more privileges
[2] not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance; especially : not subject to disclosure in a court of law

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 11, 2022, 2:45 PM

[woeful frost]

d!def dox

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: dox

[1] to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 11, 2022, 8:53 PM

[still sluice]

To start, will is used for real possibilities while would is used for imagined situations in the future. With that said, measure that on your examples.
"It would take like 1 hour" can be an answer for a question of "If I ordered this item, how long would it take?"
While the other instance would answer a question of "I ordered this item, how long will it take?"

[hidden mauve]

Does anyone know how I can cite this?

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/is-the-end-near-experts-say-covid-19-pandemic-could-ease-within-a-few-months

The article has a lot in-text citations and I don't think I can just say experts ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

(Please ping me)

[balmy flower]

what line do you want to cite

also which way do you want to cite this

[half ocean]

What tbh mean?

[modest plover]

To be honest

[half ocean]

Thanks

[modest plover]

Ye got it

[hidden mauve]

APA 7

[hidden mauve]

I was thinking of doing it like:

In an article by _____ (___), multiple experts who were interviewed expressed that the pandemic may become an epidemic.....

[balmy flower]

Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
Year, Month Day (in round brackets). Use the most exact date possible.
Title (in italics).
Website name.
URL.
The first line of each citation is left adjusted. Every subsequent line is indented 5-7 spaces.

[hidden mauve]

So that's for the reference. Though how will I cite the "experts" in there?

I'm really not sure if it's okay to just say "multiple experts"

[balmy flower]

you need the names

for each one

or the line they wrote

you normally don't want it more then 10 words

[hidden mauve]

Oh my god 😱

[hidden mauve]

But there's a lot? And all of them say the same idea?

[balmy flower]

thats how you would do it m8

[hidden mauve]

What about their background? Like what field is their expertise?

[balmy flower]

you don't need that

[balmy flower]

follow this template

you should be fine

[hidden mauve]

Oh, but I'm referring to in-text citation

Or I don't do that in in-text....?

I'm honestly considering of using another article at this point ajdbsjvejsvsh

||Though the other one I found was kind of weak||

[hidden mauve]

A different question: Does anyone know which date I should use in this survey (when citing)?

[still dawn]

choose to throw vs. choose throwing....which is correct?

[coarse fractal]

https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/topic/choose-infinitive

Speaking of his win the 19-year-old Yip said “It’s possibly the most surprising thing to ever happen to me. I’ve never had anything published before in a journal, let alone win any competition. I’m also honoured to contribute a small part to the growing literary space of Hong Kong poetry, which was carved out piece by piece through the wondrous efforts of many Hong Kong poets I admire.”

Can I change I’ve never had anything published before in a journal to
**I’ve never had anything published in a journal before ** ?

[dapper oracle]

it that all right

<@&852913019259977749>

[still sluice]

Yes

[dapper oracle]

ok

[twilit wharf]

What is love

[supple holly]

Baby don't hurt me

[twilit wharf]

[warm pawn]

AAAAAAA ENGLISH DOESNT MAKE SENSE D:<

why is stephanie

ph pronounced as an f

and in Stphen

ph is v

how is it possible

where did it come from

[kindred finch]

Is it correct to say my temperature rose quickly?
Someone native, pls, help, discussion with teacher, she saying that it s incorrect and correct version is I ran a high temperature

[warm pawn]

I think both are correct

[kindred finch]

same -_-

but she don t think so........

=(

[sonic mantle]

They both make sense but the second one is talking about your temperature staying high for a period of time while the first one is saying the temperature went up only

[kindred finch]

soo, u think that both are correct?

why then my teacher said that my is incorrect=(

[warm pawn]

yes it depends on the context

[kindred finch]

i need to redo full essay rn

[sonic mantle]

They both make sense but need to be correct in the context

[warm pawn]

poor u tho :(

[kindred finch]

wanna see the context? 0-0

[warm pawn]

sure :)

[kindred finch]

ty=(

[warm pawn]

i don't see why not

i would love to see the topic

[kindred finch]

I was sick when I got back home. My temperature rose quickly, and I had a sore throat.

How I fell ill
Last monday I was heading home from school on a chilly, dreary day when it began to pour. I was drenched and shivering. I was sick when I got back home. My temperature rose quickly, and I had a sore throat. My mother told me to eat dinner that night, but I was unable to do so. I fell asleep after my mother handed me a pill. My mother invited a doctor for the morning. The doctor checked me and took my temperature, which was 39 degrees. The doctor recommended medication and advised that I remain in bed, drink warm beverages, and eat light food. I felt better after a week and went to see the doctor, who said everything was fine.

[kindred finch]

small essay... but she didn t say the size=// wrote it in 5 min

[warm pawn]

i think she was right in this case

bc if it were the first

it would be like

when the temperarue rise imediately

in the exact moment u walk home

yk

[kindred finch]

mhm mb..

[kindred finch]

@sonic mantle may i see ur opinion about this moment? 0-0

[sonic mantle]

I think they both can work but since the teacher is marking it, follow their advice

[kindred finch]

oke, thank u guys=))

[marble badge]

a smile is more infectious than its contagious
Is the grammar wrong in this statement
or it should be "a smile is more infectious than contagious"
or any other?

[deft swan]

I need help with some grammar that I'm stuck on.

The sentence goes like

"How far away it seems, that bitingly cold crystal clear morning when almost 2M people (fill) the mail from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument_(hear) the new president talking of the victory of hope over fear"

And I can't understand why are the correct verb tenses : filling and heard???

[gilded wedge]

@supple holly best friend what does “proportion” mean?

And also what is “not proportion” means too

[warm pawn]

d!def proportion

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: proportion

[1] harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : balance, symmetry
[2] proper or equal share
[3] quota, percentage

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 12, 2022, 2:58 PM

[gilded wedge]

I don’t get it

[gilded wedge]

@warm pawn what’s tease?

[warm pawn]

d!def tease

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: tease

[1] to make fun of : kid
[2] to disturb or annoy by persistent irritating or provoking especially in a petty or mischievous way
[3] to annoy with petty persistent requests : pester; also : to obtain by repeated coaxing

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 12, 2022, 4:05 PM

[gilded wedge]

@split geode “earlier i went to the cr, and when i opened the light it appeared that i had or have two shadows and it freaked me out”

[hidden mauve]

Hi! Can anyone please help me with citing this video? I'm having trouble of who to cite because I'm using what Tedros said for my research but the one who posted the video is the WHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKQ7UxyscVA

[minor galleon]

Based on this article, you should put both. https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-citation

(Tells you in the first paragraph)

[hollow night]

I have a question about the placement of commas. Can someone please look at the following sentence and tell me if I have placed the commas in the right place?

"I don't want to lie to my father but, if he finds out the truth, he'll definitely stop me from going out."

Question is, is it correct to put the comma after "but"? Or should I have placed the comma right after "father" instead?

[golden hawk]

Just wanted to make sure if all of these are correct :'( need it it for my review

Also a hotly-contesting issue correct?

[frosty charm]

d!def stripes

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: stripes

[1] a stroke or blow with a rod or lash

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 13, 2022, 9:15 AM

[minor galleon]

They are all correct

[minor galleon]

Yes, that is what I would choose

[golden hawk]

Thanks other key answer says

1. Was
2. Could
3. Hotly contested issue

[minor galleon]

I would choose 3, then. I thought that might be the answer initially @golden hawk

[golden hawk]

Ty, on that particular question what makes it contested if there's a hint of until such time which means it is not finished yet

[hollow bramble]

I waited him to come

Is to come adverb answering why or what is it grammarly

[sonic mantle]

It's a verb

[sinful hearth]

hey, is it possible to get a discussion essay reviewed by someone on here?

@shadow sail would you be able to help me?

[hollow night]

Question: Can the phrase "go after" be used in a romantic context?

Such as, "go after that girl I met at that party"?

[shadow sail]

Sure! In a YT video?

[sinful hearth]

what do you mean

[worldly siren]

Yeah of course, it sounds natural

[hollow night]

Thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[maiden wasp]

Hi people

Wich sentence is correct?
We are still here
Or
We still here?

[balmy flower]

We are still here

For ex we are still over here

Or are you still there?

[maiden wasp]

Ohhhj l get it

Thanks a lot Canada

[balmy flower]

Np

[fluid prairie]

Please, can somebody help me?

Does To reply/answer/respond have the same meaning?

In this sentence: "He doesn't reply to my calls".

Can I use any of those?

[rocky pawn]

They can all be used. But I think answer is more common in the context of a phone call.

• He doesn’t reply to my calls.
• He doesn’t answer my calls.
• He doesn’t respond to my calls.

[fluid prairie]

Ok, it depends on the context, I understand. But, even if I don't use the "right one" by context, it would still being correct?

[flat rune]

Yes. It’s just a matter of commonality, still correct though.

[balmy flower]

they all mean the same thing in some forms of context

[flat rune]

Eh that just adds unnecessary complications.

They will learn, but there’s no need to familiarize yourself with what is best in certain contexts.

[frosty charm]

what's the difference between particular and specific

[fluid prairie]

@rocky pawn @balmy flower @flat rune Thanks a lot

[rustic path]

They are synonyms, so they mean the same thing.

[gilded wedge]

@minor galleon “this is what i would or will look like if i was or were drunk and why is that?

[warm pawn]

Would were

[gilded wedge]

Why is that?

And what does it means when it’s “will and was”

[minor galleon]

"this is what i will look like if i was drunk"

It means the same thing, actually, if you also said "this is what i would look like if were drunk".

The only difference is that the first sentence is that they are using "would" and "will". "Will" is more specific, while "would" some more general.

You don't really need to worry about this if you're trying to get fluent in English, there isn't much of a difference

[gilded wedge]

It does? Omg thankyou

[frosty charm]

"I have the potential to fail" is this correct?...

@flat rune

um

@split geode

[still sluice]

If you mean to fail in a subject, for example. You can say it in a better way.
"I may potentially fail". This is one way

[warm pawn]

I sat that bc second conditional-zero possibility

[gilded wedge]

Thankyouu

@minor galleon

“and he calls me at three in the morning”

And

“And he called me at three in the morning”

What’s the difference between these two?

[hollow bramble]

Isnt there a linguist here why cant i always find my answers 😞

[warm pawn]

1. Present simple
2. Past simple

Depends on the context

[gilded wedge]

What does that two means?

[marble whale]

Hello lovely people, I need your help with English. Which is correct:

1. I have a phenomenal memory.
2. I have phenomenal memory.
   Do I need "a" before memory?

[warm pawn]

Tenses- first is if u talk abt usual events second is when smth already happened

[warm pawn]

I think 1) is the right one

[carmine solstice]

Yo

The answer is D) cuz I have to maintain parallel structure, but how do i know that the list starts with "critical thinking skills"? i thought it started with "learn critical thinking skills", which led me to choose option B) cuz then it's verb + verb + verb

[flat rune]

What's the complete question?

[flat rune]

Well, i guess if it it is asked to choose wrong answer, then it's D.

"I expected detailed subject matter" that wouldn't make sense because it is not a complete sentence

[carmine solstice]

nah the correct answer is D

[flat rune]

We said the same thing already

[carmine solstice]

idk anymore lmao, im done with the sat bruh

[flat rune]

[gilded wedge]

@warm pawn what’s the difference between

“How’s your day”

And

“How was your day”

[warm pawn]

1. how's = how is. That means the day still hasn't passed and it is still going on
2. Let's take this scenario: U get back from school and ur mum asks u "How was ur day?" This would be a case if the "day" (I mean all the work and stuff like that) had already passed.

Also

How's ur day

is used at noon

And How was your day

is used at night

mainly

Tell me if u still don't get it @gilded wedge

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou

And “how’s ur day” can also use for greetins right?

[hollow night]

Can I put OK at the end of a sentence for emphasis? For example...

#1. "Not every Japanese likes to drink tea, OK?"

[warm pawn]

that's right :D

[warm pawn]

yes

it is pretty common

[hollow night]

ah okay, thank you, Melody! 🙂

[warm pawn]

npnp :)

[warm pawn]

British*

The tea stereotype is more likely for a British

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou melody :>

[warm pawn]

npnp

[gilded wedge]

[hollow night]

Kanna chan!

Ah, I have another question. Can I use "definitely" as a standalone word? For example, in the following sentences...

"I'll keep you safe! Definitely!" or "I'll save your mom! Definitely!"

[warm pawn]

Hmmm

I need to check that out

never seen this before

[hollow night]

I've never seen it either. this happens because i'm doing a translation and I'm trying to be very faithful to the source text.

[warm pawn]

If you ask me I would say "I'll definitely keep you safe"

Or "I'll definitely save your mom"

But you translate from Japanese

well Japanese has a lot of standalones

[hollow night]

yeah

[warm pawn]

and it may be acceptable

but I am not quite sure

[hollow night]

never mind then. but can I use "protect you" in place of "keep you safe"? they mean the same thing don't they?

[warm pawn]

yeah

you can

[hollow night]

thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[warm pawn]

Pleasure for me to help you :D

[flat rune]

hello.

[gilded wedge]

@warm pawn it’s getting worse or it’s getting worst and why?

[gilded wedge]

Hello

[flat rune]

worse

[gilded wedge]

Why is it doe?

[flat rune]

worse = comparing two or more things
"I thought I had it bad, but people in other countries have it worse than me."

worst = describing something that is the most bad "bad"
"He is the worst president ever."

[undone gate]

It can be used as a response or as an answer to a question, otherwise in your example it would say something along the lines of:

“I’ll keep you safe, don’t worry.” Or “I’ll save your mom, don’t worry.” (“Don’t worry” can be placed at the beginning of the sentence as well)

[undone gate]

Worst means that it is the most unfavorable thing, since things that are already the most unfavorable are the worst, it doesn’t make much sense to say that the most unfavorable thing is preceding a more unfavorable thing.

[gilded wedge]

Ohh Thankyou

[warm pawn]

worse bc u compare

o nvm ppl told

[balmy flower]

Worst doesn’t sound right

[gilded wedge]

Well um how about “before it get worst or worse

[gilded wedge]

Wdym?

[balmy flower]

As a native just doesn’t sound right when you say it won’t loud

Like in a ex

That’s the worst thing I have every tasted

Or that’s the worst test I every took

Sounds right

With worse it’s comparing a subject

For ex

The person is worse then the other one

Or this restaurant is worse then the street cart/street vendor

[gilded wedge]

Ohhh thankyou

[gilded wedge]

How about this @balmy flower ?

[balmy flower]

If it was worst

It would be

That was the worst

So for that bc your comparing

Or it will happen

It is

Before it gets worse

Would be right

[gilded wedge]

So “go to check up before it get worse” is correct?

[balmy flower]

Gets

Because it’s future tense

Get is used in sentences like

Get that

Don’t get those things

When you are talking about a object in present tense

Gets is future

[gilded wedge]

Ohh,,, so “they gets worse” is correct?

[flat rune]

Hi, can someone could correct my work in english please ?

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune @remote cedar he needs help :>

I think it’s urgent i dunno

[flat rune]

Yes ils urgent 😬

Its*

[gilded wedge]

Ohh

[balmy flower]

That would be they have gotten worse

Bc now you are talking about a person

So get and gets doesn’t apply

[flat rune]

Hello

[balmy flower]

Got is used past tense and people

[flat rune]

Hi, I do à work but I dont know if it's true. Can you correct please ?

[gilded wedge]

It’s not actually a person it’s a bruise

[flat rune]

Yes

[balmy flower]

You used they

They means a person

[flat rune]

1: More and more people ask for a quick action to become independent energetically especially from Russian fossil fuels, even it means putting the fight against climate change aside.

2: seek: to look for, to attempt, to try
A policy: a decision or measure concerning.
To be able to quickly, self-sufficient energy, Germany and Italy are ready to reopen coal power plants and to ship in natural gas from overseas.
The faster the chapter.

3: Although the COP26 promise to phase out coal power, the current crisis forces us to increase our cool consumption/consume more coal than expected.

4: As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, most countries must reschedule/reorganize their agenda to reduce their Carbone consumption to face the lack of Russian oil/energy crisis.

5: The pro-fossil fuel lobby is happy to be able to carry on their business as the change now suggests.

6: The pro-fossil fuel lobby risk disruption to their economic system due to crises and disasters as lobbies don’t make this transition quickly.

7: According to Lefebvre, we must very quickly read the EU towards renewable energy because to separate from the Russian fossil energy we must first not use this energy anymore.

8: The return to fossil fuels enriches the companies that are responsible for the climate crisis.

9: Silvia Pastorelli, Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner, asserts that they are responsible for transfer Putin’s money.

10: G member of extinction rebellion Ukraine, accuses the EU of financing Russia, after beginning of the war.

11: EU must set up taxes to use this money to stop using fossil fuels.

12: Russian troops are financed by the EU which is dependent on Putin forges, cool and oil, as Sergiy, a Kyiv-based XR Ukraine member suggest.

13: EU must set up case to use this money to stop using fossil fuels, as Pastorelli says.

14: According to Greenpeace we must tax the companies that have values advantage of the crisis and then use this money for the transition that we need to slowdown Russia.

15: Environmentalists fear that the EU REPowerEU commission’s plan to develop their natural gas reserves will… a lot of greenhouse gas emission.

16: Building new terminals to import fossil fuel is against the EU’s plans as Tora Conolly suggest, senior gas campaigner at Global Witness.

17: We must take measure including improving our renewable energy, heat pumps and isolation reserve as Conolly suggest.

18: Conolly says this could be the beginning of a radical change that Europe needs.

19: Pastorelli agrees with this idea und add that we need slow Europe’s energy systems.

20: Developing renewable systems would keep us away from climate crisis.

[balmy flower]

Or a group of people

[gilded wedge]

A group of bruise can too?

[flat rune]

It's little long I'm sorry....

[gilded wedge]

Before your bruises gets/get/have gotten worse?

[flat rune]

What do you need help with here

[balmy flower]

No

[balmy flower]

Get

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou

[flat rune]

For a correction

[gilded wedge]

I have another one “who drink this” or “ who drank this”

[balmy flower]

Drank

Bc it’s past tense

[gilded wedge]

Thnx

[balmy flower]

Four bruises it can be gets

Like go there before you bruise gets worse

But if it’s multiple

[gilded wedge]

Like “go to the doctor before they (bruises) gets worse

[balmy flower]

It’s get

[balmy flower]

That works

If you don’t have bruises

Or if you drop they

But are right

[flat rune]

The writing looks good, but you are missing some punctuations in many places. Try entering this work into https://app.grammarly.com/, it should inform you specifically what is missing and where.

Ah okay thank you

[gilded wedge]

I don’t get it

[gilded wedge]

Wait sino

R u pinoy?

[balmy flower]

Drop the they and keep bruises

[flat rune]

Yes

[gilded wedge]

Sabi na eh

[flat rune]

Me ?

[gilded wedge]

Yup

[warm pawn]

before it get worse

bad:

[flat rune]

What is pinoy ? 😅

[gilded wedge]

And it’s “gets” or “get”

[warm pawn]

comperative is worse

superlative is (the) worst

[gilded wedge]

Ohh okay Thankyou again

[gilded wedge]

Nvm sino :))

[balmy flower]

Gets

[warm pawn]

U like soup?

[gilded wedge]

Okay so it would go like this

go see the doctor before they gets worse

[warm pawn]

o i forgot this not general

sry

[balmy flower]

Drop the they and buy bruises

[gilded wedge]

Melody HAHHAHAHA

[warm pawn]

they get

[balmy flower]

Go see the doctor before the bruises gets worse

Or it can be

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou

[balmy flower]

Go see the doctor before they get worse

[warm pawn]

brusies is like plural right?

[gilded wedge]

Okay okay got it

[gilded wedge]

Yup yup

[balmy flower]

Ya

[gilded wedge]

“U like soup” @warm pawn :>

[balmy flower]

No not really

[gilded wedge]

If it’s plural it’s “get” and singular it’s “gets”

???

[balmy flower]

Yes and no

It can change on the context

But generally yes

[gilded wedge]

No like what i mean is in this kind of circumstance

[balmy flower]

There are too many exemptions

[gilded wedge]

Exemptions?

[balmy flower]

Where the rule does not apply

[warm pawn]

exceptions?

is that what u mean

[balmy flower]

I have dslixya so a few words are going to be spelt right

I hate you apple autocorrect

[gilded wedge]

😭😭😭

[crisp cosmos]

Hy , can someone help me on finding an example of " Verbal description of hard tissue " ?

[sonic mantle]

in this context, since the you are using plural (bruises/ they) you use get

[warm pawn]

thats fine my speling is horibal too

and idh anything like dyslexia or smth

[gilded wedge]

The sarcasm of yours melody i can’t lawl

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyouu

[warm pawn]

wha

never heard of that

i need to check

[crisp cosmos]

criminology , what can I say xd

[sonic mantle]

so you need to describe hard tissue in biological terms?

[crisp cosmos]

i tried to found on internet on my native language , but 0 results

[crisp cosmos]

exactly , but i need an example

or something like that

[sonic mantle]

Bones?

[crisp cosmos]

yes

it is one of them , i can choose bones

[gilded wedge]

Teeth?

[crisp cosmos]

yeap , they too

[sonic mantle]

So you need an example of someone analysing the hard tissue

[crisp cosmos]

but i need only one item

[hollow night]

Thanks for your feedback! 🙂

[crisp cosmos]

i know the parts of hard tissue ( bone , dentin etc ) . I need to find an example of " Hard tissue description report "

[sonic mantle]

this is a full report I found

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10286&context=etd

i think its a students report

so I can try and find another one that is more like police

[crisp cosmos]

• that I need

which are related to the police

[crisp cosmos]

does someone have a scribd account ( i need to dowlon a document ) ?

[undone gate]

Before it gets worse

[warm pawn]

d!def anemone

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: anemone

[1] any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous sepals —called also windflower
[2] sea anemone

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 14, 2022, 5:35 PM

[warm pawn]

o o h

[flat rune]

Can someone please explain me

What he means with the last sentence?

He sad that if you choose …

And then he said nothing 💀

Does he mean that the 6th is okays

[sonic mantle]

It means you won't miss any crucial information if you go as far back as the 5th edition

so 5th edition +

[flat rune]

thankssssss

[hidden mauve]

Hi can anyone help me with this?

Which is correct, "learn from the wolf's actions" or "learn from the wolfs' actions"?

I always had trouble determining where the apostrophe should go :((

[minor galleon]

The first one

[minor galleon]

Yes, it's quite hard. Just remember:

The apostrophe is used to show possession.

If we look at the word before the apostrophe, it would be "wolf", meaning one wolf.

If you look at the word before the apostrophe in the second sentence, it would be "wolfs", meaning more than one wolf.

Therefore, you are learning from A wolf in the first sentence, while in the second sentence you are learning from MUTIPLE wolfs

[hidden mauve]

Ohhhh. Thank you!

[gilded wedge]

@minor galleon why is it “ when i did that i died” and not “when i did that i die”

[minor galleon]

Because if you died, you are already dead

Because dying is considered something in the past

And if they did it and DIED, that means they're dead now. Also the sentence is in past tense (did)

[gilded wedge]

So what should it be? Died/dead or die

And why it that?

[near horizon]

What are the differences between future continuous and present continuous in a future arrangement?
“I am going to/will be eating later”
“I am eating later”

[warm nymph]

Hii

[flat rune]

hi

[flat rune]

the difference is tiny to be honest

but the correct way to express that idea would be to use "going to"

in my opinion

[frosty charm]

d!def ficated

[flat rune]

[ERR3] There was an error gathering information about the word (or the word is invalid)! Please try again. If this problem persists, please join the support server!

[frosty charm]

um okay

[gilded wedge]

@minor galleon @warm pawn correct this.

“On my birthday, that was the first time that i saw her wears or wore my jacket”

[warm pawn]

none

wear

[gilded wedge]

And why?

[warm pawn]

u have saw

saw is in a past tense

thats why u don't need wear to be in past

[gilded wedge]

Ohhh thankyou

[crimson narwhal]

Shouldn't it be wearing?

[warm pawn]

aaah my braincells

sry

u right

[gilded wedge]

Why is it wearing tho?

@crimson narwhal @warm pawn what’s the difference between

“if i forget i can jus search it”

And

“If i forgot i can just search it”

[crimson narwhal]

Those forms are called consictionals. It's quite an complicated topic, so it'd better if you searched it yourself (second part of this sentence is also a condictional)

And in this example, only the fiest one would be correct.

[gilded wedge]

Conditional??

[crimson narwhal]

Yes

[undone gate]

The first sentence makes more sense to me, because you are speaking in reference to the future through the entire sentence

The reason why the second sentence "If i forgot i can just search it." sounds weird is because you are referring to the past in the first clause of the sentence, and then to the future in the second clause.

Forgot is being used as a past-tense, whereas Forget is being used as a future-tense

Another example of this might be:

"I will be doing community service later today"

and

"I have been doing community service later today"

You can see more clearly how the second sentence doesn't make sense because it refers to an event in the past, as if it were yet to happen.

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou too

[vale pivot]

"I hate you as much as I love you". Those words sound true for many things in life, but perhaps none more so than for our relationship with reality TV. For many, reality TV is the lowest form of entertainment, an insult to our collective intelligence, and yet, we let ourselves be drawn for an episode of Big Brother, Keeping up with Kardashians, and whatnot. It’s not like we want to like it, but we do. And when we do, these reality shows leave us with some traces of wrong ideas in our minds. Good Morning to one and all present here, I xyz, am here to deliver a speech on the topic “Reality shows are exploiting people”.

just finished writing the intro of a speech

[vale pivot]

opinions?

[warm pawn]

if i forget

[vale pivot]

idk why but ig the ending or the starting of good morning ... seems so abrupt

[undone gate]

"Good Morning to one and all present here," Can be shortened to "Good morning everybody,"

Also, something I learned from my college level speech courses is that you generally want to introduce yourself at the very beginning of, or even before your speech.

[vale pivot]

alright

thank you

[gilded wedge]

@undone gate @warm pawn “unlike before that there are or were still free candies”

Please correct this Thankyou

[warm pawn]

unlike before there are still free candies

bc unlike before

there are still free candies now

that's why it is are

[undone gate]

^

also, your sentence is confusing

[gilded wedge]

I don’t get it

[undone gate]

Unlike before = means that there will be a difference

[gilded wedge]

Yea

[undone gate]

but the sentence says that "there are still free candies"

the word "still" means that things are constant, or unchanging

[gilded wedge]

Oh so if i remove the “still” what would it be then?

[undone gate]

I would need to see the complete sentence to make sense of it, I guess

Unlike before, there are free candies

[gilded wedge]

I thought it was “were”

[undone gate]

It depends on the meaning you want to convey

[gilded wedge]

Way back when i was like in grade 6 there were giving free candies whenever u buy on that store but now they don’t give free candies anymore

[undone gate]

If you are trying to say that there WILL BE candies, then you can say:

Unlike before, there are free candies now.

If you are trying to say that there WILL NOT BE candies, then you can say:

Unlike before, there aren't any free candies.

[gilded wedge]

I’m so confused 😀

Damn english is confusing

[warm pawn]

It is

[gilded wedge]

Let me just take a rest with this and I’ll be back later

[sonic mantle]

Still is ok

There are still some candies left

[undone gate]

Way back when I was in grade 6, they were giving free candies whenever you buy on their store. But now, they don't give free candies anymore.

[gilded wedge]

Wait another example

“Yea, unlike before there were kind peeps on yubo, but now yubo peeps are toxic”

[tawdry owl]

"Only if you have a lot of money (can you) buy a plane."

why do we say this that way when we add "only" at the beggining of the sentence

[undone gate]

Yubo is a social media platform?

Ah I see it's a social networking app.

I would say "Yea, before there were kind peeps on yubo, but now yubo peeps are toxic"

Adding the word "unlike" makes the meaning of the sentence confusing.

If you have "unlike" in your sentence, it makes the meaning turn into this:

Yes, Now ("unlike before" assumes present tense. This is because the word "unlike" means that you are showing contrast or difference. So saying "unlike before" means you will be showing something in contrast to the past.) there were kind peeps on yubo, (<- this is conflict between present and past tenses, cannot say "Now there were" the correct form would be "Now there are") but now yubo peeps are toxic.

^ Without notes, the sentence means this:

Yes, now there were kind peeps on yubo, but now yubo peeps are toxic.

Which obviously doesn't make much sense. To make the sentence make sense, then you would just drop the word "unlike" from your original sentence.

[undone gate]

Because the word "Only" is showing that there is a condition that needs to be met.

Consider an example sentence given below:

"If you have a lot of money you can buy a plane."

This time we removed the word "only" and swapped the placement of "you" and "can". If we did not swap the placement of "you" and "can" then the sentence would become a question, see?

"If you have a lot of money, can you buy a plane?"

Going back to the original sentence you have given:

"Only if you have a lot of money can you buy a plane."

Only if (indicating a condition/requirement) you have a lot of money (the condition/requirement) can you (indicating that there is something you can do if the condition is met) buy a plane (the thing you are able to do)

In short, the position of "can" and "you" become swapped to match the theme of the conditional clause, and the word "Only" is the cue that the sentence will be conditional.

[tawdry owl]

it sounds too weird

[undone gate]

haha, yeah it's not too bad for me to hear but I am a native speaker and have heard many sentences like this in my life

[tawdry owl]

yeah xD

I have been learning a lot of sentence structures in English every day

probably there are a lot of sentence structures that I do not know yet in english

[undone gate]

There is a sentence that is grammatically correct

it goes like this:

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"

You can read more about it here if it interests you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

[tawdry owl]

I am going to look at this

[gilded wedge]

Ohh,,, if i would use unlike in that sentence it would be something like this:

(yea, unlike before. Now yubo peep are toxic)

[undone gate]

Yes, if you want to make it into one coherent sentence, say:

Yea, unlike before people(or peeps if you intend to use slang) on yubo now are toxic

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou so much

So in that sentence that i said earlier would go like this:

(yea, before there were kind peeps on yubo. But now yubo peeps are toxic)

Wait is this supposed to be

it would goes or it would go?

[undone gate]

Many of your questions are involving Past, Present, and Future tense. I would recommend you to look into any lessons that can help you to learn the Past, Present, and Future tense of words.

-> The correct one is "it would go"

You could also say "it goes like this?"

[gilded wedge]

Oki oki Thankyou, but why is it go and not goes? Sorry for asking too much

[undone gate]

Give me a while, I answer when I finish my game

[gilded wedge]

Oh it’s okay tyt

[undone gate]

it would = past tense

goes = future tense

[toxic kernel]

Hi

I read somewhere that when mentioning a title, or a book name in English

you are supposed to put some words starting with Uppercase, and some others like articles in lowercase

Did I do good here?

[ionic comet]

yes, you did good there :)

oh, unless the whole thing is the title, in which case you want a capital P for publication

if it's just the stuff in quotes then you're perfect 👍

[toxic kernel]

yes

[rapid star]

Hello, I wanna ask, why do english speaking people say "very" in this sentence 👉 "in this very room" ?

[minor galleon]

It's just to put more emphasis that it's "that" room

[minor galleon]

It should be died. Because if they know when they do that, they die. They've experienced it themselves some point in their past, so that's why they say it in the past.

[near horizon]

Okey, thanks

[fluid crown]

Hello. I'm new. I think this might be the right place to ask some English questions. Pardon me if I'm wrong.
Does anyone know what is the right answer to this question? I hesitate between number 2 and 3.

[hollow night]

Grammar question about tense mixing. Is the following sentence grammatically correct? Can I use "I will" right after "I promised"?

**"I promised I'll definitely keep you all safe!"
**
Context: Last thing a hero said before placing himself between a hail of bullets and a group of orphans.

[uncut prawn]

Hello everyone can someone give me an example for Technical and Operatinal definition

Or an explanation to it properly

[balmy flower]

3

an obligation

[gilded wedge]

If this is died so in this sentence **did he leave” is it “leave” or “left” and why?

@minor galleon “i wouldn’t take your money if u gave or give me 1M in gold”

[flat rune]

Did he leave > Did he left

[flat rune]

Gave > Give

[tame eagle]

how do you say like I will buy you anything you want but only if it is under my power ?
like, only if I am capable

[worldly siren]

I feel like it would be better grammatically to say "I promised that I'll definitely keep you..". However I guess the original atill conveys the message

[hollow night]

thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[gilded wedge]

@crimson narwhal can u correct this

“Some people are afraid to open up to their family even to their friends, bcs they’re scared that the time will or would come that they will or would make the most and each of you”

[crimson narwhal]

Some people are afraid to open up to their family and (even to their) friends, because they're scared that the time when they'll make the most and each of them will come
That's how I'd say it.

If you want to stick to your sentence, then 2x will would be correct, but the word 'that' is repeated, so it makes it hard to read it.

[gilded wedge]

2x will would? Wdym?

[crimson narwhal]

Just in both parts will is correct.

[gilded wedge]

Like “will will” and “would would”?

One of these two will do?

[hollow night]

Grammar question. I would like to know if the following sentence is grammatically correct. I am unsure because it is a weird sentence. If the sentence is structurally wrong, please suggest corrections.

"He has only died again."

Context: A man had the ability to respawn like a game character. Once he got his head blown off in a public space and that shocked everyone present. But his close friend was there and he said, "Don't worry, he has only died again."

[undone gate]

I promised I’d (I+Would) …

If you take the ‘d’ off of “promised” to change it into “I promise I’ll keep you all safe” then it becomes functional as well, with a slightly more heroic meaning but may not fit your timeline/storyline

[hollow night]

ah I see! Thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[undone gate]

I feel like something that would flow off the tongue a bit easier, and would also add a lot of “badass” vibes would be to change it to “Don’t worry, this isn’t the first time that he has died.”

[hollow night]

How about, "That was just him dying again"?

[undone gate]

If you want to play more into a comedy/funny phrasing of it, you could say “Don’t worry, he dies all the time” or if the audience knows that the character has died, you can simply say “Don’t worry, he does this a lot.”

Yep! That’s a good way to make light of a usually intense situation 💯

[gilded wedge]

Hey @undone gate what’s the difference between

word/s

And

sentence/s

“Me no likey” (i don’t like it)

My lil bro said that to me earlier, what should I say to mom

“that word is so cute”

Or

“That sentence is so cute” @undone gate

[ionic comet]

not soar (hope you don't mind (: ) but a words are collections of letters seperated by spaces, while sentences collections of words seperated by full stops (these: .)

A sentence expresses something using a combination of ideas, while a word by definition expresses minimum information. "Me no likey" is a sentence, with three words

(Sentences can also be seperated by ? and !)

[undone gate]

Generally, I would say “Aww that’s cute” referring to his sentence

And what purplejelly3226 says is true, an example of a word vs a sentence can be this:

Word = ‘Turtle’

Sentence = “The turtle prefers cool weather.”

In the word example the only thing the word expresses is the animal 🐢, whereas in the sentence we get to learn that the 🐢 prefers cool weather.

[undone gate]

Also this showed on my TikTok so you guys can watch it if you want to learn some texting slang

[flat rune]

have never heard off the rip tbh

[frosty charm]

d!def physiotherapy

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: physiotherapy

[1] physical therapy

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 17, 2022, 12:11 AM

[flat rune]

Hello I want to ask somehing

"I'm so glad I'm out of your manipulative shit"

Is it grammarly right ?

[sonic mantle]

It think it is but reading it in my head, it feels unatural. Maybe try something like:
"I'm so glad I'm away from your manipulative shit"

[flat rune]

Oh I see

Or is it better without "shit" ?

How about "so glad that I'm away from your manipulative" ?

[sonic mantle]

Manipulative is the adjective so its describing somethinf

If you want to replace shit, you can use behaviour or habits

[flat rune]

Does it sounds like cursing if I use shit ?

[sonic mantle]

Its aggressive but its not insulting them directly

[flat rune]

How about "I'm so glad I'm away from you"

Or "so glad that I'm out of you"

[sonic mantle]

This is good

[flat rune]

Mhmmm

[flat rune]

This one is wrong ?

[sonic mantle]

That means you have physically come out of them

So no

[whole bough]

I think it should be despite, am I right?

[sonic mantle]

B

[whole bough]

I'm confused about this one, but I think it should be cash, or maybe "make"

[crystal cave]

cash is only used for checks

[near horizon]

“It rained all day”
“It has rained all day”
“It has been raining all day”
Do they all have the same meaning?

[hollow night]

I have a question about hyphenation. In the following example, where should I place the hyphen/s?

Example: Dual Gun Wielding

Should I go with "Dual-Gun Wielding" or "Dual Gun-Wielding"?

Do I even need to put a hyphen here?

[amber zephyr]

ngl that sounds grammatically wrong

first thought was you need to deposit a minimum of $500

[keen vortex]

„Her reputation may be good but her personality isn’t“ or „maybe“ together?

[crimson narwhal]

No. Different tense means different meaning.
"It rained all day" - the entire day was rainy, but it stopped. It doesn't really matter right now and it is just a bare information without anything else to add to it.
"It has rained all day" - the entire day was rainy, but it stopped. The fact that it rained had some result, for example "It has rained all day, so I couldn't go to a walk".
"It has been raining all day" - It started raining at the beginning of the day and is still doing so.

[near horizon]

Ahh Thank you so much. This was a clear explanation

[steel kiln]

Hey @sudden parrot
what does the word "Privileged" means?
And could you please give me an example of how the word is supposed to be used in a sentence?

[near fable]

d!def privilege

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: privilege

[1] a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 17, 2022, 1:24 PM

[steel kiln]

I can barely understand anything it stated

[near fable]

The advantage one person has others due to their position or because they are rich

[steel kiln]

oh ok thanks

[near fable]

Like a king's son

[steel kiln]

Ohhh

[near fable]

He surely has advantages over other people

[crimson narwhal]

To make it clearer, we use present perfect (second example) when something in the past has affected the present. In example that I gave, past perfect would be better.

[young pasture]

This structure seems pretty weird to me. Can someone tell me more about it?

[vale pivot]

not sure if its very readable

but really need views

so um anyone?

[clever vortex]

how it is to live in a country you were not born in? just curious.

[gilded wedge]

@remote cedar @crimson narwhal @warm pawn

dis i use the at the moment correct here?

“Hi, kevin. I’ll be leaving the clan now, bcs I’ll be focusing on my self at the moment”

If no, what word should i replace with it?

[near fable]

@sudden parrot heyo, helppo

[sudden parrot]

what's up, which question?

[sudden parrot]

it's alright. We get what you mean, but "at the moment" means like right now, and you said "I'll be focusing" which refers to the future, so it sounds a little off

You can "because I want to focus on myself at the moment."

This structure seems pretty weird to me

[hollow night]

I have a question for the Americans in this channel. What does "hard" mean in America? I mean, when I was in England, I often heard the phrase "hard." It means "tough" over there.

So you tend to hear things like, "Come have a go at me if you think you are hard enough." It means, "Come have a go at me if you think you are tough enough."

But does the word have the same meaning in USA?

[flat rune]

hard is either a texture or a difficulty of something

but yeah we'd say tough enough in that situation

[near fable]

Sometimes nice, sometimes not nice

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou. But if there’s a “I’ll be focusing” in the sentence what word can i use?

[hollow night]

Grammar Question: Could someone look at the following sentence and let me know if it's grammatically correct?

"With this, I'll have a new trick to perform at family gatherings!"

Context: A budding superhero gains a new flame ability. He's excited and declared that, with this new power, he will have a new trick to perform at family gatherings. All his family members are also superheroes.

[balmy flower]

Yes it is grammatically correct

[hollow night]

thanks for your feedback! 🙂

Another grammar question. This time it's about comma placement. I would like to know if I have placed the comma in its right place in the following sentence. Like, should I place the comma right after "king" or should I place it after "so"? Also, other than the comma placement issue, the sentence is grammatically correct, right?

"I'm a generous king so, even though you are just a dirty peasant, I'll still give you a magnificent reward!"

Context: A haughty king talking down to one of his subjects.

[sudden parrot]

You can say anything that you’d judge is logical. Like “I’ll be focusing on myself for a while.” Or “I’ll be focusing on myself for the near future.”

[undone gate]

A

[steel kiln]

d!def forefront

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: forefront

[1] the foremost part or place

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Apr 18, 2022, 6:43 AM

[balmy flower]

comma before so

bc so is a transation

in this case

[hollow night]

thanks for the answer! 🙂

[hollow night]

I guess the following is a syntax question? Can anyone give me feedback regarding the syntax of the following sentence? Like, should I start the sentence with "Just because of this girl..." instead?

"You’re willing to see this world destroyed just because of this girl? Is it worth it?"

Context: A man wants to save a girl who will grow up to destroy the world. His friend is trying to persuade him not to.

[digital quartz]

"That half the human race is excluded by the other
half from any participation in government; that they
are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land
where they were born; and that they are
property-owners yet have no direct influence or
representation: are all political phenomena
apparently impossible to explain on abstract
principle. But on another level of ideas, the question
changes and may be easily resolved."

"Consider, sir, dispassionately, these
observations—for a glimpse of this truth seemed to
open before you when you observed, “that to see one
half of the human race excluded by the other from all
participation of government, was a political
phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it
was impossible to explain.” If so, on what does your
constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will
bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by
a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same
test: though a different opinion prevails in this
country, built on the very arguments which you use
to justify the oppression of woman—prescription."

context

• Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public
  Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is
  adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the
  Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand
  was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national
  education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political
  writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand.

Hello. I've come across a roadblock with this particular section of an SAT Reading problem. For a lack of a better description, I don't understand what either of these people are talking about. I specifically am clueless with the line "on what does your constitution rest. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[minor galleon]

In the first paragraph, the author is saying half of the human race has no particpation in government, even though they are native by birth in the land they are born in, they are foreign by law. I assume the author is talking about men and women, in this case.

The author then says the women (presuming that is what he is talking about based on the second paragraph) can own property but have no direct influence or representation.

[minor galleon]

In the second Mary is asking the author of the first where their claims of "that to see one half of the human race...etc." are based on and where their evidence is for their principles that they state ("on what does your constitution rest").

When she says "glimpse of a truth" in the beginning she is merely saying how the author of the first managed to find something to believed in, or a "glimpse of truth" when he observed that "to see one half of the human race..etc."

Mary also says if the abstract rights of man are discussed and explained, shouldn't woman be too (shouldn't they have the same "test". Mary says, however, in this "country" the opinions are different from hers, and they are built on the arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman - prescription

<@&909100555157262347> if anybody else can help.

[opaque spade]

You might wanna call @remote cedar here

[odd abyss]

The whole passage is about opression of women on how they're seen as second class citizens and inferior to men at that time

Constitution is basically like your legal judgement; your principles that decide how something is views and managed by law

@minor galleon yee hope this helps

@digital quartz everyday i thank god we don't write in those over-the-top languages coz i'd be too lazy